Yearly Archives: 2001

Remember that Scene in Superman?

Posted on May 17, 2001 by Pace Arko

Where the crook is climbing the office building with suction cups? Turns out that is not so far fetched. A German company by the name of Gekkomat has invented something like that. Of course this reprises my post about human … Continue reading →

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The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul

Posted on May 12, 2001 by Pace Arko

Douglas Adams died of a heart attack on Friday, May the 11th. He was 49. First Joey Ramone and now this. My generation’s icons are getting whacked and it makes me feel old and mortal. Kinda ticked there wasn’t more … Continue reading →

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New CSS Rules

Posted on May 10, 2001 by Pace Arko

I’ve developed some new CSS rules that work better in Mozilla and Netscape 6. I’ve tested them on my staging server but I can’t upload here until baka fixes the Fish Farm.

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Hashing Out an Editing Process

Posted on May 10, 2001 by Pace Arko

Over the past few days, my friend and I have been sending huge mails back and forth to work out a means for him to transfer new site content to me. Hopefully we’ve got the details worked out. It’s sort … Continue reading →

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Why the Brief Hiatus?

Posted on May 3, 2001 by Pace Arko

Well, primarily I was concerned about getting out of synchronization with a backup server in the Fish Farm. However I am now of the opinion that this fear is unjustified. Baka can just copy things again. Now the entries will … Continue reading →

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Guerilla Warfare Once Again Thumbs Its Nose at High-tech

Posted on May 3, 2001 by Pace Arko

I just read a story about a cheap and simple device that can fry the electronics of most of the military’s high-tech weapons systems. At some point, when the US engages in another bout of cruise missile diplomacy, the people … Continue reading →

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Everybody but me seems to be busy

Posted on April 19, 2001 by Pace Arko

This idle time between job assignments and server updates is mildly irritating to me. I need to go do something. I think I’ll go build a few pages on one of those commercial services. Maybe I should go get the … Continue reading →

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I still hate Flash objects

Posted on April 19, 2001 by Pace Arko

Look, I ain’t saying they ain’t beautiful and fun but every single time they break my back button, I utter a vile oath. Macromedia is trying to make Flash more accessible but they still have a long way to go. … Continue reading →

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Nerd subculture is no place for wannabes

Posted on April 17, 2001 by Pace Arko

Speaking as an old school nerd, it’s my opinion that these attempts to attach chic to nerd subculture are unnecessary and a source of needless stress. Perhaps it’s sour grapes and crass elitism on my part but, I dislike these … Continue reading →

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Indestructable!

Posted on April 12, 2001 by Pace Arko

Listening to South African Rhythm Riot (The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume 6) right now. Feeling very transcendent. I guess you’d have to be me here now but, I really believe this stuff is the best damn music on the … Continue reading →

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