Friday, February 20, 2004

Glish; a fine site exploring many CSS nuances

Zeldman; Mr. Web himself, immerses readers into deep issues of CSS, browser nuances and some fine writing.

Bluerobot; I found the layout resovior served as a great learning ground.

Zen Garden; good modular code with numerous styles to be applied; some good, some bad.

Owen Briggs; certainly the master. A solid mix of the visual, textual and sweet, sweet code.



Clearly territory (reality) is more important than the map (dogma).

The map is only valuable so long as it matches reality. When it does it is called accurate. When the map does not match reality it is called inaccurate and the consequences can be fatal, as any explorer or sea captain will tell you. The first line of the Tao Te Ching ("Tao that can be stated is not the true Tao") says that the map is not the territory. .. Thus the philosophy of Tao is a healthy antidote to obsession with maps (dogmas). If the map (dogma) does not conform to territory (reality), then it is the map that must be changed and not the territory, and reality must not be sacrificed to protect inept maps. All maps, even maps drawn by sages and buddhas, are only tools for navigation and orientaton, and not sacred relics to be worshipped. The map is the not the territory. Fingers are not moons. Fingers point to the moon. Do not confuse the two.



The Use of Maps in Contemporary Art http://www.annao.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/text_dissertation.htm



Tracking user navigation methods by logging where users click on web pages; http://urlgreyhot.com/drupal/node/view/1440



The YFT uses JavaScript to create a yellow highlight that briefly spotlights the change when the page reloads. Then, in a second or two, the highlight fades and the page reverts to its normal state; http://www.37signals.com/svn/ 19 Feb 2004 by Matthew Linderman



"The knight" and Hamlet are the two characters, beyond all others, who seem always to know what they are doing, though they baffle us whenever we try to share their knowledge..... I would rather be Falstaff or Sancho than a version of Hamlet or Don Quixote, because growing old and ill teaches me that being matters more than knowing. The knight and Hamlet are reckless beyond belief; Falstaff and Sancho have some awareness of discretion in matters of valour.



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