<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:35:16.986-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Pixels</title><subtitle type='html'>linux, open-source, family life, anarchism, spirituality</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>48</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-113346478685041330</id><published>2005-12-01T14:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T14:20:14.406-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I'm testing out BloGTK 1.0, which allows me to post to blogger without using the browser.  Let's see if it works well.  At this point, it doesn't look like I post a title, not good.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/113346478685041330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=113346478685041330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/113346478685041330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/113346478685041330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/12/im-testing-out-blogtk-1.html' title=''/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112481392392488703</id><published>2005-08-23T12:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T12:18:43.930-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm moving on...</title><summary type='text'>...Oh I keep moving on...dadadada.....lolololo.....I'm mooooooving on.  Ok, so that's nothing like any song I can recall.  Nonetheless, I'm moving on.  See you there, if you so choose.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112481392392488703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112481392392488703' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112481392392488703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112481392392488703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/im-moving-on.html' title='I&apos;m moving on...'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112474172191638104</id><published>2005-08-22T15:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T16:15:22.116-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh the waiting....the interminable waiting!</title><summary type='text'>I've been telling myself for 9 months not to place any value on the 21st of August (Evelyne's due date), as babies come whenever they damn well please.It's the 22nd now, and damn it I'm impatient.  I try not to be.  I remind myself that the baby comes when the baby is ready.  The baby isn't here yet because he/she is simply not ready.  It won't be long.  Learn patience.  Breath... for god sake's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112474172191638104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112474172191638104' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112474172191638104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112474172191638104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/oh-waitingthe-interminable-waiting.html' title='Oh the waiting....the interminable waiting!'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112473794163774008</id><published>2005-08-22T14:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T15:12:21.653-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fixing a Power Suppy and the curse of the crooked Techie</title><summary type='text'>My parents-in-law's computer recently stopped working after a thunderstorm.  Pushing the power button did nothing.  My first reaction, and that of my computer-savvy brother-in-law, was the the power supply needed replacing.  Seeing as how I live a good hour away from my father-in-law, he brought it in to a repair shop to get it checked out.After almost a week, the repair shop's only comment was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112473794163774008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112473794163774008' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112473794163774008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112473794163774008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/fixing-power-suppy-and-curse-of.html' title='Fixing a Power Suppy and the curse of the crooked Techie'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112439819181310042</id><published>2005-08-18T16:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T16:49:54.913-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To Credit Union or not to Credit Union?</title><summary type='text'>For some time now, I've been hugely dissapointed with my bank, the Royal Bank of Canada.  Aside from being a money-grubbing Corporation with questionable ethics (and I'm trying to be polite here), they're also a pain in the ass to deal with and drive me nuts with their service charges.  So, I've been contemplating a credit union.What's been holding me back was what I perceived as a lack of online</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112439819181310042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112439819181310042' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112439819181310042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112439819181310042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/to-credit-union-or-not-to-credit-union.html' title='To Credit Union or not to Credit Union?'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112438320220344471</id><published>2005-08-18T12:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T12:40:02.266-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Damn Small Linux, at a glance</title><summary type='text'>Last night I tried out Damn Small Linux(DSL), the under 50 mbs linux distro.  I popped it into my old IMB laptop, and much to my surprise, it worked great.It of course uses IceWM as its GUI (as opposed to resource-intensive KDE and GNOME).  I really have very little to say about well it worked: it just plain worked.  And well.  It worked well. So, after trying a slew of other distros to see which</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112438320220344471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112438320220344471' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112438320220344471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112438320220344471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/damn-small-linux-at-glance.html' title='Damn Small Linux, at a glance'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112399673744097160</id><published>2005-08-14T01:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-14T01:18:57.446-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"Pacifism as Pathology" by Ward Churchill</title><summary type='text'>Although I won't go into extensive detail on this book, you can read a detailed review here.Essentially, the whole point of the book is that pacifists are pathological and counter-revolutionary.  The basic idea is that these pacifists universally claim that moral purity will win over the oppression of the state.  