Spiderman 2
I’ll preface this review by stating that I will not be writing any spoilers of the film in this review. So those of you who haven’t seen it, can read with confidence.
The Rumors were true
Apple, Inc., at their annual WWDC in San Francisco, released new products and a new version of their Operating System today; all of which had been rumored and leaked prior to the Keynote.
New Products/Software from Apple:
- Redesigned, bigger displays: PC Compatible
- OS X 10.4: Tiger
- XCode 2.0
The full list of updates, which is yet to be released, is rumored to exceed another 150+ new features.
I personally don’t think that this is Apple’s finest update in recent years, however the displays are gorgeous and OS X Tiger is still years ahead of everyone else. I would have enjoyed seeing 1 or 2 more new hardware products.
A different angle
Here’s the backyard from a slightly different angle. You can see our building on the right hand side of the image, and our apartment is on the second floor of the building.
Hopefully going to get some golfing in over the next few days/weeks and will be able to take more panoramic shots, which I am starting to enjoy immensely. They’re much more enjoyable than the average photos (as far as view), and it’s becoming a very simple and easy process.
I wouldn’t mind seeing some of your panoramic creations, so if you’re so inclined, post the URL in the comments.
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Update: Decided this image was worthy of becoming the header for this site. Only temporarily. Look familiar? Live with it.
Standards bragging rights
“I’ve hand-coded my site in valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and valid CSS, please hold the applause.”
This is what I hear, whenever I see links, buttons or tags that point to the W3C validator just to show that the current website that I’m viewing has valid coding. So, you’ve got a site that you’ve coded using the latest “standards”, big deal. Shouldn’t you, as a web designer/programmer always strive to program valid, semantically correct code? Perhaps not, but I think you should.
When I first started playing with website design, I was 14 years old. I first used Tripod(tm)’s own Website building web app, which was comparable to Geocities builder in those days. I created a very small Star Wars fan site. Was it valid standardized code? Who knows. The point is, I was only playing, so it shouldn’t really matter.
Moving forward in time, when I decided that I wanted to make a living at programming for the web, I started to use a program called Frontpage. Was the code that Frontpage auto-wrote valid standardized code? Who knows, but it probably wasn’t far off. I think that programs such as Frontpage was the reason that IE became so lenient with it’s parsing of HTML, but I’ll reserve my comments on this for another post.
Present day. Do you think that the web designers/developers of today should follow the W3C’s, and the community’s suggestion and write websites in valid standardized code? I do. I believe that it’s the responsibility of the programmers to make any standard, that the community grabs onto, the norm by using it.
What about our clients, should they care if we are using valid standardized code? Absolutely. If the project that you’re currently working on for your client is to have longevity, cross browser compatibility, and be accessible to everyone, then the client better care. However, do your client’s customers care if you use valid standardized code? No, not at all, and that is the purpose of this post.
An eCommerce website, aptly named the Bulk Baby Bottle Store (BBBS), sells baby bottles in bulk (example) and should not have a button on the bottom that says “VALID XHTML 1.0″ and/or “VALID CSS”. Why? Because the shopper/viewer of that website doesn’t care one iota and all the developer is doing at this point, is bragging, hence it serves no purpose. I can see making your client aware, by linking them to the validator, that you’ve done your job well. I can also see linking to Bobby, so that the handicapped viewer will know that they’re on friendly ground. But what would be the purpose, if any at all, for the client of the BBBS to know that the website they are visiting is valid standardized code? None.
Where should “valid xhtml” and “valid css” appear?
It can be shown on personal websites to display the fact that you’re able to write valid standardized code. Design and development firm’s websites, especially in the portfolio section to show the technologies and languages used to create your clients projects. A good rule to follow, when asking yourself whether you should put a link on the homepage directly to the validator would be, to ask yourself this question: “Does the audience of this tool/site/project care that it’s written in valid standardized code?” A lot of times, you’ll find, that the answer to that question is no.
New Whippage?
I went car shopping last night and found a nice new 2003 Mitsubishi Galant very reasonably priced. Hopefully, if all goes well, I will be pimpin’ around a new whip that is finally under 150,000 (it only has around 20,000). The nice thing is I can trade in my ‘94 Saturn SC2 and keep my brand new Alpine head unit. Whats real swizzle sweet is that the Alpine seems to be made for that car.. The color matches the interior PERFECTLY and I will still be able to have all my mp3’s at the touch of a button, instead of being stuck with a plain ol’ cd player.
I’m really excited to be getting a near new car because this will be the first time I’ll own one this new. If I get it I will make sure I will post some pics of me whipping it. 
Golf Pro Weekend
This weeking was the 104th U.S. Open which was fun to watch from Thursday to Sunday on an unbelieveable course. Congrats to Retief Goosen.
Also this weekend, Skylar (my wife’s cousin) and I went to Glenmaura National Golf Course to watch some Pro-Ams hit a few. These guys aren’t too far off the Professional pace at all. We saw some incredible recovery shots, which were no less amazing than any I saw during the U.S. Open.
I took a quick Panorama of the 18th Green (below).
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