<input type="button" id="_buttonPush" value="Push Me" runat="server" /> gets wired to an event handler in the class file or in the code-behind file that gets fired when the button is pushed. Oh, sounds like Flash, right? That's pretty cool. No, it actually fires off a POST that is automatically interpreted by the ASP.NET receiver, which is always the same page incidentally unless you're willing to go through some serious gyrations, and routed to the event handler you've declared and linked. This is all done to get some fairly marginal benefits, as far as I can tell. It's very much like <cfform> in this respect since both get you form validation and event handling through weird concoctions of Javascript interpreted on the server side by ASP.NET or ColdFusion.<cfform>, but that's just me.I just pulled down my pants, I went in and they played some music and I did my thing. We did 25 takes of it, non-stop, and all the dances I choreographed myself. —TVAcresI'm sure that's exactly how many porn stars started out as well.
Of all Hollywood's sins (and I retain in memory a cross-indexed catalogue of them), the fact that even when Welles started getting "lifetime achievement" accolades, he still couldn't get any financing for his movie projects, on which he worked until his last days, leaves the bitterest taste in my mouth. There must be certain people destined to the lowest rungs of hell—or at least purgatory—for creating a world in which Orson Welles' last paid acting role was as the voice of the evil planet in a "Transformers" movie.
"The feedback we got when we did XP a few years ago was 'I don't want Microsoft automatically putting things onto my machine,' " Nash [vice president of security at Microsoft] said. "What we're finding now is that through a combination of the availability of broadband and customers wanting to stay up to date with security patches, and, most importantly, considering the kinds of threats out there now, that customers want us to keep them up to date automatically—not just by downloading the patches for them but installing them as well."
But the persistent price increases made some consumers suspicious.
"The companies say they have to raise prices, but there's probably a little bit of capitalism in there, too," said Bruce Johnson, an independent driver for AAA cabs.
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said his office has been swamped with calls from angry consumers demanding that something be done about the high prices.
But although he said his office will be carefully monitoring retail prices, he noted, "It's not illegal to raise prices." Arizona does not have anti-gouging laws, and Goddard's office is restricted to prosecuting price-fixing and collusion. —The Arizona Republic
We roll out a lot of iBooks to teachers. Started our mobility and wireless project about a year and a half ago. We have about 10,000 computers and are 74% Macintosh. All of our teachers are mobile with iBooks/laptops and we're embracing handheld technologies (Palm and DANA) in a pretty big way. Finally, we're just now starting our conversion to OSX - the teachers love it.
Look, you kids know I love the blogsread em, link to em, write one myself. But if you read this site, you also know Im not as swept up in the triumphalist mentality, the sense that blogs are the next dot-com boom, except, well, without money. And midway through the interview, I realized I was being asked to opine on a subject I simply didnt care much about. Blogs are a tool. Im interested in specific writers, specific ideas. I dont care about blogs as a concept.
This blog's territory is what I think about nearly every facet of my life. The nearly part is important because those are the parts that matter most to me and I am very private about. I will not talk about the people in my life except as actors in events that I will blog. I will not share details about the events in their lives except in a general, anonymous way unless they want to tell the world for some reason.
I will not discuss my sex life, my romantic life, or my feelings for my wife except and unless there is a relevant link and the commentary is of a general nature.
I will not discuss my work environment except in the most general terms. I will not discuss my thoughts on my co-workers, my thoughts on my boss, or my thoughts about my company's strategy. These things are not made for general consumption and I do not want to jeopardize my job or my company's standing by trading in such things. I will, of course, discuss specific issues I surmount while developing or general events that are important personally like promotions, training, or termination.
I will not discuss my children in this blog. I've registered the domain FourBrowns.com specifically for that purpose. If something is especially noteworthy or significant, I may use an entry for that or I may use it as context for not blogging.
Anything else is fair game. I will try to maintain a balance between Macintosh issues, politics, blogging, humor, development, metasite issues, and personal matters. I reserve the right to post on any topic though, even if it seems completely out of character.
I will never edit or delete the contents of a blog except to possibly hyperlink something that wasn't hyperlinked or change a hyperlink if it's succumbed to link rot. I will add to entries by tacking on a passage clearly demarcated with "[UPDATE (xx/xx/xx): ]" If I do not have time to thouroughly put down my thoughts, I will put a temporary placeholder in that will be removed when I do have time.
The content equivalent of link rot is revision. I find it deplorable that people would be willing to revise their entries after publishing. Revision is supposed to occur prior to publication. If you revise and don't indicate that you have done so, then you have committed a grievous injustice on your readers. You have betrayed their trust because they take what they read at face value and would treat the knowledge differently if they knew that it was in flux.
I am largely what I write. What does it say about me to you if I go back and change what I write? It's akin to altering your past when telling a friend about your life. You know you did it, but they don't. If they find out that you've altered the details, they'll either demand an explanation or start the seeds of distrust in their minds. The latter is more likely and distrust is anathema to the writer. Why would you even chance sowing distrust?
I generally do not provide links to sites where I found my links. They probably found those links at other sites that found those links at other sites and so on. The reader probably does not care and I would rather use my time creating entries than tracking down the path a particular link wended its way to my blog.
Ideas, on the other hand, are freely credited. You can assume that any uncredited content is my own handiwork, though it is a stretch to say that it is uninfluenced by others. I have well integrated Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism into my life and her ideas inform virtually all of my content.
If you want to see where I visit, your best bet is to stand over my shoulder as I peruse the Web throughout the day. The bookmarks area of my site is but a general guide and doesn't reflect my actual travels, though I would certainly love it if it could.
If I find out I am mistaken on an issue, I will add an "[UPDATE" to the entry no matter how far past the entry is. I am fallible and often jump to conclusions too quickly. I'm big enough to admit my mistakes and missteps no matter how embarassing they might be.
Today I am wearing my favorite shirt (pictured left): a red checkered button down made by Nautica. I wear this shirt every laundry rotation that I can since it is by far the most comfortable shirt I have ever worn. Not only does it look good with the Dockers that are a de rigueur component of my work dress, but it is made of some wonder fabric that breathes. It cost me $24.99—about $10-15 more than I normally prefer to spend on any article of clothing—but it was money well-spent.