August 2003

Default position

Another fresh default install of Movable Type, another blog, another first entry.

Template mirror

For development purposes I have set-up a duplicate, offline, copy of the skeleton of ollicle.com on my Mac at home. OS X makes this pretty painless, I may document some key pointers I stumbled upon setting mine up in a...

Setbacks

A well meaning work buddy has lent me his copy of Myst III Exile. Determined to make some impact here before I put the first of four CDs in. I'm going to delete a few bits unneeded bits from index...

Measuring the goodness of a worm

As a solution AntiBlaster was criticised for the damaging internet traffic its deployment created. Beyond that, the difference between AntiBlaster and what Microsoft is considering seems to be a fine one.

Consuming habits

Still within the first handfull of posts here, I have become distinctly aware of my creation / consumption imbalance.

Logjammin

Maude says,

NetNewsWire meets Web Kit

Keen to see this in action I had a go making my own NetNewsWire style sheet. The most interesting aspect of the CSS below is the use of fixed positioning to keep the title of the entry visible in the non-combined view.