October 2003 - Posts

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Fixes to the existing skin with a new one on the way by Tim Marman

I finally got around to fixing my old skin, which broke when I changed the other CSS. There are a lot of things you need to “undo” in the base blue stylesheet. I think I got everything, though I'm not sure how it will look in browsers other...
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Don't pull the emergency cord by Tim Marman

A subway I was on recently had a sign in it offering helpful advice for various emergency situations. Fire ? Notify the crew member, exit to the next car. But don't pull the emergency cord. Suspicious or criminal activity ? Notify a crew member, who will...
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Outlook 2003 - a glimpse of Aero? by Tim Marman

I know I've talked about how much I liked Outlook 2003 in the past... but it wasn't until I had to roll back to Outlook XP for awhile until I realized what an improvement it was. The colored flags that can be set directly in the column (as opposed to...
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Curious choice of technology by Tim Marman

A colleague pointed out another .NET vs. Java article in JavaPro - but the interesting part is not the content but rather that the JavaPro site is implemented in .NET. (For example, this printer friendly version is an ASPX page) Yes, I know it's Fawcette...
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The Next Joe Millionaire by Tim Marman

Just saw an ad for the next Joe Millionaire show. This time, they go do the same thing to a bunch of European women. While I applaud the effort to show that the greed and pettiness extends beyond our American women, I still think they're missing the boat...
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Acer 300 Tablet PC by Tim Marman

New tablet out, Acer 300 . Few cool features I've noticed, but the first thing that stood out was that the side latches aren't there anymore. Still a little big for my taste, and as Faisal pointed out (among others) the resolution is a bit low for a 14...
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