Monday, June 17, 2002

OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER left about two hours ago on the start of 25 hours in airports and airplanes. We miss her terribly already. She'll be gone six months and Australia is a LONG way from here. She'll be in good hands and she'll be doing great work, but with her two sisters gone for the summer, this old house is awfully quiet right now! 7:16:03 PM     Comments[]

WOULDN'T A 30-DAY TUTORIAL delivered by one of our weblogs and teaching a mix of CSS & HTML editing be a useful thing? We could decide to edit one of the standard Radio templates or we could start from scratch to build a brand new theme. Either way, we'd get into the nitty-gritty of changing the way a Radio weblog appears to viewers. Along the way we could cover the pieces that relate to accessibility and making a site validate, etc. Are there any on-line tutorials that walk one through the creation of a simple web site using CSS, HTML, etc.? I haven't found them, if they're out there! CSS Panic. Owen Briggs of the Web Standards Project put together the CSS Panic Guide. To sum up, “This is not a complete resource, this is a fast resource. These are the [meryl's notes] 7:10:47 PM     Comments[]

THIS IS A GOOD WEEK FOR US TO hear the rest of the story! On June 6 Dane said, "This may be a good time to explain how I control six weblogs and four static websites with Radio." I'm ready! 11:09:36 AM     Comments[]

U-S-A, U-S-A... Beating Mexico and advancing to the quarter finals is the biggest win for the United States team in their history! [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 10:27:31 AM     Comments[]

Dave Winer's get-well e-card is here. ... [Jon's Radio] 9:58:55 AM     Comments[]

NOW IT'S GETTING EVEN MORE INTERESTING Mark Pilgrim set the stage for accessibility in web sites with Days 1-2-3-4-5. Today, he begins to offer specific advice. This series could become incredibly useful. Stay tuned. Day 6: Choosing a DOCTYPE. You start your sentences with a capital letter; start your HTML with a DOCTYPE. It's just basic grammar. Who benefits? You benefit. Many of the tips in the rest of this series will require you to know what version of HTML you're using, because the instructions will be slightly different. So figure it out now, or add one if you don't have one. Further reading: A List Apart: Fixing Your Site With The Right DOCTYPE and MSDN: Quirks mode in IE 6. [dive into mark] 9:39:41 AM     Comments[]

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