Went down to our on-campus Panda Express this evening for supper. It’s been a while since I was there last, and things had changed a little (new overhead menus and different selection). Last time I was there, I could just walk up to the line, pick up a tray, and immediately tell the person behind the counter which side I wanted, followed by the entrees I wanted. It was understood that I wanted what’s now called a Panda Plate, and if I picked 2 entrees, I got the 2-entree price, and likewise if I named a third entree – unless I said I wanted something other than a Plate.
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I have just discovered a great tool called IETester, which lets me test my sites in IE 5.5, 6, 7, 8b2, and also whatever I’ve got installed with Windows. The great thing about this is that it works with XP AND Vista… which is kinda necessary since my web-dev machine is a Vista laptop.
To top it all off, it borrows the Ribbon from MS Office 2007, and allows you to pick one of four slick window themes. (I like the black one! ) Read more »

Just go to GeeksRadio.fm and indulge yourself to your heart’s content.
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I’m sure this is merely the first post of its kind.

Anyway, this morning I awoke to a window of Apple Software Update that seemingly listed every program that it could possibly update – including ones I don’t have, and ones that are only for Mac.
Screenshots taped together with Photoshop: http://files.garrettw.net/public/images/asu.jpg
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Behold!
I have scoured the web and found 47 different websites (edit: uh-oh, just found 85 more!!) that offer to turn a long URI into something that’s easier to copy and paste and view and click and share (etc.).
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There are so many things I’d like to do with this site. I’ll have to make it a priority, though, before anything will get done.

I plan to: Read more »

Really, when it boils down to it, the people who make a big deal about the election of the first “African-American” president are the real racists – because they are making an issue out of the fact that there hasn’t been one before … an issue over the color of his skin. Read more »

The United States of America is now well on its way to retreating into the annals of world history as the nation that had its time as the world’s superpower, but was brought down by the failure of education. The failure of schools to teach young people about the political history of our country and the world, and why the failed liberal policies of past leaders still won’t work. The failure to outline how the vital signs of our nation were affected by different kinds of policies (for example, the unparalleled rise in inflation under Carter, who Obama holds in unduly high regard). We can only hope that Obama’s term will be as short as Carter’s (and Hoover’s) was, and that another Ronald Reagan will rise; one who can successfully articulate conservative principles to the masses in a way that’s easy to understand. Because apparently a good orator is all people vote for these days.
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It might be a bit over-confident of me to say this, especially given the fact that I’ve never attempted anything even close this magnitude, but … I think I could build the perfect operating system. Well, what I mean to say is that I could if I had two things that I don’t right now: time and programming knowledge. I have the usability know-how, I think. At least a little.
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I read a comment on a CNN.com story that really made clear to me why I think the way I do. Let me point out the three significant statements:

You have to be more than brain dead to vote for Mccain.
that bimbo that mccain selected has no experience
Mccains tactics are dirty and racial…

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