I use:
All these services, and none of them really feel inked to each other. I’d love to see the big G set up a portal for Webmasters so I could log in and get to my SiteMaps, Analytics, and Adsense all from the same place, maybe even with a search box and link to GMail.
Yes, I’m lazy. I’ll probably write more about this later.
I recently discovered the joy of ClearType, Microsoft’s font smoothing gizmo that comes with Windows XP.
I’ve tried it many times before, but this is the first time I set it up right for a CRT monitor, and it is simply loverly. Makes me feel like I’m not using Windows. All the Mac’s at school look like this, and many screenshots I’ve seen of Linux have nice smooth fonts as well. I’ve become used to seeing smooth, slightly bold fonts everywhere now.
I decided to turn it off just now and it burns!. Looking at the websites I’ve worked on the past few days, the text is just plain nasty. Parts of this blog are almost unreadable. Trebuchet MS is jagged at certain sizes, and Lucida Grande just looks wrong when sized for body text. Good ol’ Verdana/Arial/Tahoma look just fine. Almost every Windows PC I’ve ever used had ClearType off, and I’ve completely forgotten how 80% of my visitors see my text. Back to the CSS editor!
The Ontario budget revealed yesterday that the colleges ran a $50 million surplus in the 2005-06 budget year and are projecting a $38 million surplus for 2006-07. - this page
Yay, there’s money to go around. When does school start?
Got them all, except I did something else for Asia Yellow. As an added bonus, the next ARCWD may have found a temporary new look.
Subject to change since I haven’t checked my email yet:
My favourite skatepark closed for good last fall, mostly because nobody knew about it. To make sure the GTA doesn’t lose another park (and to help me find a new one to ride), I’ve started dropping local parks my own Google map. It’s still too early in production to post, but I’m impressed with Google’s API so far. I barely know JavaScript and have markers and info windows popping up in all the right places.
Right now, the Common Grounds Skatepark is looking good. Hope they are friendly to inline skaters. Cummer Park is usually way to crowded to be safe.
So that’s the morning. Lunch!
UPDATE - Here’s the map
I gotta list my accomplishments for the day, otherwise I’ll look back and go “PFFFFTT, what a waste”
That’s not bad.
Teachers are still on strike, though it looks like something could happen if this binding arbitration thing goes through.