• Jul 20, 2003

  Modules for the next semester

  It's that time of year again - module registration at university.

  Here's the plan, if all goes well:

  Breadth electives:
  Foundations of AI, or
  Computer Graphics

  Depth elective:
  Real-time Embedded Systems

  Compulsory modules:
  Human Resource Management

  Light load, but that's because it's my final year (Computer Engineering) where I'll be doing a Final Year Project (FYP) or thesis - hopefully (please, please!) on 'Design of evolutionary, intelligent agents for E-commerce'. If I don't get that FYP, I'll have some bitching and complaining to do at the department - it's a long story, probably better for another day.

• Jul 20, 2003

  I got my Google tan

  pseudodictionary.com is a collection of online slang, webspeak and colloquialisms that would enlarge your library of geek words you can use to confuse the unknowing.

  I do actually have a well-tanned body.

  Thanks to that, I discovered that I do actually have a well-tanned body. I also appreciated this story about Harry Potter's wang (though the meaning was obvious), which had me rotflmao.

• Jul 20, 2003

  RPG comic

  I chanced upon this comic strip series at Nuklear Power titled '8-Bit Theater'. It's really funny but you have to be an RPGer to appreciate some of the humor. Anytime you're bored, you can work through the comic episode by episode (it's a continuing series) like I do.

• Jul 16, 2003

  Bookmarklets for the web designer

  I've made Simon Willison's blog one of my daily reads, and was reading some of the archives in the CSS category when I chanced upon a 1-month old entry that was an absolute gem.

  To be honest, I didn't previously bother with bookmarklets because I thought they were cool, but lacking in practicality. Until I saw this...

  With this, you can experiment with the CSS styles of your website(s) for those 'what if?' moments...

  I've replicated the 'edit styles' bookmarklet here. Just click on it, or drag it to your bookmark toolbar if you think it's useful (don't think too much - it IS).
  » edit styles bookmarklet

  With this, you can experiment with the CSS styles of your website(s) for those 'what if?' moments. You can also change how a site looks to your liking (too small font sizes, glaring background colors) at the click of a bookmarklet and some CSS editing.

  For more useful bookmarklets, visit Jesse's Bookmarklets site, in particular the Web Development Bookmarklets section.

• Jul 16, 2003

  Pull quotes for your blog

  ... I decided to steal the idea and implementation for my blog.

  After reading an entry on pull quotes in Adam Polselli's blog, I decided to steal the idea and implementation for my blog.

  All you got to do is define a CSS class and apply it to the <div> that will contain your pull quote, like so (copied directly from Adam's blog entry):

  div.pullquote {
  float: right;
  width: 150px;
  margin: 10px;
  margin-left: 15px;
  margin-right: 0;
  padding: 0;
  color: #333;
  font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 24px;
  }
  

  All credit goes to Adam for that bit of CSS.
  

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