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Monday, February 18, 2002


Volcanoes threaten to divide Africa. A great plume of hot volcanic mantle rock is rising beneath Africa, trying to split the continent apart. [BBC News: sci/tech]  12:45:15 PM    

Whoops, hold on. iFrames *does* work under OS X. The actual webservice the iFrame was trying to call was unavailable.

This raises the question of a WebServiced world. If one service is down, how do I catch and resolve that? Locally? [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom]

This is a real problem with dynamic content. We had done some work with client-side javascript includes about a year ago that gracefully handled the case of the dynamic-content server being down.

Basically, if the browser couldn't find the source file to include, the table would collapse around an image that was permanently displayed above the dynamic feed. You can see the example here. Look for the "internetsoccer.com" box in the right-hand column of the page.

This works in javascript enabled browsers, but you need some way to format your source file for it to work. I suppose a web service could be configures to write out a file that would be suitable for a javascript client-side include.  12:39:15 PM    


Going Crazy with CSS: Raggett Stylie. [via More Like This WebLog] [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom]  12:24:29 PM    

IPv6 enters the real world [IDG InfoWorld]  12:21:25 PM    

Fertility drugs not linked to cancer after 1 year. National Womens Health Information Center Feb 16 2002 0:43AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]  12:20:13 PM    

Older mothers face greater breast cancer risk: study. ninemsn Feb 16 2002 5:08PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]  12:19:18 PM    

CSS for Newbies.

CSS For Newbies. No zealotry, no fluff, just tech talk. Try these:

[diveintomark]  12:13:27 PM    

Oscar Wilde. "It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." [Quotes of the Day]  12:05:03 PM    

BSD desktop share triples that of Linux [MacNN]  12:02:00 PM    

Try Living in the 'Wheel' World. You're done with being a couch potato for the evening and want to go to bed. Simple. You're living in a wheel designed by an architecture firm in Vienna, so just turn the room around. By Daithí Ó hAnluain. [Wired News]  12:00:36 PM    

USAF Readies Laser of Death [Slashdot]  11:57:52 AM    


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