A new version of AppleScript Studio appears to be available for developers at the Apple Developer Connection (register free). Still in beta, but it appears to address some really significant issues, including native support for the User Defaults framework in Cocoa and some other stuff…
Day: March 12, 2002
Someone made a derivative work from MY script!!!
Saw this via mac.scripting.com: Will Wade has released a new AppleScript based on my iTunes2Blog
that posts the currently playing iTunes track to Blogger. I’m flattered and happy that my early script was helpful to someone. Interestingly, I don’t seem to be able to find Will’s blog anywhere, or I’d point to it…
Today’s CSS learnings
Working on the redesign in earnest today. I’m teaching myself CSS from trial and error and the specs, so I don’t have a lot of authority, but I thought I’d share what I’m learning anyway.
CSS Learning #1: When trying to display a border around a <div>, you must specify the border color, size, and style (or have specified them as a default somewhere) or the border will not display.
CSS Learning #2: CSS allows you to specify dimensions of elements in a number of ways, including ems (an em is approximately equal to the width of a capital letter M in the font being used). Distance measurements in ems are great when you’re just working with type. However, when mixing images (fixed size in pixels) and type, ems may cause problems. The cause: slightly differing type dimensions across platforms, or different fonts installed in the user’s system.
CSS Learning #3: Float is your friend. The float attribute of a <div> around an image allows you to wrap text around that image.
Adam is blogging…
Adam is the guy who introduced himself on Friday as having read my blog. His blog page, when he gets content on it, is here. Glad to see there’s a fair amount of content!!! Hope that he catches up with Jenny’s blogging soon!
CSS for Print
evolt.org: Kissing Print Versions of Pages Goodbye. CSS syntax for creating a special print style sheet. Interesting to see what level of browser support there is for this. (From mac.scripting.com.)
New department: WebDesign
I’m breaking out the Internet department of the site as it’s gotten too crowded. First new department: WebDesign. I will post things I learn as I work on the site redesign here (no, I haven’t abandoned it, especially not now that my dad is on a CSS-compliant browser and off Netscape 4).
Mergers no cure for Enron/Andersen nightmare
Infoworld: Troubled Andersen close to finding a buyer. Bad news for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. What are they hoping to get out of this, anyway? “Economies of scale?” I like the random quotation from Larry Lipsher of Lipsher Accountancy Corp, based in China: “The larger and larger the accounting firms get, the more they’re going to come up with the sort of esoteric tripe that caused things like this.” A-yup.
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