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Friday, January 25 2002

Radio Crankypants #20 : Never let it be said that I have a problem with clever hacks.

But, I am seriously considering boycotting any site that uses the Radio -> Blogger API bridge tool. The ridiculous cross-posting of RSS content may be boring but this is just annoying. It's like the weblog reborn as some kind of horrible cross between a television commerical and the <blink> tag.

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Mark Howell : Spoofing link clicks with JavaScript events.

Pretty cool, unless you're a usability weenie in which case the nifty hover-link will probably make you cringe.

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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : ambimoustrous

Equally adept at using a computer's mouse with either hand - often in reaction to early-onset RSI.
ex. Oh, Paul's mouse is always on the wrong side of the PC - he's not a leftie though, he's ambimoustrous.

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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : incipient

Incipient \In*cip"i*ent\, a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere to begin. See {Inception}.] Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever; incipient light of day. -- {In*cip"i*ent*ly}, adv. web1913
incipient adj : only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" [syn: {inchoate}] wn

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