This is demonstratably untrue and is really a symptom of comfort-zone activism, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112399673744097160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112399673744097160' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112399673744097160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112399673744097160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/pacifism-as-pathology-by-ward.html' title='&quot;Pacifism as Pathology&quot; by Ward Churchill'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112377434421610737</id><published>2005-08-11T11:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T12:18:18.870-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Name Game</title><summary type='text'>Although this title may suggest the annoying limmerick, I am in fact talking about the game of naming a baby. Evelyne and I have spent the last 9 months in sheer agony trying to find the perfect names.You have to balance meaning, cultural source, historical references, celebrity connections, pseudo-psychological analysis (i.e. Damion will be a hell raiser, but Emily will not), etc, etc, etc.the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112377434421610737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112377434421610737' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112377434421610737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112377434421610737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/name-game.html' title='The Name Game'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112370764261424868</id><published>2005-08-10T15:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T07:28:48.493-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Judging Ubuntu</title><summary type='text'>I just started playing around with the Ubuntu Linux distro.  I figured I might as well post my initial observations.designThe overall look-and-feel of Ubuntu fresh-out-of-the-box (so to speak) was very refreshing. It uses the Gnome desktop, which I've never used before. Because of this, I don't know how much credit belongs to Ubuntu and how much belongs to Gnome. Regardless, the interface is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112370764261424868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112370764261424868' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112370764261424868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112370764261424868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/judging-ubuntu.html' title='Judging Ubuntu'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-112370212327589542</id><published>2005-08-10T15:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-10T15:28:43.320-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And I'm back?</title><summary type='text'>My blog-air personality is returning, possible to stay for a while.  However I'm not here to design websites.I've taken a new direction in my life, after several months of adaptation.  I'm re-committing to the computer world in a new way.  Which way is that?  Certification baby.I'm starting with my A+.  I'm studying hard to get started as a computer repair and sales technician.  From there, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/112370212327589542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=112370212327589542' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112370212327589542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/112370212327589542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/08/and-im-back.html' title='And I&apos;m back?'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111637844365244947</id><published>2005-05-17T20:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-17T21:07:23.663-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Closing up shop.</title><summary type='text'>Howdy folks.  This will be my last posting.After careful consideration for a little over a month now, I've decided to throw in the towel.  On a personal level, I've had to re-prioritize and web design is simply not at the fore-front.  Between working a full-time job, a beautiful wife, two cats, and very soon a child, web design is just a distraction that I no longer have time for.On a business </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111637844365244947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111637844365244947' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111637844365244947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111637844365244947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/closing-up-shop.html' title='Closing up shop.'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111635464111242595</id><published>2005-05-17T14:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-17T14:30:41.143-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New french blog shows promise</title><summary type='text'>I just came across a new web standards blog in french, Elyste. There's not much there yet, but it gives me an opportunity to practice reading french more and hopeful they'll move into more experimental grounds soon enough.So far, they've talked about liquid/fixed/"elastic" layouts and choosing a CMS.So if you speak french, check it out.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111635464111242595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111635464111242595' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111635464111242595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111635464111242595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/new-french-blog-shows-promise.html' title='New french blog shows promise'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111634259525404407</id><published>2005-05-17T09:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-17T11:09:59.413-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My ever changing blogroll</title><summary type='text'>You'll note that I'm quite picky about who gets posted on my blogroll (until recently there was only one).  That's because I only post the blogs that I really like alot.  This should not, however, suggest that I only read 3 blogs.  I have a large list, and I'm finding it's evolving in an interesting way. More and more, I've been moving away from the A-list bloggers (who are a really tight knit </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111634259525404407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111634259525404407' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111634259525404407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111634259525404407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/my-ever-changing-blogroll.html' title='My ever changing blogroll'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111627512881277108</id><published>2005-05-16T16:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-16T16:25:28.816-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Vancouver and the contest that should never have been</title><summary type='text'>From the latest Speak Up article:In the end, this was a contest you can’t win.The contest in question is the Olympic logo contest.  