You absolutely have to download this week’s Channel Frederator. Why? The first short is unreal, and the main character looks like the internet’s own Jon Morris!\
Channel Frederator is the show that turned me on to video podcasts. It’s chock-full of indy animation (uneven at times, but there are usually at least two gems per show) and it’s funny. You know how I love funny…
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Channel Frederator Is The Bestest
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Oh, Damn.
I wish I had seen it: Cardinals choke, cuz I am evil that way. Instead, I was in bed by 7:30 nursing a headache the size of Mt Rushmore.\
This interview with Kristen Bell (from Veronica Mars) cracks me up, mostly because of the things she’s not saying and the new clarity on the things she’s been saying for years. She just won’t give up. Hee. And, hey, Veronica Mars is on tonight. Cool! -
The Evils of document.write
As a developer who works on a site where users can paste in all manner of crappy code from all corners of the web, I’m here to beg. Please, for the love of all that is holy, it’s time to stop using
document.write. Yes, I know that it’s being used in the header and footer on AIM Pages, but we own that page (and we’re not going to be doing it for long). Your code has to live all over the web, if say, you’re the Flickr badge. There are so many other, better, ways to do the same thing, there’s no reason to usedocument.write.\
It’s old and evil, a lot like Dick Cheney. Yes, it will shoot your friend in the face and sneer all the time. You don’t want to code like Dick Cheney, do you? -
California, There I Went
I spent the first part of this week in Mountain View for a CSS Working Group meeting. Cindy and I tried to document the atrocities in a photographic manner, but Cindy did a much better job than I did. If you really feel like scarring your retinas, this’ll do the trick (it’s me doing the hula… scary).\
It was a good meeting. Progress was made on a couple of things near and dear to my heart (that will change the way we build web products in a few years, honest), and it was nice to see so many people there. I also go to go to Hobee’s a couple times, and we went and got breakfast burritos at Burrito Real (best since Tucson, and Tucson has the best burritos in the world).\
Unfortunately, I ended up spending 9 hours arguing about CSS, and then another three or four each night writing it, reading it, or answering questions about it (oh, and DOM stuff and plowing through three hundred e-mails every night). So, I was a little worn out when I got home. It was so bad, that Thursday night, I got home around 4:30 in the afternoon, and managed to stay away until 6, when I conked out on the couch. I woke up at 7, and then decided that I really needed to go upstairs and go to bed. I slept from 7:30PM Thursday night straight through to 7AM Friday morning. I needed it.\
Now, I’m home, and I have to get ready for The AJAX Experience, and help get a huge project through QA and out the door very very soon. I foresee more exhaustion in my immediate future.\
In happy news, the boys and I all went out for breakfast while Jen took a nap, and then got haircuts today. They’re so cute when they’re shorn. I’ll try to take some pictures tomorrow if I’m not at work. It’s definitely time for bed… -
They keeled him
Kevin came home. And then shortly became dead to the world for over 12 hours.\
I guess the thought of Supernatural was too much for him.\
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Dudes!
I have the best MIL ever. Wheeee.
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Kevin!
My husband comes home today! Yippeee! And there is a new Supernatural episode on tonight! Yippeee! And Max has been cleared of all breathing/lung/pneumonia/coughing problems! Yippeee! And I am going out to lunch today. Yippeee! Did I mention that my husband is coming home tonight? Yippeee! And he will probably be willing to watch Supernatural with me. Super yippeee!\
It is ok that NONE of you commented on my awesome link in my previous post. Really, I don’t need validation for the effort I put into this blog. Really, I don’t. I am fine. Just keep reading and not leaving comments. It’ll be ok. No skin off my nose… -
Ooh-la-la hula
You must clicky: here.
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Chicken Little
Chicken Little, the new animated movie voiced by Zack Braff, is amusing, entertaining, and full of rockin’ tunes, but man, do I hate it. The father constantly belittles and ignores Chicken Little and he ignores his coach’s specific instruction, in order to gain glory. Kevin bought the movie 2 or 3 weeks ago thinking it would be a nice diversion for while the kids were sick. It worked. They love it. I think we’ve played the movie 2 or 3 dozen times. But it still sucks.
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Supernatural
Remember when I squeed all over myself about last week’s Supernatural? Well, last night’s was even better. You guys really need to watch this. I didn’t steer you wrong with Veronica Mars, did I? (Speaking of which, I just recieved an email from a friend thanking me for hooking her on Veronica Mars. Hee.)\
Last night’s episode was the awesomest awesome that ever awesomed. (Two points for anyone who gets that reference.) As always, the show delivered a great balance of emotion and humor. And it added the scary! Not since The X-Files have I been so scared. Previously, my only real criticism of the show had been that it wasn’t as scary as it was trying to be. But last night’s episode used the ‘less is more’ mentality employed by Jaws. The suspense of what you think might happen is scarier than anything that could have been shown. A** for an excellent episode.\
Who out there is watching this show too?
