A short post about using const in C++. Read the rest of this entry ...

§424 · January 30, 2008 · C++, Software, Technology · 4 comments ·


The writer's strike might actually be good for ABC's Lost Season 4, which starts on its new night this Thursday - don't forget! This being one of the few shows with more than a handful of episodes (8) while other shows are airing the bits and pieces they have saved up from before the writer's strike. Any suggestions on how to sedate my kids by 7 AM CST (8 PM EST) on Thursdays?

But where, oh where, is Jess of Apropos of Something? I will really be disappointed if I don't have Lost-vivor to look forward to this year.

§423 · January 29, 2008 · Entertainment, Lost, Television · Comments Off on Lost Returns – Where Is Lost-Vivor? ·


Lots of continued discussion about Internet Explorer and Microsoft's support of web standards. Sam Ruby continues to finesse his SVG-via-Silverlight solution (improvement: use createElement() and then some XSLT to transform from SVG's XML elements to XAML's). Shelley Powers continues to finesse her ultimatum (ultimatae?) to Microsoft. I thought I'd post a few loose predictions of what I think IE8 will have when released. Read the rest of this entry ...

§422 · January 28, 2008 · Microsoft, Software, Technology, Web · 6 comments · Tags: ,


The IEBlog let the world know how you're going to have to opt in for their third (and counting) rendering mode that IE8 will support. You know, the one that should support CSS2 the way other browsers already do without such a mode. Put the following into your <head> section of your page and you'll get IE8's "super standards" mode.

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />

There are, of course, many many unanswered questions... For those who can't be bothered to read my whole post, please see the main point. For others with patience, Read the rest of this entry ...

§421 · January 23, 2008 · Microsoft, Software, Technology, Web · 13 comments · Tags: ,


Where's the best place to get Kung Pao in the Chicago area? Bonus points if it's in the NorthWest suburbs...

§420 · January 21, 2008 · Entertainment, Life, Questions · 1 comment ·