ollicle.com: 2004

• Inside-out NetNewsWire stylesheet

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  10:16 PM 15 November 2004

  Unlike my previous style for NetNewsWire, this style is not designed for reading. X-ray instead exposes the underlying HTML structure of the displayed post, highlighting common tags and their classes.

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• New NetNewsWire CSS

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  12:24 AM 27 October 2004

  Updated

  7:53 PM 28 May 2010

  Version 2 of NetNewsWire (currently in beta) provides a bunch of new elements for a custom stylesheet to get a handle on. The possibilities provided by these new elements, and the fact that my old CSS is broken in this new version, motivated me to create a fresh style for NetNewsWire 2.

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• A dream delicious client

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  3:41 AM 11 October 2004

  Updated

  5:59 PM 26 May 2010

  A little over a month ago I mentioned my contemplation of tag based bookmark management. Since then I have made a commitment of sorts to move my links to del.icio.us. Lately, instead of working though my bookmarks and uploading the links I want to keep, I have been thinking about how I would like to explore and navigate these links later.

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• Results of the 2004 Australian Federal Election

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  7:56 PM 10 October 2004

  I blame my Mum and Dad. If I was brought up as a narrow minded, self centered, shallow thinking bigot - I’d probably be feeling contentment instead of frustration, anger and dismay.

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• Petals around the rose answer

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  2:10 AM 22 September 2004

  Google is great for finding answers to many of life’s puzzles; Although, for some healthy problem solving satisfaction I recommend trying to work some things out for yourself. The answer to the rose petals puzzle will be on the net, but why look out there when the answer is right in front of you!

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• Upgrading the future

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  4:27 PM 11 September 2004

  While listening to clever people discuss our collective future on the Science Show (ABC Radio National), I’m messing with the future of this site. Posted with Ecto 2.0 beta.

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• The pre-upgrade lull

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  12:11 AM 3 September 2004

  Now that Movable Type 3.1 has launched, this site can hope to catch up (tortoise style) with the great stuff the new version to offer. And, can a tree be just a different way of looking at a cloud?

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• Discovering PHP

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  1:14 AM 20 June 2004

  Lately I have been getting myself tangled up in JavaScript while attempting to pass variables to Flash. ActionScript Hero pointed me to a tutorial from Neil Webb which got me thinking PHP might make this a whole lot cleaner.

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• Oh no SOHO

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  2:44 AM 13 June 2004

  Improving technology continues to make many professions redundant. But another piece of desktop publishing software on the market should not worry graphic designers.

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• Month expired

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  11:09 PM 7 June 2004

  My month expired long ago. After some research I decided any digital camera within my experimental budget effectively technically was a pinhole camera. The ideal kind of digital camera to adapt for pinhole use would be the SLR type with detachable lenses and full manual control over exposure times. My scanner still has plenty of work to do before I can justify that kind of luxury.

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• CSS image rollover flicker - the Blogger solution

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  1:25 AM 17 May 2004

  I was very interested to see how the problem of flickering CSS background images in IE6 was resolved in the construction of the new Blogger.

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• Scripting the Photoshop text object

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  9:11 PM 16 May 2004

  Photoshop's lack of scripting support for selections in it's text object has brought my latest Applescript efforts to a sad dead end.

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• in less than one month from now

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  12:35 AM 23 April 2004

  Updated

  12:49 PM 5 April 2010

  I accepted a challenge tonight. Needless to say I'm not doing it for the money.

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• If you are serious about buying a washing machine?

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  12:20 AM 23 April 2004

  The other day my cheap hand me down washing machine died. Of course the first place I look to for a replacement is the internet.

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• text 2 HTML without the lock down

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  10:58 PM 28 March 2004

  Jay Allen points, in his post The CMS and inline HTML, to an issue which I have been recently giving some thought as I consider switching between Textile to Markdown.

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• TypeKey comments

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  6:25 PM 20 March 2004

  Sixapart are warming us up for the imminent release of MovableType 3 and the centralised comment registration service it and TypePad will use. I got excited for a moment, reading the description of TypeKey, by the potential of centralised commenting. Of course this is not the function that inspired the creation of TypeKey, but fun to consider anyway.

