thebigreason

My New Bass

I got it!

Nov 22, 2009 3:18 PM

I took the plunge. Check out my 1961 King Moretone!

Bass Wish List

I've been saving for a new bass. I think I'm finally ready to take the plunge.

Nov 4, 2009 11:04 AM

I’ve been saving up for a new bass for nearly three years now. During that time the economy tanked and I noticed a marked increase in prices from the luthiers I had been keeping my eye on. My budget has now caught up to modern times and an instrument just popped up on my radar that has given my that tingly feeling.

Wasted Youth

The English band, not the LA band.

Oct 23, 2009 8:43 AM

Another cool band photo from the the early 80s. This band played a big roll in my coming-of-age soundtrack.

Grievous Bodily Harm

Oct 8, 2009 8:10 PM

I recently stumbled upon this classic photo of GBH. I was a huge fan of their music in my punk days. Actually, I still am, although I haven’t purchased an album since 1987 or so.

Some TextMate Snippets

Some of my handiest HTML and CSS TextMate snippets for you

Jun 6, 2009 3:18 PM

For all you TextMate web developer people, I’ve rounded up some of my more useful CSS snippets, with a few handy snippets for proper quotes and apostrophes thrown in for good measure.

Why Google Wave IS Conceptually Simple

Wave isn’t a fancy new web app by Google, it’s the new email.

Jun 1, 2009 4:41 PM

Last week, Google announced Wave, their new big idea in internet communication at their annual I/O developer’s conference. This project is absolutely impressive and has the potential to really improve the way we communicate and collaborate on the web, it’s just hard to tell, because the of the very long and very boring video Google is using to promote it.

How To Hide Any or All CSS From Any or All Versions of Internet Explorer

IE 8 users can blacklist the rendering of your site. Blacklist them back!

May 15, 2009 9:00 AM

Boy have I had a fun day with Internet Explorer 8! Faruk Ateş has too. He posted a comprehensive piece about IE 8’s X-UA-Compatible header mechanic. I got down to the paragraph on the blacklist and quickly paused my reading to figure out the necessary IE conditional comment syntax to hide style sheets from all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Come inside. I will share.

Internet Explorer 8 display:inline li Bug

Microsoft, just switch to webkit already.

May 14, 2009 1:14 PM

I’ve been going through a bunch of websites that I maintain in the newly released IE 8, and I stumbled uppon a inconsistently documented bug with the line item element. This is a brief summary of my findings. 

A Few Cool Things About Woodland

My home town got some bad national press the other day. I thought I'd share a few nice things with everyone.

Apr 10, 2009 9:11 AM

Dustin Pedroia, second basemen for the Boston Red Sox, and one-time Woodland resident was quoted in Boston Magazine with a few negative remarks about my home town. I don’t follow sports myself, but I’m told he is sort of a big deal in the baseball world, and people in town look up to him with pride ... well, that is until now. 

Are You Threatening Me

Eternal Punishment for my Family

Apr 5, 2009 7:52 AM

Ella brought this flyer in to me saying it was jammed in the screen door. Upon first glance, I thought it was a flyer for a death metal show at the Stag or something. Then I realized it was just the church down the street threatening us with torture and mutilation.