Just got this announcement in my Inbox:

[Quote]
Greetings,

W3C switched today its home page to a full CSS layout instead of the
previous table-based one. See:
http://www.w3.org/

The techniques used in this layout has been documented at:
http://www.w3.org/2002/11/homepage
It is basically realized through the float property.

As you may know, using CSS for horizontal layout has some important
benefits:
– respect of the HTML semantics (tables are really for tabular data)
– better accessibility
– better device scalability

The downside is that some non-CSS2 aware browsers do not render it as
intended; the page keeps completely readable though.

The W3C Communication Team is interested in hearing comments on this
change on the publicly archived mailing-list site-comments@w3.org
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Kinda cool

Nov 27th 2002, 00:44 GMT

dive into mark –

[Quote] Syndication is not publication: “Now, like heartburn that persists 2 or more times a week even though you’ve treated it and changed your diet, the idea is back again. “Ban RSS! XHTML is all we need! It’s like, uh, semantic and stuff.” Spare me. (1060 words)” [Quote]

I’ve have Dive Into Mark on my blogwatch for a while. He took a little vacation after Halloween, but now he’s back.

This just struck me as funny:

[Quote] A syndication format that requires valid semantic XHTML markup? Spare me. 9 out of 10 bloggers can’t even spell XHTML. [Quote]

Thanks Gossip :)

I tried out the Alanis Lyric Generator posted by Gossip. These 3 songs (using the same input) are the result… Yes, I cheated a little bit… I wanted to stick with the whole MS bashing theme. I’ve never dated Bill Gates, nor would I want to.

———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———-

“Why”

Programmers, Computers, Security Flaws
Why God, Why?
Computers, Software Licenses, Microsoft
Why God, Why?

What have I done to deserve this Blue horror?
Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Microsoft
Like a Robert Frost character, I’m wordy and alone
Why God, Why?

Bugs, Programmers, Money
Why God, Why?
Microsoft, Money, Security Flaws
Why God, Why?

What have I done to deserve this Blue disaster that is my life?
Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Microsoft
Like a Robert Frost character, I’m wordy and alone
Why God, Why?

What have I done to deserve this Blue misery?
Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Microsoft
Like a Robert Frost character, I’m wordy and alone
Why God, Why?

Why God, Why?
Why God, Why?
Why God, Why?
Why God, Why?

———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———-

“Will to Live”

I feel miserable
Programmers make me ill
I feel miserable
Computers tear at my foundations
I feel miserable
Security Flaws are dragging me down to the depths of misery
I want to die

Is it because of Microsoft that I feel this way?
With the Blue rays of misery pounding on my brain?
Or am I lost in tale of Robert Frost, adrift far from home
I don’t think so, I don’t think so.

Bill Gates Broke My Will to Live
Bill Gates Broke My Will to Live
Bill Gates Broke My Will to Live
I was getting better but then
Bill Gates Broke My Will to Live

I feel miserable
Software Licenses rot the flesh from my bones
I feel miserable
Bugs defeat my purpose
I feel miserable
Money are doing their best to impale my soul
I want to die

Is it because of Microsoft that I feel this way?
With the Blue rays of misery pounding on my brain?
Am I lost in tale of Robert Frost, adrift far from home
I don’t think so, I don’t think so.

Bill Gates Broke My Will to Live
Bill Gates Broke My Will to Live
Oh God, Bill Gates Broke My Will to Live
I was getting better but then
Bill Gates Broke My Will to Live

———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———- ———-

“I Think”

I Think Programmers are really a huge problem
I Think Computers are too much on my mind
I Think Security Flaws have got a lot to do with why the world sucks
But what can you do?

Like a Blue rain, beating down on me
Like a Robert Frost line, which won’t let go of my brain
Like Bill Gates’s ass, it is in my head
Blame it on Microsoft
Blame it on Microsoft
Blame it on Microsoft

I Think Software Licenses are gonna drive us all crazy
And Bugs make me feel like a child
I Think Money will eventually be the downfall of civilization
But what can you do? I said what can you do?

Like a Blue rain, beating down on me
Like a Robert Frost line, which won’t let go of my brain
Like Bill Gates’s ass, it is in my head
Blame it on Microsoft
Blame it on Microsoft
Blame it on Microsoft

Like a Blue rain, beating down on me
Like Bill Gates’s smile, cruel and cold
Like Robert Frost’s ass, it is in my head
Blame it on Microsoft
Blame it on Microsoft
Blame it on Microsoft

More Spam Assassin Goodness

Just checked the spam-box for one of my email accounts. Get a load of this “altered” subject line:
SPAM – Is hot and waiting for you [address removed since I don’t need MORE spam]

The message is from “Allison”, so I think it was supposed to read more like:
“Allison is hot and waiting for you [address removed since I don’t need MORE spam]” (and yes, it appears to be pr0n spam)

The new subject line is much better, in my opinion. 🙂

(lets see – SPAM, pr0n, assassin, altered – that should make for some interesting search hits…)