It was a contest that was doomed to fail, as it was meant was to bring about national unity around an event which is inherently un-unifying: the Olympics.The Olympics right off the bat are about rich nation-states showing off their wealth and competing for supremacy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111627512881277108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111627512881277108' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111627512881277108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111627512881277108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/vancouver-and-contest-that-should.html' title='Vancouver and the contest that should never have been'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111627109054226346</id><published>2005-05-16T14:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-16T15:18:10.550-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Design Misfit</title><summary type='text'>More than once, I've been asked why I don't try to work for a design firm, which would let me design full-time.  I've given it alot of thought, and here are the recurring reasons:   I just don't fit in with any local design firms.  I specialize in standards-based web design, and I focus on nothing else so that I can produce the best possible web design work I can.  I've looked at the other local </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111627109054226346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111627109054226346' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111627109054226346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111627109054226346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/design-misfit.html' title='A Design Misfit'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111626172484272134</id><published>2005-05-16T12:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-16T12:42:04.846-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple geeks v. Linux geeks</title><summary type='text'>From a recent Slashdot post commentary:The apple metrosexuals vs the greasy bearded GNU/linux hippies! Who will win! Which one am I?  I use linux obviously, but I would have preffered being a metrosexual over a greasy bearded.  The verdict is still out on which system is better, but apprently the verdict is in on which user base has the most sex appeal.  Damn.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111626172484272134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111626172484272134' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111626172484272134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111626172484272134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/apple-geeks-v-linux-geeks.html' title='Apple geeks v. Linux geeks'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111625393929560054</id><published>2005-05-16T09:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-16T10:32:19.300-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A lesson in greatness</title><summary type='text'>Evelyne and I just returned from our trip to Niagara Falls this past weekend.  I have to say, it was amazing.I was pretty well expecting just some regular tourist town with some really huge water falls.  I was wrong.It was a Vegas-style downtown core with a million things to do,  including one big casino. We did none of them, as that's not our thing. It was a nature-lovers paradise, with trails </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111625393929560054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111625393929560054' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111625393929560054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111625393929560054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/lesson-in-greatness.html' title='A lesson in greatness'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111599994871284094</id><published>2005-05-13T10:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-13T14:45:40.530-04:00</updated><title type='text'>XBox 360: Where's the brand?</title><summary type='text'>The XBox 360 website just launched.  And I'm confused.But first, I want to make one thing very clear: I don't use XBox. I'm a GameCube nut all the way (albeit the games aren't as neat as N64). Nintendo has held my heart for most of my life, even when I had a Sega. Now, back to the point.The XBox 360 website just launched. And I'm confused. You see, I just don't get the brand and marketing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111599994871284094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111599994871284094' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111599994871284094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111599994871284094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/xbox-360-wheres-brand.html' title='XBox 360: Where&apos;s the brand?'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111591548910040325</id><published>2005-05-12T12:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-12T12:31:29.130-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The troubles of a front-end designer</title><summary type='text'>Following my recent post, "Where CSS and Javascript meet", I've really been questionning whether or not the wisest thing for me is to specialize in front-end design.  I'm really starting to feel I'm missing the point of the web if I concentrate on design only.This is isn't to say design isn't absolutely vital.  Of course it is.  But I don't have any really good back-end programmers who are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111591548910040325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111591548910040325' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111591548910040325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111591548910040325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubles-of-front-end-designer.html' title='The troubles of a front-end designer'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111591142769858910</id><published>2005-05-12T10:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-12T11:50:36.980-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A more involved client</title><summary type='text'>From Cameron Adam's recent post:Your client has knowledge that you don't have, and you have knowledge that your client doesn't have. Every project is an opportunity to merge your ideas, create something unique and step outside the rut into which many of us fall.This reminds me of my time with the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty, where we refused to provide "client work" but instead "support </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111591142769858910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111591142769858910' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111591142769858910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111591142769858910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/more-involved-client.html' title='A more involved client'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111582795944184494</id><published>2005-05-11T11:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-11T20:50:44.836-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Where CSS and Javascript meet:  The muddling of presentation and behaviour</title><summary type='text'>There's been some talk lately about the prejudice of CSS evangelists against Javascript. And with methodologies like Ajax bringing Javascript out of its dark past and into the world of the W3C Document Object Model, its certainly time to reconsider our positions.Jeremy