Jenny’s Web World

I don’t mind the advertising on Google, but this is a bit ridiculous. A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine showed me an article on “rounded corners” that was done in css. Over the weekend, a fellow developer asked me about “rounded corners” and I thought I’d share the site with him. However, I couldn’t find that one (all I found was bookmark for another site which is pretty good, too). I figured the article link was at work, and when I back on Tuesday, I’d get it.

Well, back at work, and the article isn’t anywhere to be found. So I googled “rounded corners” and what comes up in an ad??

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And for those of you interested, the other article is here.

I read about this nifty little application called Foxit Reader on one of my listservs. It was recommened as an alternative to Adobe Reader (sorry, it’s for Windows machines only!).

I absolutely hate the Adobe Reader. I am not sure why I continuly have problems. I am religious about keeping up to date with software. I’m so fast about it, that when Macromedia (back when it was Macromedia) offered a backpack for the first few hundred or so to upgrade to MX, I got one! (Well, Kerri got it ultimately, but that’s another blog.)

The latest issue I had was that every time I tried to open a pdf file in FF, the whole thing would stop running. Oh, task manager said it was running, but it wasn’t running. I had to kill it through task manager, and, since I couldn’t restore the session when I reopened task manager, I would lose whatever browser windows I had open (yes, I know, I know, just use the history side, but that’s not the point). Fortunately, FF has an option to r-click and select “View page in External Application”.

However, now that I have Foxit downloaded and installed, opening pdf files is quick and painless. No, I’m not an affiliate or reseller. Just a pleased end-user.

Vin and I have decided to cut down on the amount of red meat we eat. (Well, okay, I decided, and he’s going along.)

For some time, I had been hearing about cow’s contribution to global warming, but didn’t know any of the details. Then I read this interview with Michael Pollan, and it convinced me. Pollan has also written The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, which I haven’t read yet.

? I love beef, and it is the only conventional (as opposed to organic) meat that I can still eat. But I, like just about every other American, feel impotent to stop global warming. This may be a nominal effort, but one that I am quite willing to undertake.