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Saturday, March 30, 2002
[6:47:50 PM]

Little George and the Vietnam War [mind.net].

On a lighter note: I love Photoshop. It gives the masses the ability to make visual statements.

[6:43:44 PM]
"If George Bush is the answer, it must have been a stupid question." -- some guy named Chris in email Bartcop [barcop.com].

[2:10:10 PM]
CSS tip: Use 'hover' to get a rollover effect for your links. This is good usability, can aid readability, and it's sexy. It's easy, too. Just add a couple of lines to your stylesheet. You don't have to do anything new to the anchor tags:

<style> a {text-decoration: none} a:hover {text-decoration: underline} </style> ... <a href="/some_url">Example link</a>

You can see this in operation in the web version of Dave Weiner's DaveNet: example.

Benefits: It's good for usability to have some subtle indication that you can click on a link. Browsers typically change the cursor, but adding an underline to a link seems beneficial. It's easier to read text when it *isn't* underlined, so this particular trick is better for readability. It's also "sexy" -- we expect interactivity from computers, and this is an easy way to get a little interaction.

Slightly more advanced uses: you can also use the stylesheet to specify the color of the link. Zeldman makes links bold with the stylesheet, as well.

If you are concerned with usability, I suggest sticking to the "less is more" approach. All you need is a detectable indication that the user can click. If you want to show off all the groovy things you can do with stylesheets, then -- by all means -- go crazy.

[2:01:41 PM]
How about the Arab League? Good smack-down of the Bush mafia. The way to peace.

The way to peace is obvious. Pull the settlers out, give the Palestinians a state with real borders. Win acceptance by the people by funding infrastructure and development. See if you can't buy off Hamas and the rest, too.

Israeli hate and war mongers probably can't be bought off so easily, but they can be voted out of office and/or thrown in jail.

All parties would have to be patient with the various remaining terrorists -- civilian and government, Israeli and Palestinian. Only war mongers and cowards give terrorists what they want: escalating violence.

Sharon is a war monger, not a coward, but he's also nuts. He only loses with each escalation. He'll drive Israel to the brink, forcing the people and the army to stop the madness. Then when the transcripts come out, he'll spend the rest of his life in a prison cell.