Keith has recently more-or-less attacked CSS pseudo-classes, as they are really effecting behaviour, therefor stepping outside of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111582795944184494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111582795944184494' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111582795944184494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111582795944184494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/where-css-and-javascript-meet-muddling.html' title='Where CSS and Javascript meet:  The muddling of presentation and behaviour'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111582179182759087</id><published>2005-05-11T09:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-11T10:29:51.900-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A giveaway and the launch of a new service</title><summary type='text'>To promote our latest service, the 7-day Redesign, we're giving away one free single-page redesign.To help in the promotion, you'll notice that I'm shamelessly exploiting the picture one hell of a cute child.  This child has absolutely nothing to do with the service.  I would think this is better than pictures of skinny white girls in cleavage-pushing business suits and short skirts, like most </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111582179182759087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111582179182759087' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111582179182759087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111582179182759087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/giveaway-and-launch-of-new-service.html' title='A giveaway and the launch of a new service'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111575086742359910</id><published>2005-05-10T14:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-10T14:53:04.306-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To justify a quote...</title><summary type='text'>For an upcoming article in Digital-Web Magazine, I was asked to produce a quote for my profile. Unfortunately, I couldn't recall ever saying anything quote-worthy, as I'm quite long-winded and rarely say things in cute snippets.So I had to make one up.  And to justify that, I will now say it here so that I can honestly say it was a quote.Zen, anarchy, web standards... it's all the same thing.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111575086742359910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111575086742359910' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111575086742359910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111575086742359910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/to-justify-quote.html' title='To justify a quote...'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111565748334037851</id><published>2005-05-09T11:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-09T13:01:15.540-04:00</updated><title type='text'>5 months later: A newbie Linux review</title><summary type='text'>On December 25, 2004 (or really close to that date), my partner and I were gifted with a computer from her sister and brother-in-law. I'd name the fellow but that really calls for me asking permission. Needless to say, they're really nice people.Now this computer isn't just any computer. They built it themselves and installed Mandrake Linux on it for us, knowing how much I longed to escape from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111565748334037851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111565748334037851' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111565748334037851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111565748334037851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/5-months-later-newbie-linux-review.html' title='5 months later: A newbie Linux review'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111564323521890958</id><published>2005-05-09T08:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-09T08:53:55.236-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: Internet Hunting</title><summary type='text'>I could go on a long rant about how sickining the idea of Internet Hunting is, but Julian says it all.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111564323521890958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111564323521890958' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111564323521890958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111564323521890958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/link-internet-hunting.html' title='Link: Internet Hunting'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111539537440314368</id><published>2005-05-06T11:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-06T12:02:54.470-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Zen-a-rriffic!</title><summary type='text'>I've noticed lately that my irregular zen practice (sitting in one spot doing more or less nothing, officially called zazen, or zen meditation, whatever) has been useful in ways I had never intended it to be.You see, the are many forms of meditation.  Every school of buddhism has their preference.  The Soto Zen school is a really straight-forward school.  There's no superstitions or magic behind </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111539537440314368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111539537440314368' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111539537440314368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111539537440314368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/zen-rriffic.html' title='Zen-a-rriffic!'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111538921283601499</id><published>2005-05-06T09:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-06T10:20:12.913-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If websites were run like sitcoms</title><summary type='text'>I couldn't help but notice some of the bizarr patterns TV sitcoms have, and more importantly the absurdity that we accept it. To highlight the absurdity, I thought it would be fun to describe a hypothetical website run as if it were a sitcom:Websites would be updated weekly (not too shabby) but go out of commission for several months every year and not be accessible by anyone.Favorite pages would</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111538921283601499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111538921283601499' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111538921283601499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111538921283601499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/if-websites-were-run-like-sitcoms.html' title='If websites were run like sitcoms'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111522515517599673</id><published>2005-05-04T12:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-04T12:47:52.786-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: a seriously good idea</title><summary type='text'>Ok I know this is my second linking in one day, which goes against my usual blogging ethics (original content all the way!), but this is just brilliant and funny. Michael Buffington suggests we personalize automated e-mailing with a databse of which would match the person's name to list of comments on those names.For example, instead of getting an e-mail like this:Dear Mario,Thanks for your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111522515517599673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111522515517599673' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111522515517599673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111522515517599673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/link-seriously-good-idea.html' title='Link: a seriously good idea'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111521721778353083</id><published>2005-05-04T10:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-04T10:33:37.810-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: Tag Clouds not so good</title><summary type='text'>In a shameful display of linking to a popular blogger, I'd like to forward you to Zeldman's latest writing, which I think is very good.  