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innerHTML Not So Evil After All?

by mitch on April 21, 2006 in Geekery, Talk, Web Design

There’s been some discussion about whether using the non-standard innerHTML is an acceptable way to add content. Coming to the defense of the maligned property is this article at Robert Nyman’s site, co-authored by Anne van Kesteren a member of the W3C, stating, When it comes to having greater scalability in a web page, especially [...]

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Linkto: Create Your Own Ajax Effects

by mitch on April 19, 2006 in Ajax, Asides, Geekery, JavaScript, Talk, Web 2.0, Web Design

Thomas Fuchs, creator of the Script.aculo.us JavaScript effects library shows you how to create your own Ajax effects. Roll your own fabulous Web 2.0 effects using the amazing Script.aculo.us effects engine.

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Portland Goes MetroFi

by mitch on April 13, 2006 in Asides, Geekery, Portland, Talk

Om Malik reports Portland Goes Wi-Fi. MetroFi has been selected by the City of Portland, for building and operating a citywide Wi-Fi network. In the press here, and here.

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Meadows Challenges Skiers and Snowboarders to Keep Coming!

by mitch on April 12, 2006 in Asides, Portland, Talk

Dave Riley, General Manager, Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort issues this challenge: Ski area operators all whine and cry (including me) about how Pacific Northwest skiers and snowboarders hang up their boards too early in the spring. I was talking with my Marketing Director, Dave Tragethon today about this phenomenon… We then came up with [...]

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Running in the Portland Rain

by mitch on April 8, 2006 in Portland, Running, Talk

Last Saturday was the first training run for the Portland Marathon. My friend Rick and I ran with the PMC group downtown along the water front, under beautiful sunny skies. The weather that morning could not have been more pleasant. Today’s run however, was a different story, nothing but rain the whole time. We ran [...]

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Ed Bott on Dual-booting Macs

by mitch on April 5, 2006 in Asides, Geekery, Talk

Ed Bott weighs in on Apple’s Boot Camp announcement, and makes the case for virtualization over dual-booting in the process.

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Majestic Mt. Hood

by mitch on April 5, 2006 in Talk

Spring Break was our first opportunity to ski since Tahoe last year (we were scheduled for Tahoe this year, but then things changed). We packed everyone up bright and early Monday morning and headed up to Meadows. The weather was fantastic… we skied under clear blue sky with bright sunlight, and no more than a [...]

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Rain, rain go away!

by mitch on January 18, 2006 in Talk

29-days of rain here in the Portland, Oregon area have made today’s sunshine all that much better.

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changin’

by mitch on January 4, 2006 in Geekery, Talk

The only thing that’s constant is change…

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