Okay, the headline is a bit sarcastic. But since the date for the closing of the Newport Avenue Bridge has been a moving target up until now, it’s hard to take it seriously when they finally commit to it. But there’s this item on KTVZ naming tomorrow (Saturday) the day, and I also heard the… Continue reading Newport Avenue Bridge closing… someday
Month: April 2006
Bad PHP! Bad!
If you’re familiar with web programming and AJAX and PHP, check out this item about Client-side PHP on The Daily WTF. Go ahead, take a look. I’ll wait. Done? Good. Now, if you’re familiar with what’s happening in that code, I’ll wait while you convulse in horror. 🙂 Holy expletive, that code makes me angry… Continue reading Bad PHP! Bad!
Pointing to my writing elsewhere
Yes, April has been a slow month on this site so far. I’m working on rectifying that. But it also occured to me that I hadn’t blogged about the High Desert Sun lately or even pointed to my articles that were published in it (and are online). So, they are here and here, and the… Continue reading Pointing to my writing elsewhere
For Dummies book cover generator
This is pretty cool: Dummies Book Cover Generator (via eMusings). Now you can generate a fake “For Dummies” book for any occasion (which would have been handy when I originally created this and this). Imagine the mayhem… At the very least, I can now mockup my For Tards ideas:
Bond Street Barber Shop
Just wanted to blog a short note about the Bond Street Barber Shop in Downtown Bend. I went there for a haircut for the first time Tuesday after work, it’s a nice place. The big draw, though, is the complimentary beer and wine you get while you’re waiting! Yep, you read that right. They stock… Continue reading Bond Street Barber Shop
Free plug
You may have noticed the new banner in the sidebar, for Obsidian Stock. What’s Obsidian Stock? It’s Simone‘s newish stock photography venture, and she’s putting out a call for Central Oregon photographers. Simone does good work, and I think she’s going to do really well with this venture. So click over and check things out.… Continue reading Free plug
01:02:03 04/05/06
By now most of the world has passed the once-in-a-century date and time sequence of “01:02:03 04/05/06”. And you thought Daylight Savings Time was big news! Yeah, right. I think the anchor on NBC Nightly News tonight summed it up best: Perhaps it’s more notable that someone thought that up in the first place…
Hugh MacLeod’s stealing my idea!
I can’t help but notice that this cartoon by Hugh MacLeod seems to be lifting from my “For Tards” book idea I blogged about back in 2004… 🙂
April 1 (Fools, and not)
So. April 1st. Any April Fool’s Day stories to pass on? I have one. My wife calls this morning as they’re supposed to be leaving San Diego, and says they’re not leaving because my daughter has a 103 degree fever. I freak out a little bit. April Fool’s! That’s all I got, actually. I forgot… Continue reading April 1 (Fools, and not)