I don't usually find his Daily Report that interesting these days, but when he takes the time to say something sometimes it's just gold.  I believe this writing will be very important in determining the role of cloud tags in the future, so get a head start and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111521721778353083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111521721778353083' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111521721778353083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111521721778353083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/link-tag-clouds-not-so-good.html' title='Link: Tag Clouds not so good'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111514177793179207</id><published>2005-05-03T12:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-03T13:39:32.796-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Backpack: Useful? Absolutely.  Mind-blowing? We'll see.</title><summary type='text'>37 Signals has been promoting their big new project, Backpack, for quite some time now.  They've hyped it thoroughly through Signal vs. Noise, and I gladly went along for the ride of wondering what the hell Backpack was.  Painfully little was divulged about it.  Little snippets were given here and there, creating a fun guessing game.  I was rather psyched about how great Basecamp was, so I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111514177793179207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111514177793179207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111514177793179207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111514177793179207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/05/backpack-useful-absolutely-mind.html' title='Backpack: Useful? Absolutely.  Mind-blowing? We&apos;ll see.'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111480665288528203</id><published>2005-04-29T15:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-29T16:30:52.886-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The trouble with dating</title><summary type='text'>I'm not talking about love of course. I'm talking the placing of a date of an article or blog entry. If you don't know what I mean, I'm talking about "April 29, 2005" that's currently placed directly under the title of this article. And more specifically, the problem to which I speak is one of semantics.In XHTML, every tag has a purpose. Every tag describes the content which it holds. Header tags</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111480665288528203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111480665288528203' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111480665288528203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111480665288528203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/trouble-with-dating.html' title='The trouble with dating'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111480208595140397</id><published>2005-04-29T15:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-29T15:14:45.953-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Firefox hits 50,000,000 downloads</title><summary type='text'>I don't want to go on a series of posts about browsers, but Fire Fox has just hit its 50 millionth download.  Congrats to the Mozilla team!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111480208595140397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111480208595140397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111480208595140397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111480208595140397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/firefox-hits-50000000-downloads.html' title='Firefox hits 50,000,000 downloads'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111470672698125191</id><published>2005-04-28T12:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-29T14:12:08.033-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And the winner is....Safari!</title><summary type='text'>Safari (Mac browser) is the first browser to pass the Acid 2 Test!  I don't own a Mac (Mandrake Linux for me), but I sure wish I could use Safari now.If you don't know, the Acid 2 Test was developped to help browser developpers test their products to see if they are standards-compliant. Most browsers, except for Internet Explorer, have been doing quite well, but no one had completely reached the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111470672698125191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111470672698125191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111470672698125191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111470672698125191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/and-winner-issafari.html' title='And the winner is....Safari!'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111453068958465597</id><published>2005-04-26T10:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T11:51:29.586-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I dream of the Quantum Web</title><summary type='text'>Psysicists all around the world are racing to create quantum computer technology. Before I describe my dream, let me explain (briefly and poorly) what quantum computing is.Albert Einstein and the other great physicists of the 20th century have shown to us that the world is not as solid as it seems.  In fact, it would now appear that the world is an illusion of the senses, and that all there </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111453068958465597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111453068958465597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111453068958465597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111453068958465597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/i-dream-of-quantum-web.html' title='I dream of the Quantum Web'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111418066527754073</id><published>2005-04-22T09:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-22T10:37:45.280-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Templates, anyone?