Transparent custom corners and borders
Create a resizable box with rounded (or any shape) corners, custom borders, and a transparent shadow without having to use extra divs. Very slick and something I'm sure to put to use sometime.
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Google Opens Up Beta of AdSense for Feeds
The Weblogs, Inc. network has been running them for a while and I'm not impressed. They don't seem to be targeted very well and aren't really based on the post they're with at all. Half the ads they've run are for some anit-Bush website despite none of the sites being political at all.
(via ProBlogger)
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Is Star Wars Ep. 3 anti-Bush?
Dear Celebrities,
We do not give a shit what your political opinions are, regardless of which side you're on. Especially if you're freaking Canadian.
Sincerely yours,
Everyone
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Disch-Falk gets a new scoreboard
They're finally replacing the ancient scoreboard out UT's Disch-Falk Field. Looks like it'll either have 400 square feet of advertising or a motion-video screen is still coming.
I believe it's supposed to be ready for this weekend's series against Texas A&M.
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Nintendo Revolution images
By far the best looking of the three new next-gen systems.
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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 E3 event
I really wish they had shown this on MTV instead of that other crap.
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New Braunfels schools to randomly drug test
They're going to be drug testing in New Braunfels schools now. It's NBISD and not Comal ISD (where I went and taught) but it's still pretty big news. They'll be testing students who are involved in extracurricular activities, who purchase an optional school parking permit or whose parents request that their children be tested.
The penalties only include suspension from extracurricular activities and counseling but I'm sure parents are still pissed that anyone is parenting their children. If they don't raise them right then no one should!
Full article posted below because requiring registration and then disabling right-click is BS.
NEW BRAUNFELS - Students who are involved in extracurricular activities, who buy a school parking pass or whose parents request it will be subject to random drug tests in the New Braunfels School District beginning Aug. 1.
School board trustees, in a 5-0 vote, instructed the district staff to craft a policy for testing those students in grades 7 though 12.
Trustees Paul Fisher and Randy Rust were absent.
The policy will have to pass two readings, the first of which is scheduled for June 20.
Trustees said they want an aggressive program that will include testing for steroids.
"Hit and hit hard and make sure they know we mean business," said Trustee Ed Clark, who urged the board to set aside at least $50,000 for testing so students know there is a high probability they will be tested. "I also would not mind going beyond the extent of the rulings of the courts. ... Test all of them."
Court rulings limit testing to students who are involved in extracurricular activities, who purchase an optional school parking permit or whose parents request that their children be tested, which is what the board approved Monday night.
"I'm interested in doing what we can do legally now, where we know we are on safe ground," said Trustee Rob Johnson.
Trustees did not give the staff any direction on what the policy should include as far as consequences of positive drug tests.
However, Superintendent Ron Reaves said he will use the Fredericksburg School District's policy as a starting point.
For a first positive test, that policy calls for a 45-day suspension from extracurricular activities, completion of a drug awareness program and retesting. For a second positive test, it's a one-year suspension from extracurricular activities and drug counseling.
The San Marcos and Marble Falls school districts also have mandatory student drug testing policies.
San Marcos' policy does not include any suspension of privileges for a first failed test.
Only one resident addressed the board, although a public hearing held last year attracted mostly supporters of testing.
Monday, Pat Lynch Jr. urged the board to approve a program.
"I believe you can never fix a problem until you admit there is a problem," he said.
Trustee Lee Edwards said the goal of the testing is to give kids a reason to stand up to peer pressure to do drugs.
"If it stops 10 kids today, it's worth it," he said. "If it keeps one kid out of the emergency room, it's worth it. If it stops one teen pregnancy, it's worth it."
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PS3 links
I'm collecting all the Playstation 3 links from the first couple days of E3 in one place on my main weblog.
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Feed updated
If you were subscribed to my quicklinks
feed you need to update your reader with the new address. More details.
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Bagwell is done
Okay so he hasn't retired yet and he's still trying to come back, but I've got to think that Jeff Bagwell's career is over. As much as I've thought he was washed up the last three years, he was at least better than Jose Vizcaino who played first base in his place last night.
They were having an interesting discussion on Mike & Mike this morning, is Bagwell a Hall of Famer? What about Manny Ramirez or Frank Thomas?
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UT loses to Germany in robot dog soccer
At least we were better than all the other Americans.
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Columns & Grids
Dave Shea discusses our options as designers when setting up our layouts with columns.
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I'm guessing Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie aren't on their way to Krispey Kreme
Someone needs to buy Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie a sandwich. They are seriously skinny in a very unhealthy way.
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The guy who wears too much protective gear
Who NBA players in the playoffs would be if they were at your local gym.
(via Kottke)
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How dumb rich people end up in debt
Great title on this article about how a good deal of America's wealthy are just as stupid with their money as us poor folks. It doesn't matter how much you make, if you spend more than you've got coming in then your ass is gonna be in debt.
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Flickr switches from Flash to Ajax
Flickr has dropped their Flash display of photos and notes for an Ajax solution. Pretty snazzy and a little quicker loading too. I wonder how exactly they're doing the image notes now.
They've also made it possible to add a photo to a group or set, or to blog the photo without leaving the page.
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Xbox 360 Official Shots
Gizmodo has some Norweigan magazine scans of the Xbox 360 and it's controllers. Thing's I've deduced from the images:
- Xbox live headset will plug directly into controller
- The big green orb on the controller is more than a button, it some sort of 4-way thumbstick
- The system will come with a camera
- I have no idea what a
hukommelseskortporte
is, but it's got two of them
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Adsense Notifier extension
Another great Firefox extension that Berg pointed me to this morning, Mincus' Adsense Notifier. It shows your Google Adsense stats down in the status bar so that those of us who are little obsessive compulsive as well as money-hungry and can always know exactly how much revenue our ads are bringing in.
There are a decent number of options available to let you configure the tool, I've already got so much stuff in my status bar that I'm having it display just my page impressions, clicks, and earnings.
Very handy.
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Celebs saying their favorite swear words
Okay, so not safe for work but funny as hell. It's just some commercial for a TV network in England with celebrities saying their favorite cuss words.
(via forgetfoo)
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The Original Whizzinator
Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith was busted in an airport with paraphernalia intended to be used to beat drug tests. One of the items was something called The Original Whizzinator,
which is used with the dried urine he had with him. Apparently you attach it to your man area so it looked like your urine was coming out of your thing during the test.
Update: The testimonials are pretty hilarious.
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