Post Archive 

In the wake of the tragedy that befel the citizens of and visitors to New Orleans recently, I've been amazed at the amount of support and kindness being shown to the survivors (Barbara Bush's comments notwithstanding).

It's funny, but the more I take on, the more zen I get about work. Perhaps it's the recent addition of a daily trek to the gym in the wee hours of the morning which is getting my day off to a better start. Or maybe it's the Pragmatic philosophy which is beginning to take hold since finishing The Pragmatic Programmer and starting Agile Web Development with Rails. Who knows, but I am thankful for the calm.

I just encountered a DOM implementation issue in IE which took about three hours to solve (and like a year off my life).

Yeah, I'm weighing into the debate on the ALA redesign. I have to say I agree with Jon and Jeremy regarding the fixed 1024px width.

Congress in going back into session after their summer recess and they will be taking a vote on the Estate Tax. It is a hotly contested issue that I feel very strongly about. The truth is that a lot of public services depend on the revenue generated by the estate tax and the number of people affected by it is less than 1.4% of the population.

Just when I had gotten over the loss of Design In-Flight, the magazine relaunches as a web-only publication.

I finally got around to reading Chris Wilson's post about standards support in IE7 and I have to admit I am more than a little giddy.

Sad news, friends… Design In-Flight is closing shop. This very young, yet stellar PDF-based magazine was off to a fantastic start, but, as Andy put it, changes in his personal and professional life have conspired to make DiF's continued publication an impossibility.

It is very important to stress the difference between "structure" and "semantics." Way too many people (myself included) have used these terms interchangably, when they are not the same.