• PDF Unfit for Human Consumption?

    My response to: supergee: PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption Just like with page layout, HTML, graphics, and everything else, the right tool in the wrong hands produces bad results. PDFs are designed to work in print, yes, but they are also designed to work in digital form if you take the time to understand them.…

  • Metallica Sue Over E, F Chords

    MTV.com – News – Metallica Sue Canadian Band over E, F Chords Metallica is such a pompous, self-important, power-mad band. Maybe if they put half as much energy into their bombastic, overblown, weakly written music, they might not have to expend so much energy litigating to maintain their lavish lifestyles.

  • Defacement Challenge… Anyone Hit?

    Anyone hit by the web vandalism contest? From Web vandalism contest results unclear | CNET News.com: “ While some 500 Internet addresses corresponding to defaced Web sites were submitted to Zone-H.org, the intermittent accessibility of the site meant that hundreds, if not thousands, more may have not been recorded. …Expected between 20,000 and 30,000 registrations…

  • Blogs Could Be Targets

    I think blogs will be a pretty big target… “ CNN.com – Will hackers attack 6,000 Web sites in 6 hours on July 6? – Jul. 3, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) — The government and private technology experts warned Wednesday that hackers plan to attack thousands of Web sites Sunday in a loosely coordinated “contest” that…

  • Weapons of Mass Destruction, Google Style

    Trust me for a minute. Follow these steps: Goto Google In the search blank type, without quotes: “weapons of mass destruction” Don’t hit “Google Search.” Instead, press “I’m Feeling Lucky” Read. Laugh. Hit me with a trackback ;-)

  • Going (Ding)Bat-ty

    From here, kadyellebee: “fontyness” June 28, 2003, I wound up following a trail that led me to an incredible dingbat and fleuron resource here: FontGarden Dingbats. Sample from FontGarden.com’s dingbats Most of the dingbats are freeware. A few are inexpensive shareware, postcardware, donationware, or, in one case, toyware. As freeware, they are almost all Windows…