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AT&T versus Verizon, part one

AT&T versus Verizon, part one

I’ve been a customer of AT&T’s for over seven years. For the most part it was six good years and one really bad year. When I first switched over to AT&T Wireless their GSM coverage was spotty, but the dead zones were consistent and

Sorry, iPhone and Pad users

As of today, I’ve removedsvg [http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/]versions of the typefaces my site uses (See Colophon [http://ghostdev.splicer.com/colophon]). The rendering of svg faces in Webkit browsers such as Google Chrome and Apple Safari has been less than satisfactory, and in Chrome’s

Retailers, you're losing me

Retailers, you're losing me

I’ve ranted about this before (see Brick and Mortars, Don’t Blame Us [/2007/05/29/brick-and-mortars-dont-blame-us]) and the situation is worsening. It is getting to the point where if one wants to buy something other than an automobile or groceries, leaving the house is a fool’s errand.

No Bay to Breakers for me this year

I’m a little sad to say it, but with only twelve hours left until the registration deadline for Bay to Breakers [http://baytobreakers.com/] it looks like I won’t be running it this year. Looking at my meager bank balance I have three option: groceries, cat food, or

Adverts and how to get rid of them

I don’t make much money from putting ads on my site. At the rate I’m going, the site generates enough revenue in two years to pay for my hosting for a month. Of course, Monochromatic Outlook isn’t here to make money, but two things come in to

Hallelujah, Microsoft!

Microsoft has joined Mozilla (and Opera, if it matters) in sponsoring the Web Open Font Format (WOFF) as a standard with the World Wide Web Consortium. This comes at the end of more than ten years of fighting between Web browser makers over dynamic font formats, none of which worked

A drawing is not a photograph!

I dislike saying hateful things about other artists or their artwork. I really do. I believe that anyone who puts their time and energy into creating something rather than into idle consumption deserves respect. Even when I am unmoved by the artwork, it is to be lauded for the skill