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Using the video service on Flickr to share a clip of Leon Redbone at the Avalon Theater after a YouTube rejection.

A quick recommendation to learn Python.

A friend shares an xkcd comic that feels very accurate to my online habits.

Why I find the way PHP handles functions to be a bit much.

Trying to find time for learning and new projects while balancing work and orchestra.

A resolution to improve my photography skills to save time on editing.

Why the label element matters for web forms and accessibility.

A massive day for web standards with the IE8 beta, Yahoo Fire Eagle, and the Google Contacts API.

Putting IE8 and other browsers through the Acid3 test.

Playing Beethovens Ninth and working on the NCBI website.

Getting distracted by uploading a large batch of photos to Flickr instead of writing a blog post.

Translating a Scheme function into JavaScript.

Thoughts on the IE8 meta tag proposal.

Concerns about how Microsoft uses meta tags for IE8 rendering.

Integrating Feedburner with delicioso and Flickr.

Ideas for a decentralized version of Twitter using a distributed model.

A diagram for a default application design at NCBI.

The frustration of being redirected to a home page after logging in.

Focusing on learning Scheme instead of Python for now.

Riding to work for the first time in ages.

A look at the visitor locations for this website.

A very short update noting that an old friend found the blog.

Microsoft claims a version of IE8 passes the Acid2 smiley face test.

Making small CSS adjustments using pseudo attributes.

Tweaking the sites CSS in real time.

A personal post about family history and the story behind my name.

A handful of links to stay busy with microformats and the email standards project while waiting on news about IE8.

My thoughts on Steve Souders book about web speed.

Editing ALCS game photos and band shots in Photoshop.

Closing down a house in East Hampton while dealing with long drives and bad pizza.

A quick trip to New York to shut down the summer house for the season.

Celebrating the launch of several months of work on the PubMed website.

Googles announcement of OpenSocial and common APIs for social apps.

Browser crashes while trying to edit a post in WordPress.

Checking out a one pixel difference in how Firefox for Mac renders small fonts.

Criticizing the Rob Zombie Halloween remake and its lack of camera angles.

My experience at an XSLT training course in Maryland.

Analyzing a controversial play in the ALCS between the Red Sox and Indians.

Preparing for a performance of Tchaikovskys 4th with the Columbia Orchestra.

Wrapping up an XSLT class and seeing how the language fits with functional programming concepts.

Packing for a trip to see the Red Sox in the ALCS.

Debugging why fonts appear smaller in Firefox on Mac compared to Windows.

Comparing Vienna and FeedDemon newsreaders.

A life update covering moving, baseball, and a reading list for developers.

Criticizing technical errors in the TBS baseball coverage.

Planning a trip to Boston for the Red Sox playoffs.

Almost settled into the new place while keeping an eye on the Red Sox division race.