HTML Color Palette
There are a lot of HTML color palette tools out there. But I have found VisiBone Webmaster's Color Lab to be one of the best. The way it relates colors to each other is very helpful, and…
Me too
I fit the description cwinter's GeoURL post. Here I am, and all the losers that surround me.
Feel the speed
I was a bit underwhelmed by the speed of the new denovich.org. Since '96 denovich.com was hosted on a 486 66mhz (with EISA SCSI and Ethernet cards!) The new machine is a 1.3 Ghz Duron, with a…
A real shell
I use WinXP on my Laptop... It works, and I didn't pay for it. (For the record I've also been a Linux user since '92) Anyway, the one thing that really irratated me was the lack of a…
Learning Metalworking
I'm gradually assembling a metal shop in my basement/garage. Mostly to support my Alfa addiction, but also because it's so damn cool. Learning how to use all the stuff I own is somewhat…
Learning is fun
Deb just asked me where the word tampon came from... A quick search on dictionary.com reveals it is derived from the old French (or maybe German) word tampion. 1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a…
More confirmation
There are a lot of reasons why I married my wife. Another reason was revealed today, she's never seen the movie _E.T_. Similarly, I've never seen the _Wizard of Oz_ (and I plan to keep it…
Not under my xmas tree
In case anyone was wondering, this would have been an ideal xmas present: Alfa 156 GTAm I did get the excellent gift of a package of Turkish Alfa Romeo brochures from my friend Martin. As close as…
Apocolypse Pooh?!
Apocolypse Now is probably my favorite film (other than Blazzing Saddles of course.) When nothing else seems to be on, we can generally rely on Cinemax showing Redux. I think we must have watched it…
A train in the kitchen
Maybe it's a side effect of watching so much BBC America, as Deb and I have started drinking tea. No Lipton here... Or current favorite is Margaret's Hope Autumnal SFTGFOP-1 Darjeeling. It…