Entries from August 2004

Why would you sacrifice the stability and certainty of a salary, the status and privilege, not to mention the regular cubicle spot, that a permanent job offers. Why would you contract or temp? Try asking for a bank loan and explaining that you don’t hold down a permanent job?One word: Freedom.Freedom from the rat race, that is. Build your own career path, or just do ... Read full entry

Or, do web standards have a future? They do, if only we could somehow ditch Internet Explorer 6, et al, and find away to install a standards compliant browser on everyone’s computer. Simple, though easier said than done...

It’s no secret that I’m a something of a Star Trek fan. Dig through disassociated and you’ll find various references I’ve made to the franchise in the past. Anyway I was over at the local DVD library (we can hardly still call them video libraries?) the other day, cruising the aisles when I spotted a special edition version of Star Trek 4: The voyage home. Needless to say ... Read full entry

Almost four years ago the (at first, much maligned) Sydney Olympics had just opened. Spring arrived on cue, and daylight saving was brought forward, specifically to coincide with the games.A carnival atmosphere prevailed in Sydney as the sun shone, and in a fluke not seen before or since, Sydney’s public transport system ran glitch free, like clockwork. Under the almost perpetual blue skies, Sydney was the place to be.Four years ... Read full entry

Heaping (yet more) praise on Firefox. What more can I say?How to size text using ems. Ems making re-sizing text on a web page much easier. No need to write different pixel sizes into alternate style sheets. Just set base sizes for your text, headings, foot notes, etc, and allow ... Read full entry

Design a cover for an airline sick bag. If your design wins, it will be used by Virgin Atlantic on their sick bags for up to six months. Check in at Design for chunks.

Look at me now, linking recipes on disassociated. This one looks so quick, simple, and tasty I may even try it out myself.

It seems the electronic essence of our civilisation; television broadcast signals, may soon vanish from our galactic neighbourhood, possibly masking the existence our civilisation and culture in the process.A pioneer of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has warned that for any intelligent aliens trying to search for us, “the Earth is going to disappear” very soon.Like ... Read full entry

Windows® XP™ Service Pack 2 is almost ready for release, and promises to make PCs more secure:The upgrade, which chairman Bill Gates said modifies less than 5 per cent of the nearly 3-year-old operating system, is designed to make users safer from cyber attacks by sealing entries to viruses, better protecting personal data and fending off spyware.Yes, but will it end the seemingly ... Read full entry

That is sharing a house with a group of complete strangers who sort of end becoming your friends.For a while anyway.There are plenty of horror stories about house-mates going to the dogs (er, metaphorically speaking), and people complain they can never find the right sorts to share with. Could speed-flat-mating be the answer? Hmm...umm. Spotted over at ... Read full entry