Before you jump to conclusions and snap someone’s head off like a hungry mantis, pause. Think. Calmly consider what the other person is saying, disconnected from any emotional overtones.
current_mood: tired
As most of you know, I’m a big fan of the browser Opera, but I use all three of the mainstream browsers (Mozilla and Konqueror fans please don’t yell at me): Netscape 6.2, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and Opera 5.12. It’s always entertaining to see the differences in how each of them renders the same exact page, especially when a page is valid HTML 4.0.
This one, though, is different. PNG files, although a standard, are handled funny depending on the browser. Like GIF files, they have an optional “interlaced” mode, which is actually implemented much better than the GIF system. When looking at this on the three browsers, something weird happened. First, I discovered that Quicktime had hijacked the MIME type in Netscape.
After getting it set so Netscape loaded PNGs natively, I ended up with two basic PNG handling systems. The Opera and Netscape browsers both rendered the file at “actual size” and so I had to scroll a tiny bit to see the whole image. IE 6, however, seems to have added a cool new image-handling feature: autozoom. When you open an image by itself (not embedded in an HTML file), the browser will shrink it to fit into the window by default. You still have the option of clicking one button and seeing it at full size, but it’s a pretty cool new feature. You know it’s tough for me to compliment Microsoft for something, but there ya go.
Yes, I have too much time on my hands on occasion.
As promised here, here’s the artwork I used on the shortlived attempt at a goodwill-based proof of concept LJ Bash Shirt Store.
If interested in the original Photoshop file, let me know.
Apparently tact, good manners, and common courtesy are completely optional online. Oh, and I could use a really big dose of sarcastic insult, too.
Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune be damned.
It’s a new month, and the stats for the T Shirt Countdown have been reset (belatedly I noted). So, time to go vote for your favorite geek’s shirts!
I almost got into the Top Ten last month. Oh, and the Cafepress guys are setting up some new holiday stuff, so keep an eye out for shirt-wearing teddy bears and such.
Although I rarely read my friends’ pages directly, relying on the wonder of the Friends Page instead, I notice some things when I peruse new potential “friends” on LJ.
Here’s one: if you go to
So, Microsoft and the DOJ finally reached a settlement, which does nothing. So far as I can tell, this is no more than the Consent Decree which Microsoft agreed to in 1994 and violated numerous times over the subsequent years.
Now, the new settlement says that MS will stop doing bad things, and the Department of Justice will keep an eye on them for five years. After five years, if the DOJ determines that MS is still a naughty monopolist, they’ll extend the monitoring another two years.
You will play well with others, or we will taunt you a third time!
Your tax dollars at work (well, except you Canucks).
Update: Apparently the state prosecutors are not willing to give Microsoft the leeway that the federal government is. According to this article, the settlement is unpalatable to the states, which are showing a lot more sense than the DoJ, in my opinion. Why trust MS now, when they have broken decrees in the past with such impunity?
current_music: Nickelback – Woke Up This Morning
current_mood: tired
Hello, LJ team? Wakie wakie! The Status page says nobody is awake yet, and is marked as being updated at 1pm EST, which is 10 am in California. Damn, you guys sleep late.
current_music: Linkin Park – Papercut
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