Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸
@thereisnocat
Advocating Semantic Markup since 1987. Not posting here any more. Married to @JerseyGrrrl. On Mastodon: @thereisnocat@toot.cafe
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 31, 2008 at 5:06:55 PM
@goodwitch wow, you must feel truly awful. I would have to be on my deathbed to do such a thing (like say Monday of this week...)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 31, 2008 at 9:57:42 AM
must be getting better; I'm bored and anxious to get back to work
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 30, 2008 at 3:33:42 PM
@surlyshirley yeah, me and Rudy are like this ||
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 30, 2008 at 3:05:28 PM
thinks he might just skip next Tuesday's primary now that his preferred candidate has dropped out. :-(
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 30, 2008 at 11:37:11 AM
@epersonae I will; just need to clean some stuff up and run it by a couple of people to make sure I'm not mistaken
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 30, 2008 at 11:15:32 AM
just got back from having his innards photographed
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 30, 2008 at 12:01:48 AM
...the Netscape 4 of a new generation (not sure why my previous tweet was truncated; go figure)
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 29, 2008 at 11:59:18 PM
figured out the solution for broken IE standards mode: <!--[if !IE] <style>...</style><![endif]--> IE, the Netscape ...
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 29, 2008 at 9:21:02 PM
thinks he finally may have come up with an accessible way of doing tooltips
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 29, 2008 at 4:32:27 PM
is watching Lou Reed and Luciano Pavarotti duet on Reed's "Perfect Day". http://tinyurl.com/yubggy
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 29, 2008 at 1:56:46 PM
@steveganz I hope that lawsuit isn't over Beard Papa creampuffs.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 29, 2008 at 10:03:48 AM
just saw a raccoon run through the back yard
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 29, 2008 at 3:50:02 AM
is listening to Nina Simone and getting goosebumps
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 28, 2008 at 7:47:19 AM
is going to see the doctor this morning. Again. Grrrrrrrr....
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 27, 2008 at 7:57:42 AM
is working up a first crack at taxes. Looks like we're getting money back. Didn't expect that.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 26, 2008 at 9:17:58 AM
success! Recording Will Rigby's single "Dave" with the new turntable.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 26, 2008 at 8:34:29 AM
is setting up the new (replacement) USB turntable
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 25, 2008 at 11:50:12 AM
@alunr I second sniffles' recommendation; not sure if Michael Angeles' IA templates come with OmniGraffle, but they can be downloaded easily
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 24, 2008 at 2:38:10 PM
@epersonae non-meta solution: use IE8 rendering for HTML5 and application/xml+xhtml. Think I saw that on Shelley's post. Incomplete but....
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 24, 2008 at 2:14:04 AM
@wnalyd check out Jeremy Keith's suggestion for IE8 at http://adactio.com/journal/1402/ ; it's the constructive alternative you seek
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 23, 2008 at 4:13:11 PM
@surlyshirley no danger of that happening; my updates are protected. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 23, 2008 at 12:25:36 PM
@epersonae been to the doctor twice, got the antibiotics, still sick anyway
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 23, 2008 at 5:21:49 AM
is getting sick again. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 23, 2008 at 5:18:08 AM
@doublesided re cameras, if your house is full, you have too many; otherwise, you're fine
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 22, 2008 at 2:27:43 PM
is watching the snow drift down outside
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 22, 2008 at 4:40:49 AM
@steveganz that Beard Papa is some good shit, eh?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 21, 2008 at 5:25:48 PM
thinks the combination of CSS and nested tables should be outlawed
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 21, 2008 at 11:53:24 AM
@surlyshirley my pleasure; you're exactly who I was thinking of when I posted it. And yes, we're very very old indeed.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 20, 2008 at 10:59:28 AM
just found a podcast from WFMU of indie singles from the 1990s. http://wfmu.org/playlists/AS I actually have some of these singles
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 19, 2008 at 9:11:37 PM
gives up on the East-West game after watching Penn State's QB throw his second interception. What comes below the CFL for undrafted players?
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 19, 2008 at 7:35:11 AM
is updating the map data in his GPS. Jeez, this takes freaking forever....
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 18, 2008 at 8:54:00 PM
@doublesided what kind of Polaroid camera are you looking for? Peel apart film? SX-70-type integral film?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 18, 2008 at 11:37:17 AM
feels unclean after working on an HTML e-mail
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 17, 2008 at 5:08:55 PM
is working on yet another chapter in my magnum opus, "Why IE is not my favorite browser"
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 16, 2008 at 9:42:14 PM
forgot to log on to Twitter at work today
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 15, 2008 at 5:33:58 PM
really looks forward to CSS3's multiple background images showing up in browsers.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 15, 2008 at 12:37:20 PM
thinks it's funny that Twitter fall down, go boom, right as the Stevenote started.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 14, 2008 at 5:58:58 PM
survived his first day back at work after being so sick. Phew!
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 13, 2008 at 4:09:50 PM
just took down the Christmas lights outside, only a week after they should have come down. The tree inside may wait another day or two
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 11, 2008 at 3:05:40 PM
is tired of coughing. It's exhausting.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 11, 2008 at 6:46:33 AM
just e-mailed in sick again. Feeling somewhat better than the last two days, but still weak and hacking like a 14 year old with a C-64.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 10, 2008 at 1:40:54 PM
@andrea sympathies and good luck; I'm on my third illness this winter and not enjoying it one bit
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 9, 2008 at 5:33:44 AM
just e-mailed in sick to work for the day. Gawd I hate doing that.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 8, 2008 at 5:58:53 PM
really really really hopes Amtrak doesn't go on strike.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 8, 2008 at 5:05:35 PM
@goodwitch you made me laugh 'til I coughed. That was painful.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 7, 2008 at 8:50:28 PM
feels like crap; third time I'm sick since Thanksgiving. Shoot me now.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 7, 2008 at 3:55:47 PM
@doublesided http://www.webmasterworld.com/css/3265142.htm
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 6, 2008 at 5:43:47 PM
just found out that an old friend works across the street from him in Manhattan. Lunch!
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 3, 2008 at 7:51:44 PM
wonders if Steph's puppet has a name (looks more like a rabbit than a sheep, so I assume it's not Charlie)
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 3, 2008 at 5:58:30 PM
is hoping tonight's commute goes a lot smoother than last night's or this morning's.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 3, 2008 at 3:33:29 PM
@kimmieblessing tnx; looks like I have a while before I get mine (no surprise there)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 3, 2008 at 1:50:46 PM
@kimmieblessing when did you order the laptop? I donated on Dec 27; wonder when I'll see mine. (Good luck with the braces; got mine @ 35...)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 2, 2008 at 8:49:15 PM
started and ended the day with flat tires on two different cars, and had a two hour train ride home in between. Just shoot me now.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 2, 2008 at 11:13:04 AM
@suw annoying ;-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat January 1, 2008 at 10:06:31 PM
is scanning negatives and watching football; the scanning is more interesting than the game, though
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat December 31, 2007 at 9:29:45 PM
just got back from dinner. Mmmm, Chateaubriand....