Entries from June 2003

I am fortunate to live near Sydney's Centennial Park, and if time permits, I try to go down there everyday for a stroll. This evening the park's usual twilight serenity was disturbed by someone trying to call his dog to heel.The dog's name was Honey, and it became increasingly apparent that the owner was beginning to regret naming his dog such. He was very self conscious ... Read full entry

Yes, I do go the park whenever possible, even if today was the winter solstice, and hence the shortest (and theoretically coldest) day of the year. But no mid winter swims the beach, or anything like that, for me though.Besides, today was not really the winter solstice, anyone who knows anything would of course know it was the launch date of the new Harry ... Read full entry

The new issue at Jugglezine. Did you know that according to research, 49 per-cent of Americans are unhappy in their job. That's not an insignificant number. Without local research to support me, I'd say the statistics would be very similar in Australia as well.I have had the misfortune to work in companies where the problem seems rampant, and I (rightly ... Read full entry

"I'll be back.." Geez, Arnie was right, Terminator 3 is on the way and due for release in Australia on July 17. It will be interesting to see how his character is resurrected for this instalment. What, does he return as some sort of clone, or is his rebirth engineered by way of a time warp trick? Already know the answer? Keep thespoilers to yourself...

Access keys. How accessible is your website? Can users move from page to page without the need for a mouse? While disassociated may well sport valid XHTML code, accessibility is another question all together.Accessibility means, amongst other things, making allowance for website users who are disabled and have difficulty using a mouse, thus rendering the usual point and click navigation systems unusable.Access keys are like hot keys, and allow visitors ... Read full entry

Is your computer playing up? Try rebooting. Sometimes we overlook the simplest solutions to solve a problem.Case one, I recently read about a subscriber to a local ADSL (high speed internet) service having no web access for five days (yes, five days, read it and weep). Despite repeated calls to the provider's help desk, no resolution was forthcoming.Finally, and without prompting, the frustrated subscriber decided to reboot her computer. Bingo! ... Read full entry

ProjectNeo is a well presented design portal I recently discovered, it's not quite as cluttered as some. Not that there's anything wrong with cluttered, or busy interfaces, but a change sure is welcome.

Just as it is common knowledge that I am not a big Star Wars fan, the same applies to Star Trek. At least logically speaking, anyway captain. It seems there was a Star Trek convention here in Sydney last weekend, and I didn't even know about it until a week after the event.But then why would I know or care? I haven't ... Read full entry

Sting's lyric has been inducted to the annals of fame as a daily thought on desktop calendars the world over. Is love stronger than justice? Well I've heard "where there is love there is forgiveness", so perhaps these arguments can be surmised to say; "all you need is love."However, it must also be remembered that, according to Corneille, "reason and love are ... Read full entry

Not that my earlier post was any message in a bottle to Mac users, who like Windows users will also have strings attached in order to run Internet Explorer upgrades. Upgrades may be overstating matters, as apparently Mac users will required to subscribe to Microsoft's MSN service in return for IE5 enhancements only.Presumably this means there will definitely be no IE6 for Mac? This story gets murkier ... Read full entry