Posts from October 2001

CSS

Whew! That took some work, but I finally got the css working correctly here. I doubt that it validates, but it’ll do for now. I also learned quite a bit about the template variables while I was mucking with the templates.

FBI Warning

Saying it has received information that new terrorist attacks may be planned inside the United States or abroad in the next several days, the FBI on Thursday asked local police to be on the highest alert and urged all Americans to be wary of suspicious activity. Y’know. Just in case you were feeling comfortable or

Disney

Mr. Piano Man – Disney

Not So Good for BCS

Not So Good for BCS

Steve Spurrier is still looking for improvement. “We can play better, and hopefully we will,” he said. He pointed out that of the five teams Florida has defeated heading into Saturday’s game against Auburn, only one – Marshall – currently has a winning record. “The teams we’ve beaten – I don’t know how good they’ll

Bert

Bert is best known for his role on the long-lived Sesame Street children’s show, where he lives with his housemate Ernie. With all the hoopla surrounding Bert’s apparent link to the current news, it’s easy to forget that Ernie was a bit of a suspicious character, too. Did anyone else have an LP with a

Separation

From the University of Florida’s Anthropology Department comes this article: Estimating the Ripple Effect of a Disaster. A related essay at Slate says, “According to their estimates, essentially all Americans — more than 80 percent of them — know someone who knows someone. We are all mourners at the second degree.” [link via Follow Me

Kneel!

I didn’t realize that General Zod has his own web site! link via me-fi

No Disassemble!

Note: Currently there is no way to delete an MT blog.

Import

Well that was easy enough! I just switched my Song of the Moment blog from Blogger to MovableType. It was a cinch to import all the entries from Blogger to the new cms. I have a bunch of template-editing to do, but otherwise it was painless. Make a note! You have to chmod your mt-import.cgi

Works in Progress

If you’re converting to MovableType or just beginning an MT blog, you might want to check out my new Works in Progress site.

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.