Electric Boogaloo: well, i must be off to bed. i slept like 10 hours all weekend
alex: i should do the same. dude, i went to bed at 6 am. >_<
Electric Boogaloo: i’ll probably be a zombie tomorrow morning. aghh! 6AM?!
alex: we will be zombie friends!
Electric Boogaloo: wow
alex: yeah, when manfriend’s out of town, i relapse hardcore
Electric Boogaloo: luckily, alcohol allowed me to both pass out in the car. and directly after getting home. keep reading »

It’s with a heavy heart that I draft this blog entry. I don’t like spending a lot of time or energy thinking about or researching the various members of the IE family. Their sordid history usually leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. With the latest release of IE9 beta, we are treated to some big claims from Microsoft. Among them:

1. “…we are actively helping set the standards for the modern web.”
2. “Through our investments in standards and interoperability, we hope to help bring predictability to web programming.”
3. “Because when you can spend less time rewriting your sites to work across browsers, you can spend more time creating amazing experiences.”
Source: www.beautyoftheweb.com

What irks me about all of this isn’t that IE9 is clearly trying. What bothers me is that Microsoft is making some bold claims and delicately skating over the fact that keep reading »

Hello Internet, my name is Alex and this is a story about how I grew up to become a preschooler. A drunk preschooler.

Every quarter my company has a giant meeting to discuss how fantastic we are and how much ass we kick. We compare lists of names with one another, (this is especially important for team building with other offices, as we don’t see them often), and share tips on the most effective ass-kicking footwear.

That was a slight exaggeration. Here’s a fact: keep reading »