Binary by Accident Archives

Hey Grandma Rinn!

Since you've been giving Maureen some guff, we've posted new pictures of Christopher! Of course, we would have posted them eventually anyway. The best of the new crop shows him sitting up straight all on his own.

Patron Saint

Did you know that St. Isadore is the (proposed) patron saint of Internet Users? I didn't think so. Davezilla offers up some interesting prayers.

Zimbabwe, Congo - what's the difference?

I've been regaled with another tale of woe. This one is interesting that instead of 'possibilities' it uses the word 'modalities'. Is that word actually taught to people learning English?

Feel free to contact Mariam Sese-Seko, alleged former first-lady of Zaire (now known as one of the Congos).

Man Knows Just what he'd say if he met Christina Ricci

This is not an Onion article, it's a fake. But an amusing fake. The author nails the style.

Says the subject in an email:

"Actually it was a friend from work who did it and it's his site. I feel flattered that he thought of me - maybe I can now use my web celebrity status to actually meet Christina Ricci."

Scott, I can't help with Ms. Ricci, but I'll buy you a beer next time I'm in Pittsburgh. Knowing us however, it will likely be several beers, shots, and associated debauchery.

Let it be true!

Do I smell a return from the technology abyss for everyone's favorite Shifted Librarian?

Update: Appears so, but at the regular site.

And the winner is...

I've tallied all the entries...okay, the entry, and am declaring Dane the no-prize winner. Having a fine eye for detail, he outsmarted me. The change I was referring to was turning the day headers into the archive links instead of having a graphic do so.

Now if I could only get them to behave consistently...

Update: Simple CSS error - I defined the archive links to be in black text without an underline. I forgot to define their look after they were visited, hence the inconsistent appearance.

Comments

I have a love/hate relationship with allowing comments. I don't tend to post items that generate comments, so seeing 'comments: 0' every few lines was bugging me.

Because people have left comments (and some worth saving - to remind me about sounding like a self-important jerk) I've gone through and copied them into the appropriate post.

Wacky world of the NFL

This has been an exceedingly strange day in the NFL. I'll just pull from the games I was able to watch on cable today:

1. An expansion team (Houston Texans) won their first-ever game against the Dallas CryCowboys. Convincingly.
2. The New Orleans Saints won a game that was on the verge of ending in a tie when Tampa Bay's punter tried avoiding a safety by throwing a pass. Whoops - it was intercepted for a touchdown. Sudden death.
3. Kansas City needed an offensive lineman to get a lateral and run for 30 yards to set up a winning field goal. Not odd enough? It took a taunting penalty on Cleveland's punter to set up good field position for KC. Still too normal? A Cleveland player thought the game was over before the lateral took place, so took off his helmet and threw it in celebration. That's an automatic 15-yard penalty. Plus, a game cannot end on a defensive penalty. So even though the clock had expired during the above-mentioned run, KC got to line up and take the field goal attempt.
4. Detroit got blown out by Miami. Oh - that's not weird at all.

Tweak, tweak, tweak

A genuine no-prize if you can tell me what the template tweak was. And using Google is cheating for this exercise!

Art Buchwald

"You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it." [Quotes of the Day]

MIT Courses

"On September 30 MIT will release first courses on the Internet as part of their OpenCourseWare initiative." [Krzysztof Kowalczyk's Weblog]

Now, that is neat! It will be interesting to see how much of it is useful to someone not actually taking the course.

Since Bosephus asked...

Yes, I'm ready for some football!

Things that sound awful but aren't

Burningbird: "I really hate America."

Oh, I've been in the desert on a horse with no name...

Damn - get that out of my head!

Added: The quote is what sounds awful, but isn't. The song is.

Memories

"Dave has scanned and uploaded the 300-odd Advanced Dungeons and Dragons monsters he created, called "Dave's Book of Beings." God, this takes me back to one of my great nerdish obsessions." [Via Boing Boing Blog]

I still have all my Dungeons & Dragons materials. In fact, I'm able to turn my head and see a good chunk of it. I didn't actually play very much - I enjoyed immersing myself in the details. I would huddle up with my books, dice, and paper for hours at a time to occupy myself. Oh, that life were still so simple.

Weblogging for Fun and Profit

Can you make money weblogging? Dane Carlson is trying to find out via Weblogs4hire.

"Weblogs4Hire.com is about connecting webloggers with the organizations that need their specific talents. Because, as more organizations realize the value of providing timely, relevant and unique content to their prospects and clients, it is only natural that they turn to weblogs."

Another case for coding to standards

"Does Incorrect HTML Syntax Affect SE Rankings?. For years, SEOs have used "creative HTML" to attain rankings. There is a growing body of evidence that search engine indexers are getting tighter about valid code. The moral is that...[ you should]... run the page through a validator before posting it and getting it indexed." [WebmasterWorld]

Priceless

This recording is too cute! I can't wait until Christopher's first day in school. Only 5 years away.