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  June 30, 2003
Restrict Number Of Digits After Decimal Point
   

There's another addition to the guymal Source Code section:
Restrict number of digits after decimal point Perl function is a small function that lets you restrict the number of digits after a number's decimal point.

An example of its output is:
"11.2999999999",cut third digit is: 11.30
"12.345",cut third digit is: 12.35
"12.345",cut second digit is: 12.3
"13.34",cut third digit is: 13.34
"14.3",cut third digit is: 14.3
"15",cut third digit is: 15

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  June 29, 2003
Click radio caption
   

I added a page to the guymal Source Code section on how to create a HTML radio button that you can select by clicking on its caption.

This is a small annoyance in web pages since users are used to (from their OS) select radio buttons by clicking on their captions.

Well, here's an easy way to do it.

This is what it looks like:




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  June 28, 2003
Mutant Digital Toy
   

Check out Mutant Digital Toy.

It lets you create faces using the eyes, noses, and mouths of different people.

The faces that you create look really great and the images are seamless.

Great use of Flash.
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Howto Lose Money
   

This article by Bruce Tognazzini (Tog) from Apple explains how he made a small fortune at Apple Computer (out of a much larger one).

He offers some of what not to do with the stocks that you get from your company (by showing examples of things he did and lost money on).

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  June 27, 2003
Peopleware
   

Get this book at AmazonPeopleware is one of the best books that I've read.

Really!

This book is a must read for anyone in the software industry, especially for all software development-team leaders and managers.

As its name suggests: this book is about the people who create software, what usually goes wrong with software projects, and most important: how to make sure these problems don't happen to you (and when they do happen, how to solve them).

Peopleware is a pretty short book and a very fun, easy read.

If you only read one book on software development: this is the one to read.
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  June 26, 2003
Web Archive
   

The small little download (just 190KB) lets you save a web page as a single file that includes all the graphics on the page.
This is great if you want to save a web page without having to worry about multiple files (like IE creates).

The instructions for saving a web page are pretty simple and appear at the bottom of the download page.

Office 2000 Add-in: Web Archive

BTW: In IE you can also save a web page as a single file (.mht) by clicking "File", "Save As...", and select "Web Archive, single file (*.mht)" in the "Save as type" field in the dialog that opens.
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  June 23, 2003
Speaking blog
   

You may have noticed that new little Speak button in the top right of each post.

If you click on it you'll be able to hear the post.
Thanks to this article:
How to make your weblog posts speak in Movable Type (Dane Carlson's Weblog) adding it was a sinch.

I added the JavaScript code for randomizing the voice that is used each time you press the Speak button (every time you click on a Speak button you'll hear a different voice, one of: crystal, mike, rich, rosa, klara, reiner, alain, juliette, charles, or audrey).

Now that's cool :o)
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MSN Messenger Preview
   

Check out the preview for MSN Messenger version 6.

It has some cool new features like animated emoticons, backgrounds, and a new interface.

Yesterday I tried out the webcam chat with a friend of mine (who also installed the new version) and it worked like a charm.
Very cool.
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KozoFlash Referrals
   

I just checked my web server logs and it turns out the TONS of people are getting here searching for KozoFlash and duckstudios.com (the guys who created Kozo. the cute big purple dancer).

So especially for you guys here it is again:
http://duckstudios.com/kozo/kozoFlash.htm

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  June 22, 2003
Nerd VCs
   

Here's a great essay about An Engineer's View of Venture Capitalists.

It explains the different views of engineers and VCs, why VCs work the way they do (today), and how engineers can change it.
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That's a simulator...
   

Check out this flight simulator that uses 9 PCs and 13 monitors!!
Hook that thing up to a surround sound system and you could rent it to the Air Force.
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  June 17, 2003
Game Rooms
   

Now these are some REAL gamers.

And I thought I have a lot of video games (still have an Atari 2600, NES, Playstation 1, and PS2).
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  June 16, 2003
Barney's Evil Twin
   

Turn up the volume:
http://duckstudios.com/kozo/kozoFlash.htm

Update: there's a copy at: http://starterupsteve.servepics.com:60000/swf/kozoFlash.html

If you want to download the swf file then right click and "Save Target As..." on this link.

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  June 15, 2003
Wave UFO
   

Japanese artist Mariko Mori created this huge bubble called "Wave UFO". The installation, in New York, is 34 feet long and 17 feet high.
Three people can enter the thing at a time; they lie down on surfaces covered in a modern gel, half fluid, half solid.
Electrodes are placed on their heads, and then for seven minutes they watch a computer animation, projected on the dome interior. And the animation is partly controlled by their brain activity!
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  June 10, 2003
Stay Updated
   

Whoever has time to check out the tons of sites that are updated daily, please raise your hand...
What no hands raised?

Well, for people who don't have time to regularly check out the sites that interest them comes a cool service called Pusher.

Pusher is a free on-line service for getting updates, by e-mail, about your favorite sites.
You can subscribe to site feeds that interest you and once the site is updated you'll get an e-mail with whatever was updated.

Very cool and straightforward.

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guymal Wallpaper
   

guymal.com wallpaperguymal.com Wallpaper is available for downloading.

This is the wallpaper that I use on all (most of) my machines.
It's a photo that I took a while ago of my guitar.

I had to pump up the jpg compression in order to keep the file size down (77KB) but if you want a better quality image then drop me a word.

In order to save the image either right click on the the thumbnail at the left and click "Save Target As..." or open the thumbnail and then (after the full image loads) click "Save Picture As...".

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  June 09, 2003
Jammin' on the net
   

Pearl Jam has ended their contract with Epic (after 12 years) and instead is going for an Internet distribution strategy.
They decided that they don't need a major label and so far it seems to be working.

This could be the beginning of a new era in the music industry.

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Leaving Blogger
   

It seems that I'm not the only one who left Blogger.
It's becoming a trend.

Not that I have anything against Blogger, it's just that the other available alternatives are better.
The article explains some of the differences between different content management systems and why you shouldn't use Blogger if you are serious about blogging.

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  June 08, 2003
McHealthy?
   

Turns out that the salads at McDonalds, Burger King, and other health food joints aren't really healthy.
According to this article the salads (especially the salad dressings) are just about as fat as the real food they offer (yummy burgers).

So if you plan to eat the salad with dressing and all you might as well just order the burger and fries and enjoy yourself.

And you felt good about yourself that you're eating the salad....

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  June 07, 2003
No More Original Beetle!
   

Who the hell knew that they were still making them?
After 70 years Volkswagen said it will stop making old Beetles this summer.

It turns out that VW has been manufacturing old Beetles in their plant in Puebla, Mexico. The plant will continue to produce the New Beetle sedan.

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