</title><summary type='text'>I've been thinking lately about templates. I mean website templates, of course. In general, I oppose them on the principle that websites are too dynamic in their audience, content, and purpose for a template to truly do them justice. One of the most important parts of the design process, for me anyway, is figuring out the best layout and site structure to get the user from point A to point B. A </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111418066527754073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111418066527754073' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111418066527754073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111418066527754073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/templates-anyone.html' title='Templates, anyone?'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111385730783864173</id><published>2005-04-18T16:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-18T16:48:27.840-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fonts: Let the user decide?</title><summary type='text'>As of the time of this writing, and I do not guarentee it will stay this way for long, I have styled the fonts for this page with only the generic serif and sans-serif descriptions.  What this means is that the fonts used here, except in my header image at the top, are chosen by the user's browser.This is an experiment in flexible design.  On the one hand, it would appear that this gives the user</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111385730783864173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111385730783864173' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111385730783864173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111385730783864173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/fonts-let-user-decide.html' title='Fonts: Let the user decide?'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111385016169956846</id><published>2005-04-18T14:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-18T15:16:50.810-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Good thing Open-Source can't be bought</title><summary type='text'>As you may have heard, Adobe has now officially purchased Macromedia, so long as shareholders and the local government are okay with it.I won't go into the details, Mike Chambers does it quite well.  All of this of course raises a million questions, it also reminds me how lucky I am to be using open-source software.Oh how I hear the capitalists grumble.  Money makes the world go round, they say. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111385016169956846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111385016169956846' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111385016169956846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111385016169956846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/good-thing-open-source-cant-be-bought.html' title='Good thing Open-Source can&apos;t be bought'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111376540103113427</id><published>2005-04-17T15:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-17T15:29:51.746-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy v. 0.8</title><summary type='text'>What you see here now is what I'm referring to as Happy Pixels version 0.8, which is to say it mostly, but not completely, what my final design will look like.  The final design will of course be version 1.0.If you have an opinion as to the direction my design is taking, please feel free to leave a comment.Added note: I have not yet tested this design in various browsers.  I only know it works on</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111376540103113427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111376540103113427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111376540103113427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111376540103113427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/happy-v-08.html' title='Happy v. 0.8'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111357979273547165</id><published>2005-04-15T11:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-15T11:43:12.736-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I've moved to .blogspot.com</title><summary type='text'>After tweeking the Blogger server settings (maybe you would call this hacking), I've decided to just come back to Blogspot.  It comes with its own searching function (that's the blogger bar at the top of all my pages now) and free hosting, which frees up the small amount of disk space I use for Little Lama.  This also frees up my time to re-work this site's template, as I have previously </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111357979273547165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111357979273547165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111357979273547165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111357979273547165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/ive-moved-to-blogspotcom.html' title='I&apos;ve moved to .blogspot.com'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111350391881277641</id><published>2005-04-14T14:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-14T14:38:38.813-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ye Olde "Blawg"</title><summary type='text'>A semi-recent article from The Lawyers Weekly (PDF format), circa end of March 2005, preaches the marketing wonders of a Blog for Law Firms and rising young lawyers.You see, blogs transcend the web geek world.  We now have concrete evidence that law geeks can use them to their advantage also.But seriously, more and more businesses and professionals are coming to appreciate the benefits of blogs.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111350391881277641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111350391881277641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111350391881277641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111350391881277641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/ye-olde-blawg.html' title='Ye Olde &quot;Blawg&quot;'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111330928607747559</id><published>2005-04-12T08:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-12T08:34:46.076-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A fellow standards-geek</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday I found out I wasn't alone in Sudbury.  Julian Rickards is officially a sudbury web developer who adheres to web standards and the rules of accessibility. I almost feel like welcoming him to the fold except he's been here longer than me, I just didn't know about it.Well, I'm happy as a clam.