Monthly Archives: August 2005

Double Click-Throughs

Preface

When I started thinking about this topic about a week ago, it was originally going to be a rant about [NetNewsWire][] and how its click-through behavior was so frustrating. Upon doing a little research however, I discovered this problem is not specific to NNW, but all OS X applications, and I’m certainly not the first person to talk […]

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delegating focus

So here’s the problem — you have a web based application that uses multiple forms, often on the same page. Any arbitrary combination or number of forms may appear on the same page at the same time. For example, you may have a small login box as well as a form to subscribe […]

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Why Should the Fire Die?

I got hooked on Nickel Creek several years ago after hearing “The Lighthouse’s Tale”, like I imagine a lot of people did. When This Side came out, I didn’t like it quite as much at first, but after a few spins through it really started to grow on me. What at first seemed […]

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new template

so I’ve made a new template — whoopady doo! Thanks to David LeBer for the initial inspiration and Todd Klassy for the top image (lecture hall at Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin). I tested most browsers, but if this layout looks like crap in your particular browser I’d […]

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Do What it Says

BibleGateway’s verse of the day:

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” - James 1:22 (NIV)

ouch. conviction stings.

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