The Thousand Dot Net by Aliotsy Andrianarivo

May 8, 2008 11:05 AM

Are you a Christian? Do you make things? Then you should read Matthew Griffin's series on Web Design Worldview, (found via the always thoughtful and wonderfully outspoken Andy Rutledge). Even if you don't make websites, it's a good introduction to applying worldview to your field. I couldn't find an overview page for the series, so here are permalinks to each of the four parts he's published so far (there will be six in total, published every Wednesday).

• Web Design Worldview, Part 1
• Web Design Worldview, Part 2
• Web Design Worldview, Part 3
• Web Design Worldview, Part 4

Speaking of websites: we've launched our official wedding website. May write up a case study if I find time, but I just wanted to note for posterity that it got featured on CSS Mania, the first time a site I've built has been featured in one of the major* CSS galleries. Coolio, and thanks, CSS Mania.

*What defines "major" these days in CSS galleries, anyways? I have no idea. There's like a jillion of them these days, but CSS Mania still seems fairly important.

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March 10, 2008 9:03 AM

I went to OfficeMax Friday night, and found out that Tyler Durden works for the mailing label company.

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February 10, 2008 11:10 PM

She said yes.

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January 15, 2008 11:16 AM

...and man, the new Macbook Air is ridiculously thin and light. I'd be afraid of breaking the thing.

The last time I was at the Moscone Center, I was attending IHRSA, the premier international tradeshow for the healthclub industry. Quite a different crowd, let me tell you. ;)

Neat experience so far -- only had an exhibitor pass, so I couldn't see the keynote, but the Apple booth (obscured by a thick black canvas) broadcast the whole thing live (sound; no picture). Other people who didn't shell out the hundreds of dollars to get a pass into the keynote were sitting on the exhibition hall floor around the booth, listening in. I fortunately sat next to some guys with a WiFi-ed laptop, and they were able to get images from MacRumors. Felt strangely similar to camping out for a midnight showing of Star Wars.

Nice thing about being there, though, was that once the canvas went down, I got to be one of the first people to play with it. Very impressive little machine. I was surprised that it contained a hard drive (the Apple employee demo'ing the machine mentioned that it used the same drive as an iPod). Not a bad machine for $1799, though if I really wanted a second laptop (not likely), I'd probably go for an Asus Eee PC, based on bang for buck. The solid state drive version runs around $3000 -- yowsers!

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December 20, 2007 11:15 AM

Ever have one of those days? By 8AM today, I had:

• Woken up at 5AM, feeling refreshed and ready to start the day, for the first time in months
  
• Had a great time in personal devotions, especially encouraged by the theme of renewal in Nehemiah 8, and promise in John 21
• Discovered that my iPod, which I couldn't get working after it gave me the Sad Face of Doom a few days ago, has somehow resuscitated itself.
• Tried out my new $5 RCA headphones from Woot and delighted to find that they had decent sound quality and fit
• Went to the ARC and had a great morning workout in for the first time in months
• Realized cashed-out vacation time = bigger paycheck than I expected
• Scheduled my last payment ever on undergraduate school loans (I'm now debt-free!)
• Called up my old DSL provider and convinced them to cancel a $100 charge
• Fixed and ate a nutritious, high-protein, high-fiber, low-fat, low-calorie breakfast

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November 28, 2007 10:48 AM

Found this quiz via Jason Kottke: How many HTML Elements Can You Name in Five Minutes?

I got 47 out of 90. Oddly, CITE was the first tag that came to mind, although I don't think I've ever used that tag in my life.

Some of my embarassing omissions: TITLE, BLOCKQUOTE (which Kottke actually mentions in his post about the quiz ... duh), and, ironically, CODE, which I used to semantically mark up the tags in this post.

How well can you do?

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November 19, 2007 6:54 PM

This is why I like listening to NPR: in a promo for an upcoming episode of Marketplace that covers government...

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October 31, 2007 10:19 AM

Some of you may have already picked up on this, but for those that haven't: I've updated my portfolio to...

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October 19, 2007 12:45 PM

I can't think of a vignette to lead in to my wrap up for Day 2, so I'll just dive...

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October 16, 2007 9:48 AM

This is going to sound small-town-boy-in-the-big-city of me, but one of the best parts of attending An Event Apart San...

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October 12, 2007 1:40 PM

The site breaks almost every tried-and-true guideline of over a decade of web design, mantras that I work by and passionately advocate. Yet, I love this site.

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October 9, 2007 12:18 PM

When a friend updated her Facebook status to "Allez les Bleus!" last night, I clicked over to her profile to...

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