You read lots of people talking about how to write for the web, that people scan and search vs. linger and pause. People don't work through content in a linear fashion. Furthermore, people parachute into your page from 20,000 ft, and run off into the bush as soon as…
"Dad, can we go out and run in the rain?" "Dad, can we go and get wet in our clothes?" Yes, yes you can.…
I spent some time this weekend learning and working with dojo. I have been casting about for some time, hoping to find a suitable replacement for extjs in dxr. In terms of the lib on a technical level, I liked working with extjs pretty well (I wrote about my first…
From Maclean's interview with Gord Downie: Q: You are a showman of epic proportions, and yet offstage you are a very different person. Where do you go when you get up on stage? A: I surrender. I throw myself on the altar of song and I see my own personal…
This is the story of the day I decided that it would be a good idea to get my static analysis builds to stop linking, since I only care about the dehydra output produced by gcc. I hear lots of people complain about how hard it can be to get…
My wife has observed that my best days are filled with a healthy dose of programming. I've found this to be true as well, even without her critical distance. I know of few things like programming that allow me to lose myself in a task. I can do it for…
This weekend we had to drive to Orillia, which took us across 89 on our way to the 400. Whenever we go this route, I'm totally blown away when we hit Shelburne and drive through the wind farm there. I think there's a tendency in Ontario, especially in Toronto, to…
I have a few posts I want to write, and I've been walking around with them in my head for the past month. One of them relates to the way I've come to read, specifically, the way I move from book to book, author to author and how this differs…
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have…
Tonight my very tired wife made a quite reasonable request: "can you make something sweet?" The answer to this question is always 'yes,' but sometimes it's harder than others. Tonight, for example, was tricky because we have no eggs in the house (nor much else I'd need…