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Archive for October, 2007
If your not valid, don’t claim to be
Oct 15th
Most Web documents are written using markup languages, such as HTML or XHTML. These languages are defined by technical specifications, which usually include a machine-readable formal grammar (and vocabulary). The act of checking a document against these constraints is called validation, and this is what the Markup Validator does.
W3C.org provides validation for web-pages. It checks the code to ensure that it is standard-compliant (X)HTML code. It takes precision by the website coder to ensure their site is completely valid. People who do manage to code completely valid sites often display images to show that their are a valid site. An example of a site that displays these images is: www.mirrorthat.com. Below are images of the site, the button’s, and what happens when the validation buttons are clicked.
So this site displays the valid code images, yet is full of non-compliant errors. Smooth move mirrorthat.com. If your site is guilty of this, remove the images because you are not valid and shouldn’t claim to be.
Facebook is Overrated Says Expert
Oct 15th
“Facebook is overrated”, says me. First of all, the fact that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of facebook won the title “Most influential person in the tech industry” is a load of crap. Facebook is nothing more than a bunch of php scripts, CSS style sheets, and crafty server software. Ok fine, facebook is impressive, but it’s not something any PHP programmer couldnt conjure up in a few months of dedicated time. If you look over the list (link in previous quote), you will likely realize that most people on that list belong above him. Clearly the drunk college people pictured in 90% of facebook images were the ones doing the voting in this survey.
What made facebook so appealing to me when I joined 2 years ago was the simplicity of the site. College student’s, few ads, set template, and straight forward. You didn’t need to hunt down a 3rd party stylesheet creator to make your profile like you need to do with MySpace, you simply fill out the profile forms, and boom your set. You are not allowed to change element colors on the page, make a flashy background, or embed 100,000,000 songs and video’s that all play at the same time on your site. It was perfect.
Then the Facebook API (Application Program Interface) became public and widely used. Now what you have are profiles with every imaginable ‘application’ installed. Is the simple text wall not enough? Well add the SuperWall so you can add images, videos, and specialized font to your posts! What to quiz your friends? Well damn send out some message requests prompting users to add [application name] to their profile so they can take the quiz. Spam spam spam your friends. Worthless.
Also the ‘new’ home page feed has more ads that try to disguise themselves as normal entries. While I understand the reasoning behind having ad’s, it seems as if Facebook is moving more and more into the myspace realm as they look to milk the social networking cash cow for everything it is worth. It’s just a matter of time before networking sites like pownce and orkut become the next Facebook. Then as it grows, it will inevitably evolve into a ‘myspace’ and people who are not 12 and don’t like spam and flashy crap will need to find a new site. That trend will then continue, or at least thats my prediction.
5 most impressive mustaches
Oct 11th
This is a countdown of the 5 most impressive mustaches of famous people to date.
5. Ron Burgandy
4. Ned Flanders
3. Captain Hook
2. Geraldo Rivera
1. Gene Shallot
This is not my opinion in any way, this is simply a fact. Disagree? Well send me who you think should be number 1.
You aren’t important, you are just an @$$hole
Oct 11th
One thing that has been getting on my nerves, as well as the nerves of the ‘non-asshole’ population is the increasing use of bluetooth earpieces. Don’t get me wrong, I am not against hands-free cell phone usage, as long as it is for the right reason, and the only reason it is acceptable is for driving. If you are driving a car, I would prefer you have an earpiece, but if you are no longer driving that car, TAKE IT OFF.
It is insane, people wear these things everywhere sporting it as if it were a fashion statement. Well I for one have had enough. I am sick of seeing people at places like Lifetime Fitness walking on the treadmill or around the track talking on their cell with a bluetooth earpiece. Does that person really, honestly feel they are so freaking important that they cant even work out without talking to someone. Then you have the people who are not even talking but keep it on their ear because they feel it does something to increase their status in society. Well guess what, it doesn’t.
Then there is the main reason why they should stop selling them, mistaken conversation. How many times have you been walking, heard someone say “Hi”, “What’s up” or some other greeting and thought they were talking to you? That happens to me more often than it should. Not until you see that giant pulsing blue LED on the earpiece do you realize, ‘oh, they are talking on the phone’. Then that makes you feel like an ass. It shouldn’t, but it always does.
I would love to ask each person using one of these earpieces, walking around with an undeserved sense of self importance why they find it necessary to be connected to their phone everywhere they go; whether it is grocery shopping, working out, or just walking down the street. Chances are they will just start to stutter, then break down crying about how they don’t really even own a cell phone, and they use the earpiece to look rich or some other bs story. Whatever the case be, I feel these pathetic self-esteem boosters need to be taken off the market before a small minority of people drive the majority nuts.
The real monopoly board
Oct 11th
Saw this on college humor, and anyone who has played monopoly knows this is exactly how it goes: http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1742162
Apple knocks windows via Search
Oct 11th
That title may make no sense, but look at what happens when you type ‘virus’ in the apple.com search bar (original report by tumbl):
Funny.
Shrek Macaroni and Cheese? No, more like Pooh Mac
Oct 10th
I was hungry today, it was around lunch time, so I decided to make some Shrek Macaroni and Cheese. Here is what it turned out like:
I am not yet a certified genius, but I can figure out that
After closer inspection, I was able to conclude
You may ask, why even buy Shrek Mac and Cheese if it doesn’t even look like shrek? Well for one, the fact that it looks like Pooh makes it less disgusting to eat. I would much rather consume a large bear that enjoys honey from pots than a green ogre. Second, everyone knows that ‘Shape’ macaroni is much better tasting than the plan noodle kind.
Thats all.
Swingers are annoying
Oct 9th
No, not swingers as in couples that sleep around, but instead those who swing their arms around way too much when walking. How many times have you been struck by someone’s flailing/swinging arms as they walk past you. I don’t know anyone personally who does this but I have seen it many times and it needs to stop!
