Once I've finished my de-tabling of the boston.com homepage (ok, really, more a dramatic table reduction than a complete detabling), I'll have reduced markup by 20k and increased css by only 2 or 3k.

And we come one step closer to being remotely webstandards compliant. Remotely.

On or about 3pm yesterday, I alerted our news gather division to the Marketing nature of these "attacks." My information was met with surprise and intrigue, but I was later told "they have to confirm it before they call anything ( Read more... )

I think I managed to b *MORE* productive at work ... by not being at work.

There's something empowering, and simoultaneously relaxing, of being able to work in your underoos, under a blanket. And waking up after the sun has had it's coffee.

I've come to a lot of realizations regarding work, and, most notably, a greater respect for the work Miss. ( Read more... )

Far be it form me to like my job, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut... We've got this promotion with Brigham's to give away free ice cream. I don't know why I didn't partake yesterday, but I certainly will tomorrow.

New Flavour every day:
http://www.boston.com/thescoop/getyours.html

Link: Today's Dilbert really speaks to me
Link 2.0: Funny Air Traffic Controller quotes

MP3: The Torture Garden has some rare Arcade Fire
MP3 2.0: Bim Skala Bim covering Floyd's "Brain Damage"

Video: The Daily Show revisits "The Tubes" of the internet*
Video 2.0: 'The Internet is Porn'

News: The Politics of Typography
News 2.0: Ways to Waste ( Read more... )

Link: World Firefox Day is coming - Hide the children.
MP3: Some Starship remixes - Because we all know that this city was built on rock n roll. And crappy glue.
Video: Bush talkin' shit. - No shit. Or, really, very much shit.
News: This lobster is like Michael Jackson!
Thought: "I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to ( Read more... )

I didn't really want to spew about this until it became more public, but it looks like someone inside the organization sent the internal memo to the Herald. As such, read:
Boston.com loses autonomyThere's nothing I can really add to it, not because I don't want to or don't know, but there's just not much else. My department is saved, at least for ( Read more... )

I offered up a coworker some tasty online music viddles, and he posted them on the Music Blog on boston.com, with a nod to my side project of writing fun, Dancing in the Moonlight. It kind of excited me, and made me feel minorly real, even if just for a second ( Read more... )