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• Multiple classes

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  11:56 PM 5 March 2004

  Why didn’t anyone tell me you could apply more than one class to a HTML element? I guess I didn’t think to ask. Dave Shea of Mezzoblue mentions this jewel in his post Positioning and the Cascade You can apply...

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• MTDateHeader begone

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  12:41 AM 29 February 2004

  Tonight I shifted my entry titles into their rightful H2 position. Until now this esteemed slot was occupied by the entry date, as it does in the default templates from MovableType. I understand why the MT templates were built this...

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• Hide frontend editing links with CSS

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  8:06 PM 23 February 2004

  I don’t have PHP set-up but being partial to a low tech solution I figure I can hide the admin links with CSS.

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• Missing link with Flash

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  7:21 PM 23 February 2004

  Updated

  5:35 PM 4 July 2010

  I mentioned the possible use of a Flash UI for AppleScript a while ago. Peter Bunn - developer of Missing Link requested a demo.

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• Aussie dollar and software

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  11:07 PM 18 February 2004

  Australian dollar inspires me to spend

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• Testing the fabric

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  9:48 PM 17 February 2004

  Yesterday I attempted to give the new Textile 2.0 a spin. I had some problems so here goes Textile 2.0.1. pre. Sample code <b>Sample code</b> <b>Sample code</b> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox...

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• Plumbers tap

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  10:27 PM 16 February 2004

  Updated

  11:37 AM 5 April 2010

  It’s not a new expression but it goes a long way to describe the lack of design attention apparent on this site. Tonight I am making some superficial changes (i.e. CSS only) to ollicle.com. The usual excuses have held me...

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• Impact of U.S.-Style Copyright Laws

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  8:47 PM 9 February 2004

  Slashdotters say it for me. Johnny in bed with Bush? Only in his wildest dreams!...

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• Ashamed American

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  6:34 PM 8 February 2004

  The Ashamed to be an American In my week off I realized I’m ashamed to be an American. Why is it not OK for Janet Jackson to show her boob on national TV, but it’s OK for our military to...

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• Welcome Blake

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  10:00 PM 6 February 2004

  This evening Blake Kimber-Mair came into the world. All 9 pounds - 50cm of him. Congratulations Robyn and Damien! I can’t imagine what he will make of Blake’s Seven - perhaps by the time he sees it he’ll have is...

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• No intelligence

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  10:38 PM 3 February 2004

  Updated

  11:23 AM 5 April 2010

  While Bush and Blair tell us they have decided to investigate the bleeding obvious. Howard admits Australia has no intellegence of it’s own to investigate. Speak for yourself Johnny! At the same time Mr Bush made no excuses for the...

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• Force of numbers

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  10:17 PM 3 February 2004

  I have been considering getting myself a PC at home for web testing and a bit of desktop gaming. A tricky decision as my Mac has a growing need to be upgraded.

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• Noized

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  12:37 PM 1 February 2004

  Nicolas of lightfocus.org honoured me with an invitation this weekend to contribute some pixels to noized. It’s been far too long since I last set out to have some shameless fun with photoshop. The excersie has impressed on me once...

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• The other spherical desert

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  11:18 AM 1 February 2004

  It seems the Bush administration would prefer American’s had their eyes on the stars.

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• NetNewsWire CSS refinement

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  12:59 PM 25 January 2004

  A custom stylesheet improves the general readability of the RSS posts in my copy of NetNewsWire. Every once in a while an entry appears amoungst the RSS feeds I regularly read that doesn’t include a link on the title. My...

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• Stereolab and To Rococo Rot

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  6:54 PM 21 January 2004

  .. stereolab : news .. We can now confirm that To Rococo Rot will support Stereolab from Glasgow to Brussels. Beautiful bleeps galore. Damn! Sometimes I hate living on this side of the world. Someone over there please see them...

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• Stealing the past

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  7:54 PM 19 January 2004

  The future of CD packaging, buying music, Aphex Twin and the iPod.

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• Stick up for the little guy - iPod mini

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  10:46 AM 9 January 2004

  Personally I think it is great! To put my take on it in perspective I need to point out I still use and love my first generation, 5 gig, iPod.

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