HTML4.01 and CSS2 Quick Reference [en]

If you find the prospect of wading through the w3c specs daunting, and you are a lucky user of Mozilla or Opera, you’ll find these sidebar tabs invaluable. Yes, follow that link even if you don’t know what a sidebar tab is. I didn’t either before I went there.

These tabs conveniently list all the HTML and CSS elements in your sidebar. Click on the tag, attribute or element you need information on, and you’ll be transported to the relevant place in the w3c specifications. Without the trouble of finding the right spec, and then the right place in the spec. Still there?

I can’t imagine I discovered about them only now.

Yes, Shirley tells us they work in Opera, don’t worry.

Where is the bird? [en]

A bird has been hidden in this picture. Can you find it?

Picture of cat with bird hidden in it.

[Raph, je sais pas où tu les trouves!]

Anita suggests a caption contest. So here we go!

  • Send in your caption(s) by email before Feb. 26 (Tuesday)
  • Français and English allowed. Hindi permitted only if you explain the line to me.
  • Prize: signed picture (yes!) of me wearing my AntiBloggie prize. Cool, uh?

Antibloggies [en]

So you want the whole story about this AntiBloggie award, huh? How much are you willing to pay?

I’ll give you a hint, though: take a look at the prize.

Now, who wouldn’t love to have a t-shirt with naked Karl posing on it, front and back? Well, what do you think? Would you have hesitated?

Obviously, you all did — that’s why I‘m the one who won the t-shirt (and the *hrmm* honours). I won’t tell you what it cost me in bribery, though. Ask Dave if you really want that part of the story.

[Actually, you don’t want to know that part. No, Grandma. You really don’t.]

Oh and of course, the most important. There never was any CafePress gear on this site. *Scandal, scandal!*

Naissance [en]

Le 7 juillet 1974, naissance de Stephanie Jane...

Et pas n’importe laquelle: la mienne. Deux carnets, trésor retrouvé au fond d’une boîte bleue en métal, mémoire d’un passé sinon oublié.

I won! I won! I won! [en]

Wil didn't get one

Wil did get an obscene amount of Bloggies, though. Oh, and for the record, I only discovered he was an offline celebrity two days ago. Yeah, I know. No culture whatsoever. I did watch TNG, though – all the way from India.

I’m aware you’re all here looking for the CafePress gear. Actually, it sucked so badly I had to take it offline. Honest. (No, don’t you go and peek in the Google cache to check.)

I’ll comment on this extreme honour tomorrow, once I’ve finished dealing with all the fan email I received. Well yes, what did you think? (Thanks for the mail, Meryl, by the way!)

Studies [en]

Just in case you were wondering what my final philosophy exam was about: Ricœur and Changeux: What Makes Us Think?

Vacances [en]

Les vacances s’étiraient interminablement devant et derrière elle. Une grande plaine de vide, morne et grise.

Elle avait épuisé les activités qu’elle pouvait mener d’elle-même. Elle avait ralenti et n’attendait plus que la rentrée, là , dans plusieurs semaines.

Tout serait simple. On lui dirait quoi faire, elle le ferait, on serait content d’elle, elle serait heureuse en retour. C’est important de faire pour quelqu’un.

Sans le regard des autres, d’ailleurs, elle n’existait pas vraiment. C’est pour cela qu’elle n’aimait pas l’été. Trop long, trop vide, plus personne ne la regardait.

Procrastinons [en]

Il y a la fuite. Et il y a la fuite de la fuite.

C’est cette dernière qui empêche la fuite d’être productive.