17. February, 2002 - an online life?

• Yeah, I know I missed yesterday. I needed a little break. I went all day without launching a browser, not even to report spam. It was a nice break.
• A new essay(let): Why avoiding tables is important. It's only half-baked at the moment, but I can't think of more to add. Can you?
• bryan may is blogging the Olympics. It's a lot more amusing than any of the more mainstream coverage. [evhead]
• Happy Second Blogiversary to Davezilla. Some guys get all the goodies. I get seventy cents in my paypage.
• Dave Winer's CSS Roundup. Dave's still confused, but that's just because nobody's 'splained it to him properly. [scripting]
• Davezilla brings us This Old Weblog. Ow. It hurts.
• Weblogs make the web work for you is an article directed at marketing and public-relations types. It was written by someone who didn't feel up to maintaining his blog, but is perfectly willing to try and exploit others who do put in the effort. [instapundit]
• PayPal Sucks. Their IPO did as well as you'd have expected back in 1999. I've used them for paying others a couple times, but never wanted to go through the hassle (and privacy invasions) necessary to accept payment through them. And Ev's dropping them as a payment option for blogger soon. Another business who cashed in and went to hell (although I suspect they went to hell, first). [evhead]
• Finally, in honor of the Daytona 500, I often get asked what I see in NASCAR racing, what with being a Minnesotan, as well as a geek. I guess folks think it's far too much of a southern, redneck sport to interest someone like me. But if you think about it, it makes sense. The races are usually on a Sunday afternoon, a notoriously low-energy time for me. They're three to fours hours long, but there are only a few highlights per race (at least in most races). That means that I can start capturing the race on my TiVo on time, start watching an hour or so later, and fast-forward through the commercials and the more boring bits and see the finish in near real-time. Or I can take a little nap in the middle of the race, and wake up for the finish. It's nearly a perfect lazy Sunday exercise.

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