Just As I Thought

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Far back, in the mists of ancient time, there existed a technology for sharing one’s thoughts, musings, memes, and other nonsense. You may have heard of it, if you’re over 40. The web log, or blog. The  [more...]

April 12, 2023
The War with the Customer

TV’s Greatest Flubs

When you are broadcasting to possibly millions of people, wouldn’t you take a bit more care in what you are doing? Tonight I tuned in to watch The Simpsons. When the show started, someone hit a wrong button and we  [more...]

January 12, 2003

This page for the Chevy Volt contains the usual – a few pictures, a lot of text. But visiting it makes my hard disk thrash and my fans ramp up. Why? ‘Cos it is not just a few pics and some text. It’s a HUGE FREAKIN’ FLASH FILE. And when I say huge, I mean, it is a Flash file that is 1,039 pixels wide by a ridiculous 4,269 pixels high.  And what gets me most steamed is that the entire thing could have been done quickly, easily, and simply in regular HTML. There’s nothing interactive, animated, or otherwise that requires Flash. NOT ONE DAMNED THING.  INSANE. But don’t take my word for it. Go look. Assuming you’re on a big honkin’ computer that can take it.

How not to do a web page

July 27, 2010

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