Check out this thing. It’s called the “em chart” and it allows the quick application of the formula that you use to calculate relative “em”‘s … a measure of space in HTML. Web designers who use this sort of technique are making web page that scale properly when the user changes the size of the page. The other web designers … we’ll, they’re designing shit.

Do you do Twitter API? If so, check out the Twitter API explorer. here.

One plus one equals two. Unless you are a JavaScript programmer. Go here to make fun of the JavaScript

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And check out today’s picture. It’s … different.

Here’s one theory:

Earlier this week, Pickle Monger pointed us to the very, very bizarre story of Alvin Greene winning the South Carolina Democratic primary despite being broke, unemployed, holding no campaign appearances or rallies, and having raised no money. No one knew who the guy was, basically, until after the election happened… which is certainly quite strange. Also, once the news came out and the press scrambled to figure out who the hell this guy was, it came out that he’s facing felony charges for obscenity. …

Of course, there are many different theories as to why Greene won — from the popular charge that he was a “plant,” to the idea that he was just first on the ballot. However… it does seem like some are starting to notice (you guessed it) the e-voting machines.

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Continue reading Did funny e-voting determine South Carolina election? Or was it race? →

Or, not… There is what appears to be a very good FOSS alternative:

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Quiche Moraine has a new look, but hopefully the same feel. We liked our old look but it was not working for a lot of our readers. So, we have dropped the Magazine Format and gone to a minimalistic bloggy format. I’d love to know what you think of it.

Also, Stephanie Zvan has a new post that addresses the nature of allies, on the Internet: What is an Ally? Have a look!

A very cooly and heavily illustrated chapter from the book Evolution: The Story of Life by Douglas Palmer is available for free download from the National Center for Science Education . CLICK HERE for the download. Visit the NCSE web site here.

What should we do about a case of Internet Identity theft? Here’s the story: There is an individual of some reasonable degree of fame. I shall call him Guy-1. There is this other individual who is not famous. Guy-2. Both are similar in many respect, including, as far as I can tell, their political views, and those views correspond more or less to at least some of the views professed on this blog.

UPDATE: The offending fake Facebook page has been taken down. I am not sure exactly why, though I do know that some individuals reported the page.

Continue reading A case of Internet Identity Theft In Progress: What do we do? →

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It’s kind of subtle but if you read the words they say carefully, you can hear “kissy kissy” the whole time. Check it out: “Your … fascinating”

Oh, and please DO leave a comment if you visit their site. That would be funny.

Seriously. I am not making this up. Michele Bachmann, the so called “darling of the tea-baggers” (though I’m not sure why she’s called that exactly) had done a full 180 on her policies regarding government involvement in stuff. Check it out.

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