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Scrollable Table

In General on November 1st, 2004 by Bob
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Code to make a nice scrollable table.

imag0039.JPGimag0040.JPGimag0041.JPGSome shots of outside our office building a few days ago. Most of the snow now has since melted away. It’s supposed to be mid to high single digit °C for the next few days, so there might be time to try out the Leaf Hog one more time before spring.

Now I can finish Summoner

In General on October 24th, 2004 by Bob
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My birthday was last week. I’ve reached the ripe old age of 28. And now I can cherish every moment I have left because the load times on my PS2 can be drastically reduced. One of my gifts was a quaint little piece of software called HDLoader that harnesses the power of the PS2 HDD, by allowing me to store and load my games from the hard drive instead of using the slower optical disc drive. They market it as having 95% compatibility, but you can find a more accurate list elsewhere.

Now I just have to find something that will automatically clean my glasses for me.

Update (26 Oct 2004): It also allows other hard drives than just the Sony one to work in the PS2. But the stuff that is designed to work with the Sony HDD will still only work with the Sony HDD.

Update (1 Nov 2004): I ordered a Maxtor 120GB drive, and installed it this evening with no ill effects, so far. I could probably put close to my entire game collection on there.

Exhibit A

In General on October 24th, 2004 by Bob
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imag0032.JPGHere’s my first attempt at posting with an image using the Exhibit WordPress plugin.

Update: Taken with my new birthday present.

Update: I’m trying to phase out the Exhibit plugin. This was uploaded with the built-in image uploader.

CSS Tip: Global White-Space

In General on October 19th, 2004 by Bob
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Andrew Krespanis has a very clever tip for creating cross-browser cascading style sheets by removing the different margins and paddings that each browser might apply differently. Then you can style them back to a default layout and be on your merry way. Totally makes sense, and I’m surprised I didn’t think of it.

Update (20 Oct 2004): In related news, Steve Smith has a guide for writing lean CSS code.