My sister Vicki arrived in Singapore in the wee hours of the morning, but will be going back to Perth in a few days’ time with me and my mother. My mum’s glad I managed to obtain leave, because we’re planning to tour Margaret River and Vicki can’t – and doesn’t want to – drink …
Month: April 2003
Here I briefly extol the merits of the open source movement, namely Apache for its server software and byproducts, as well as Linux.
The body of a 65 year old Muslim grandmother (who died of cancer) has been violated in a London hospital mortuary, covered with rashers of bacon. Read the full report in the Guardian. I don’t blame the old woman’s family for being shaken and appalled. It is a horrifying act, most irresponsible and insensitive, and …
If you ran an internet consulting company, which of the following would you do? Purchase software or extensions to make your web pages accessible to everybody. Send your staff for courses on how to build usable, standards-compliant and accessible websites, instead of living with code that is archaic, bloated and difficult to update. Alternatively, give …
It appears that the Iraqi Information Minister’s influence has pervaded even English football commentary. A Guardian reporter for the most recent Manchester United v Arsenal clash, writes, after van Nistelrooy’s opening goal: A quick word from my co-commentator Mohammed A(rsena)l-Sahef, Iraqi Information Minister: “That was not a brilliant goal. It wasn’t even a goal. Arsenal …
Today after a big workout at the gym, my instructor tried his utmost to stretch my unfit body in various ways. Bending forward with one leg crossed over the other. With his knee pressed into my back, arms pulled behind me. Lying down, with knee pointing to the side, leg pressed towards my head… It …
Two Safaris: take your pick, Apple or O’Reilly. Blair’s administration apologises for asking a British woman widowed by the war to return her late husband’s pay and move out of her armed forces home. The NY Times reports that coalition forces overlooked Iraqi museums, focus instead on protecting oil wells. It was always a question …
Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Here, I bounce back a little from a recent spate of bad luck by getting a jab in the arm where my career is concerned. (The curious title, BTW, was designed to resemble a typical cascading stylesheet line of code, as a pun on the nature of my work.)
Let’s sign this online petition in support of our brave medical staff.
The observant reader may notice that I’ve added a Blogshares logo to my website. This was to confirm that I am indeed the owner of vantan.org (not like anybody else would want to claim it, but, well…). I discovered, after reading :-)”>Andrea’s post, that I too have been included in the index as of March …