http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com here squirrely, squirrely Thu, 07 May 2009 23:02:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en via sarien.net Awesome. Things I remember about this game from my childhood: * The goal of the game is to get Larry (your character) laid. * Before playing you had to answer a series of questions to prove you were an “adult” (which is ... http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/05/07/leisure-suit-larry-in-the-land-of-the-lounge-lizards/ via amazon.com This is the most appealing Kindle I’ve seen yet. I kind of want one, but I’m hoping Apple will introduce a similarly sized tablet-esque device sometime this year, so it’s worth waiting a while (that and I don’t have $500 to burn at the moment) http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/05/06/kindle-dx/ Underscores aren’t allowed in host names, so say RFC-952 and RFC-1123 (don’t actually follow those links unless you enjoy reading technical specifications). I didn’t know this, maybe because I prefer hyphens (yes, I have an opinion on underscores vs hyphens, get over it). It seems IE “enforces” this by ... http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/03/05/ie-passive-aggressive-about-underscores-in-host-names/ I’ve been playing with the new Safari 4 beta for the past hour and there are some pretty notable changes. All in all I think it’s a pretty great update, I might finally be able to ditch that sluggish behemoth known as “Firefox” once and for all. I’ll leave a ... http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/02/24/safari-4-beta/ For kicks I applied some jQuery and CSS to Apache’s directory listings. Before: After: You can see it in action and download it. Some assembly required. http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/02/23/prettified-apache-indexes/ I sort of want a job making simple tasks look overwhelmingly complex in infomercials. How fun would it be to come up with a way to make washing your hands seem daunting, or opening a door, or petting your cat? Maybe I can moonlight as an Obfuscator of ... http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/02/23/not-so-easy/ With regards to productivity and time management, the use of the term “multitasking” is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. Multitasking is a trap, a siren song to the overworked. You can’t write multiple proposals at once, you can’t work on multiple webapps at once and you can’t ... http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/02/23/the-multitasking-myth/ Clearly I need to raise my rates. Dan Cody - My Open Records Request Reveals a Shocking $2 Million Price Tag for State of Wisconsin Web Site. via http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/02/20/the-2000000-website/ The display of an ad on Hulu can be broken down to three features: Video - the presentation of a “sponsored by” clip at the beginning of the video, and perhaps a few commercials. Banner - the presentation of a matching banner on the video page. Interactive - the ability to click-through the ... http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/02/19/on-hulu-blocking-boxee/ I popped open my 1TB Fantom GreenDrive the other day and I was surprised to find a WD Caviar Green. Not bad, the WD Caviar Green is easily $100-110 anywhere online, and the Fantom GreenDrive can be found for $120-130. In short, you’re paying $20 for a very ... http://www.baltimoresquirrels.com/2009/02/06/sweet-20-enclosure/