An excellent alternative to the natural resource hog of a grass lawn, try a clover lawn instead. via Signal vs. Noise
Author: Mark Boszko
Mark is easily distracted and seems not to require sleep. However, this is an illusion. He is mortal, like you. Perhaps doubly so. He makes videos and a little bit of art and design. He also watches way too many movies and jokes around on Twitter.
CSS Mastery
I sent this email to Andy just after I started reading: I got your CSS Mastery book from Amazon last week, and I just started reading it last night. I’m only 2/3 through the first chapter, but I have to say that your explanation of how CSS works is the clearest, most concise version I’ve…
Wayback Machine
Wow, now this is wicked cool. Thanks to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, you can see what Station in the Metro looked like back in 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2005 (although that last one seems to be missing its stylesheet). There were two websites which preceded SitM back in 1996-97, but they were even more…
Ms. I Don’t Know How to View a Rough Cut Lady
I just laughed my arse off, listening to Rough Cut Lady, a parody of the Bud Lite Real Men of Genius radio ads. If you’re in the film/video post-production business, you’ll get it. It reminds me of several Executive Producers I’ve had to work with.
Brisco on DVD!
That’s right— The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. is finally being released on DVD! Huzzah! So, those of you with bootlegs, now’s the time to get rid of ’em. 😉
Unusual Bikes
This weekend, as I continue my process of cleaning out my bins of decade-old papers and such, I came across Strida, which is an amazing little fold-up bike. Reminds me of some other cool bikes that break the usual street/mountain bike mold, such as this lovely recumbent from Bigha, and this electric bike from eGo.
Taco Hell
Yes, I know it’s old, and probably apocryphal, but since I don’t want to keep the copy I printed out a decade ago, I’m linking to it here.