Monthly Archives: September 2005
The Obligatory Serenity Post
It's not as if this Serenity needs any more people blogging about it, but let's pretend for a moment that it does. However, for the sake of the world at large, I'll try to keep this fairly short. If you haven't seen the movie, however, you should stop reading now because I'll probably talk about things that happen in it.
ABBRin’ in the Free World
While working on this redesign here, I'm finding myself reading a bunch of articles and reference sites that I hadn't paid attention to for years. One thing that I've just rediscovered is the joy of the ABBR tag. It lets you markup abbreviations so that they can be styled if you're so inclined [...]
Oh, Internet Explorer. Words cannot express my loathing.
In developing my new site layout I've been sticking strictly with clean XHTML and using CSS for 100% of my formatting. I just made the final little updates that make all of my templates validate as XHTML 1.1! It feels really good to be writing standards-compliant code and having it create an appealing user [...]
La vie á Saint Honoré
Disclaimer: Since I wrote this, I've heard all sorts of nasty rumors flying about this place. If they're true, that's unfortuneate. Ken's definately has St. Honré beat on the bread front, sandwiches too. The jury's still out on pastries.
While wandering about Northwest Portland this afternoon I made a most spectacular find. Situated on the corner [...]
DVDs From the Library!
I've discovered the wonders of the Multnomah County Library's DVD collection. It's a fairly eclectic mix, and much larger than I had expected. Anyway, the first of my many reserves have come in and I'm enjoying them greatly.
Farewell jayanta, we barely knew you.
I just talked to the guys who are doing the wireless install for my building and they've just finished working the bugs out and making the system production-ready. I'd talked to them earlier in the install and gotten the WEP key, but the network stopped giving out DHCP leases about halfway through the week. [...]
Crêperies of Portland: Visage
Soon after discovering that Le Happy (the créperie that I discussed here) was a mere four blocks east of my apartment, I was somewhat amazed to run across another two crêpe joints just four blocks in the opposite direction. One is a small street stand that bathes in the steady flow of shoppers along the [...]
A thief stole 7 oxen from your wagon.
• April 1, 1848 •
You started down the trail with 20 oxen, 40 sets of clothing, 600 bullets, 3 wagon wheels, 3 wagon axles, 3 wagon tongues, 1,000 pounds of food, and $50.00.
You decided to continue.
You decided to change the pace to strenuous.
• April 5, 1848 •
You have reached the Kansas River Crossing.
You decided to [...]
Crêperies of Portland: Le Happy
After serving up the first dinner cooked in my new apartment, a tasty little pasta affair, Diana, Tim, and I set out into the Portland night air to check out Le Happy. Situated on NW 16th, just across the street from the Portland Streetcar maintenance yard, Le Happy is a hip, noisy little crêperie [...]