Monthly Archives: December 2003

Gawker Media code-snitch update

After I posted about the Gawker Media code-snitching, I got an e-mail from Nick Denton. In the interest of being all open-and-stuff, he appears to have contacted some (all?) of the weblogs that have commented on this with an invitation... Read More »

Why I’m not reading Gizmodo anymore

I like Gizmodo. Some of the mobile phone stuff is a bit useless since the US is generally months behind, but there's always something cool and geeky to check out. But I won't be reading it anymore, because it appears... Read More »

The idjits are loose at PCMag

Wow, I can't believe I missed this little doozy over the weekend: Lance Ulanoff of PCMag gloating over last month's root privileges exploit in MacOS X. I know this is wrong, but in one respect I was happy to learn... Read More »

A Christmas design

The silly season is upon us, which means it's time for a Christmas blog style! The gorgeous photos of the ornaments, cinnamon and anise are by Jozsef Szoke, whose pics can be found at stock.xchng. (I'm still without a... Read More »

Look Mum, I cut my Barbie’s hair off!

I had thought about succumbing to the urge to buy a Lord of the Rings toy of some description, but these dolls are just a little too much. Barbie® Doll and Ken® doll portray Arwen and Aragorn in the 3rd... Read More »

Return of the PHP skin switcher: change style and font size together

In a comment on the php skin switcher tutorial (which is still sorely in need of a rewrite), Scott asks: "with this php switcher is it possible to switch to two styles at the same time -- like a green.css... Read More »