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The dangerous, mysterious, stylish rants of a web developer.

by Greg Hemphill
~Agent G

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Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.
— Simon Pegg
Mar
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WD-40

WD-40 is the most amazing substance known to man kind. Once I discovered WD-40 my life was forever changed. It started out innocently enough, I applied some to the rusty chain on my bike, but I was not prepared for the results of this wondrous substance! As I got back on my bike and made my first peddle I rocketed ahead; gripping the handle bars for dear life. As I zoomed ahead I wondered if my face would be peeled off from the extreme wind pressure! As I rounded the corner I launched off a curb and landed at the tail end of a BMX race. I rocketed ahead to take first place, and as my bike zoomed past the winners stage the golden trophy got stuck on my handle bars and the trophy model came after one look at me. After that experience I put the can away and vowed never to use it again!

Years later I was admiring the can as I went to the bathroom. The next morning I reached for my Axe body spray, but accidentally grabbed the WD-40 instead. Before I knew what was happening my shirt ripped apart as my muscles expanded and I had to go to school without a shirt! This lead to big trouble! As I approached my high school cars began to crash, and girls were jumping out and throwing themselves at me. Due to my immense strength I was able to keep walking, but within 10 minutes I had 20 or so girls hanging on me and ripping off what little clothes I had left. Not only were these women uncontrollably attracted to me, but they became pregnant after one touch of the skin on my ripped and toned body. Over 500,000 women gave birth that morning! My child support bill is larger that of several nation’s GDP now!

BEWARE OF WD-40!!!

Dec
16th
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Dec
14th
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My take on the new HP logo

My take on the new HP logo

Dec
6th
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Perhaps the most awesome shirt ever!

Perhaps the most awesome shirt ever!

Dec
1st
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Oct
5th
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RIP Steve Jobs

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” - Apple Inc.

Sep
3rd
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campfire

  • Nicholas S. you're supposed to feel like your around a campfire, mark is making smores, and greg is telling scary stories about IE6
  • Ryan P. I have some Blackberry stories after Greg is done.
Mar
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Border-Radius Syntax

As it stands with CSS3 border radius we have to type what feels like a lot of code for such a simple thing.  It would be nice if the final spec will allow us to type it all in one line.

So instead of typing this:

-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;
border-top-left-radius: 5px;
border-top-right-radius: 5px;

We should be able to type this:

border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;

UPDATE:

Apparently irregular corner support complicates the issue a bit, making my proposed syntax a bit hard to pull off as explained at css3.info and at the W3C site.