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111330928607747559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111330928607747559' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111330928607747559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111330928607747559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/fellow-standards-geek.html' title='A fellow standards-geek'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111296596642629847</id><published>2005-04-08T08:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-08T09:26:47.076-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Google eyes</title><summary type='text'>Google Maps new sattelite feature, which allows you to swith easilly between the map and satellite imagery of that location, is raising up a storm.The sheer ease of use of the web application make it a sinch to see what my neighbours have been building in their back yard, if I was so inclined (I'm not, in case my neighbours are reading this). Jeffrey Veen has suggested Google Maps to be a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111296596642629847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111296596642629847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111296596642629847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111296596642629847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/google-eyes.html' title='Google eyes'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111282492251791430</id><published>2005-04-06T17:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-06T18:02:02.520-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In the center of contraversy</title><summary type='text'>Talk about an ironically surreal experience, I've kick-started the first contraversy on Zeldman's new blog, Apartness. It's quite weird to be the first thorn in his new alter-ego's side when I've relied on him and the other big bloggers as my teachers.Mind you, he doesn't seem to mind.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111282492251791430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111282492251791430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111282492251791430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111282492251791430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/in-center-of-contraversy.html' title='In the center of contraversy'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111274502880965738</id><published>2005-04-05T19:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-05T19:50:28.813-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sudbury Star (in print) redesigns!</title><summary type='text'>Today I received a free copy of the newly redesigned Sudbury Star newspaper, and I am quite impressed.  What I like best about the new design is how the cleaner fonts and increased white space make it easier to focus in on the articles, which are clear points for usability and, to a smaller extent, accessibility.  The consistent use of the same font throughout the paper give it a consistent look </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111274502880965738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111274502880965738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274502880965738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274502880965738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/sudbury-star-in-print-redesigns.html' title='The Sudbury Star (in print) redesigns!'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111274144291931321</id><published>2005-04-05T18:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-05T18:50:42.923-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Redesign of March 2005</title><summary type='text'>So we've now launched our two sites, LittleLama.com and this here blog.  It was a fun process and I learned alot.  Let's take a look at some of the key aspects of this process.The building of a brandRight from the beginning, I knew I wanted both a business site and a blog.  This is a central part of the brand identiy I've been developing.  The business site provides a clear overview of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111274144291931321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111274144291931321' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274144291931321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274144291931321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2005/04/redesign-of-march-2005.html' title='Redesign of March 2005'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111274308526039578</id><published>2004-09-05T19:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-05T19:47:51.776-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The importance of accessibility</title><summary type='text'>Many of us are accustomed to using high-powered browsers with all of the latest gadgets and doodads thatcirculate the internet.  Such things are a very big problem for many web users, and on a side note, let's faceit, are annoying for almost all users.Depending on lots of pictures, flash, javascript, etc., creates websites that do not take into any consideration people who are not temporarilly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111274308526039578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111274308526039578' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274308526039578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274308526039578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2004/09/importance-of-accessibility.html' title='The importance of accessibility'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111274281729046056</id><published>2004-08-22T19:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-05T19:21:20.430-04:00</updated><title type='text'>RSS fun</title><summary type='text'>After some time of curiously wondering what all these xml/rss/atom buttons were all about, we decided to look into it.  As it turns out, RSS allows you to be told about new additions to a website, news stories, whatever.  More important is just how easy it is to do. We're not going to go into exhaustive detail about all of the aspects of an RSS feed.  Suffice it to say that with a few a simple </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111274281729046056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111274281729046056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274281729046056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274281729046056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2004/08/rss-fun.html' title='RSS fun'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11944788.post-111274300441701996</id><published>2004-08-21T19:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-05T19:24:03.593-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Your first Style Sheet: Fun with CSS</title><summary type='text'>If you've never designed a website using web standards and CSS, than making the attempt can be a very daunting task. The hardest part is figuring out what it all means.Perhaps you have recently been looking into web design and heard alot about CSS, but didn't understand any of it.  The web standards field is full of gurus who, despite their best intentions, just can't understand what it's like to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/feeds/111274300441701996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11944788&amp;postID=111274300441701996' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274300441701996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11944788/posts/default/111274300441701996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://happypixels.blogspot.com/2004/08/your-first-style-sheet-fun-with-css.html' title='Your first Style Sheet: Fun with CSS'/><author><name>Mario Parise</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15454518941444549215</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
