Seems this morning as if that’s what I’m doing. I’m making progress on a lot of things, but in many cases, that progress just maintains things the way they were. I actually worked through my normal afternoon break yesterday, and got something done for a client, but then looked at the result and find myself wondering if it was all wasted effort. We’re trying to give them a clickable map of the US so a customer can pick a state. I got a version that looks pretty, but the HTML alone is over a meg (due largely to Photoshop’s lame imagemap support, or my lack of understanding thereof). I don’t think it’s a workable solution.
And it’s the end of another week, and I find myself asking “What did I get done?” I don’t have a good answer, other than figuring I stayed alive. Some weeks I guess that has to be enough. But hey, I found some fun links for you to click on, so let’s get to them, eh?
- The Twin Cities Marathon starts this Sunday at 8am. I wonder whether I might have fun hanging out at the big hill on Summit around noon watching the stragglers. [strib]
- Hey, Needless Markups is selling a freakin’ flying car that gets 21 mpg at over 350mph. Only problem? I don’t have the $3.5 million on hand, and even if I did, delivery is not included. Dangit. [fark!]
- In case you hadn’t noticed, Serenity opens today. I’d like to go, but don’t have any plans to yet. Anyone else up for it?
- Not getting enough of the deep ones in your diet? Go watch A Shoggoth on the Roof, a fine bit of Lovecraftian theater. [boing boing]
- Want to be a grammar geek? PainInTheEnglish.com might be the place for you. [chaz]
- I’m not sure that I’ve pointed to This Is Broken before, but it seems like something I should have pointed to, if I already haven’t. [flutterby]
- The BBC’s Visions of Science are the best scientific photos of the year. Cool beans! [fark!]