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August 5, 2004
CSS and fruit
First off, a techie question: I have to code HTML for Netscape (yeah, I know) browsers, and typical methods for referring to a separate CSS file are not being recognized on Netscape, but work fine on IE of course. How do you code to refer to a CSS file in another directory on Netscape, without having to embed the CSS in the HTML?
Second, a fruit question: I have acorn squash in the garden this year, as my neighbors have not blasted everything with hated Roundup, so I'm willing to eat my squash year. How do I know when my acorn squash is ready to harvest and eat? Color, sound, smell? To date I've only bought them from the grocery store.
Yesterday I went to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds Army installation north of Baltimore to tour one of our labs so I can write an article about it. It was pretty cool, and there were tanks and heavy artillery all over the place. High security there too. They have this big hydraulic thingy that simulates road action on big military vehicles. It uses over 8,000 gallons of hydraulic oil. Now that's a lot of lube.
As for the security "threat" here in DC and NYC, I have one thing to say: WHAT-EV-ER! We're going on three-year old information here? And it just happens to occur after the DNC and just before the Republican convention in NYC. Hmm...gotta make sure all those protesters in the Big Apple behave I guess...
But, the presence of actual security at the Shaw-Howard Metrorail station proves that the Shaw-LeDroit neighborhood has arrived. They care for us, they really do! That and I saw my first trannsexual prostitute on 6th and R. She was very polite and asked me where Howard University was. She was dressed much like Cyndi Lauper circa 1985 or so, and could have played prop on my rugby team.
Off to the beach this afternoon with Gurl and Chrisafer and Bubbles! Have a good weekend!
Posted by jimbo at August 5, 2004 8:48 AM
Comments
"Like most so-called winter squashes, Acorn is ready when the skin hardens to the point where you cannot pierce it with a thumbnail."
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cornucop/msg0716075629026.html
Other ways to tell, history, etc. here:
http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa100900a.htm
Posted by: David at August 5, 2004 10:30 AM
Unfortunately, it will probably be easier (and kosher) to use standard CSS. IE tends to render CSS in whacky ways, or worse: microsoft pushed a bunch of their own unique conventions into their CSS model. This means that IE is *not* using CSS correctly in some cases, or is using things in CSS that are non-standard.
When i develop web UI i tend to view my work in FireFox, as it is extremely compliant with standard CSS. Then, i check out the work in IE to make sure that Microsoft's browser is *correctly* rendering the code.
But, if you want to rely upon IE-specific CSS, and to push your users who own industry compliant browsers to another, extra CSS page (double-plus work in my head ;-), then this should help:
http://richardathome.no-ip.com/index.php?article_id=10
rob@egoz.org
Posted by: rob adams at August 5, 2004 2:15 PM
Here's another user-agent to different css example:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/dyncss_dev.htm
Also...
Regarding the financial sector orange alert:
There are two ilks of intelligence. One *is* three years old (site analysis documents on Khan's laptop). But, there's another very, very recent communication that is not 3-years old, but happened last Friday and little over a month ago regarding these same sites (circa 20). The nature of this communication, to whom, and to how many, they have not disclosed. They've merely said that Khan was in communication with no less than 6 individuals *in* America regarding these documents.
Remember, it took 5 years worth of observation, documentation, and analysis before alQaeda felt comfortable enough with the Kenyan and Tanzania operations. 5 years. That is how alQaeda works. They're methodical, careful, and detailed.
rob@egoz.org
Posted by: rob adams at August 5, 2004 2:57 PM
It depends which version of Netscape you're trying to code for. The Import method is only supported by Netscape 6.0 or later:
@import "yourstyle.css";
But even Netscape 4.0 should be able to bring it in with the link method:
Note, that ANY css support offered by pre-6.0 Netscape sucks.
Fitz
Posted by: Fitz at August 5, 2004 4:10 PM
Your spam filters killed my code. I'll email it to you...
Posted by: Fitz at August 5, 2004 4:12 PM
Jimbo, you look so fresh and so clean, all spiffied up in that tie!! I like. :D
Posted by: Ray-Ray at August 6, 2004 7:04 PM
He codes his own pages, he asks for help when he needs it, he grows his own vegetables and looks spiffy in a shirt and tie! Why is Jimbo not married yet?
I have unidentified squash growing in my garden, today I noticed the first fruit!
The Beach! God I miss the beach.
Posted by: timothy at August 6, 2004 9:25 PM
Let that squash grow for another month, then harvest it and store it in your dungeon ;)
Winter squashes (such as hubbard, acorn or Cucurbita pepo, spaghetti and pumpkin) are harvested at the end of summer, generally cured to further harden the skin, and stored in a cool place for eating later.
Posted by: Dwight at August 7, 2004 8:50 AM