Monthly Archives: October 2003

Music I like, the short list.

Posted on October 24, 2003 by Pace Arko

A friend recently sent me and others a mail asking what sort of music we liked. As opposed to taking up a mail thread with my list, I decided to preserve one here for posterity. Read on: What’s currently in … Continue reading →

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Longevity appears to be simple.

Posted on October 24, 2003 by Pace Arko

C. elegans, a roundworm famous in genetics and histology studies, and perhaps the most thoroughly understood multicelluar organism known to science, has taught us a lot about life extension. Recent research has found that by adjusting the genes of C. … Continue reading →

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Extensive site revision

Posted on October 23, 2003 by Pace Arko

Over the last few hours (Hey when you’re in the tao, you work late!), I’ve made extensive revisions to this site. I fixed the style switcher and installed it on all pages on this site. If you pick a style, … Continue reading →

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By Way of DiveintoMark's RSS Feed

Posted on October 18, 2003 by Pace Arko

The acme of the CSS-fu, (Warning! the link that follows leads to a page that makes absolutely no sense in screen readers. Don’t bother; just get someone to tell you about it.) a house built purely of CSS rules and … Continue reading →

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It makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

Posted on October 18, 2003 by Pace Arko

Although I haven’t signed up with these folks, I think that mentally I’ve been a member of the Voluntary Human Extinction MovemenT (VHEMT) for many years now. We should stop breeding and get off the planet. That’s the only way … Continue reading →

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Presentation, semantics and structure in markup

Posted on October 18, 2003 by Pace Arko

Smarter people than me have been thinking about the separation of presentation and structure in Web documents in the last week. Some of these arguments seem like angels dancing on pinheads. For me it’s simple. The goal should be to … Continue reading →

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Installed the style switcher I promised.

Posted on October 10, 2003 by Pace Arko

There are still a few bugs to work out. For example, it’s not planting a cookie in my browsers. This needs to happen for the selected style to persist. I also have to install it for all the pages that … Continue reading →

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Once again Hollywood fails to take a chance.

Posted on October 9, 2003 by Pace Arko

Okay. I just got wind that they are going to make a movie about a murder mystery in a future of ubiquitous robots. They’ve got the audacity to call it I, Robot. Now, I think it’s really cool that they’ve … Continue reading →

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US Automobile Companies Look Stupid Again

Posted on October 3, 2003 by Pace Arko

When California passed its low-emission vehicle laws, I made a prediction: US auto makers would whine and drag their feet and then look really stupid as European and Asian car companies roared ahead with the necessary technology at competitive prices. … Continue reading →

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