@martinjy

May 15, 2008

Astroturf nature strip, St Kilda Rd

Posted by Marty in Something I saw today

May 13, 2008

XHTML validation: Failed

When I put the new martinjy site theme together I was careful to check that it validated as XHTML Strict (because supposedly that’s the “right” thing to do, although others disagree) and it did, mostly thanks to Wordpress’ excellence, but check this out:

XHTML Failed

All of those failures are related to either my Google Maps link, the Twitter feed, the background switcher or the post archive pull-down. None of those code snippets are written by me or Wordpress, so it looks like I have a choice to make - I keep my aggregation and site features and ignore the XHTML validation, or I ditch them all to get valid.

It seems odd to me that the clever bots who put out the code for these things aren’t validating them before they release them. I guess we can excuse the background switcher and post archive pull-down coders ‘cos they’re coding and releasing pro bono, but IMHO Google and Twitter should be trying harder. Maybe there’s some technical reason why it can’t be done, or maybe they’re part of the group that doesn’t see any real benefit in making the effort.

Actually, I think I’ve already made my decision. I like my site features.

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Posted by Marty in Design, Not important, but potentially interesting, Web & Tech

May 9, 2008

On the town, Thursday nt

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Posted by Marty in Something I saw today

May 7, 2008

Invader 2, Arts Centre

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Posted by Marty in Something I saw today

Invader 1, Centre Place

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Posted by Marty in Something I saw today

May 6, 2008

$100 a day rule helps prevent impulse spending

No Credit Needed has a tip for impulse buyers who are trying to spend less - impose a cooling-off period on yourself: for every $100 that the impulse buy will cost you, wait 1 day and then decide whether you still want to buy it.

I like the potential of the $100 a day rule. It’s similar to the want vs. need tip that I read about a few months ago, i.e. spenders like me and my wife need to ignore our impulses and think more carefully about why the item in question will improve our life.

Right now we’re in the middle of planning a holiday … I think we’ll give this rule a try on that and see what happens. Maybe it won’t work because a holiday isn’t an impulse buy? (Maybe it won’t work because a $3,000 holiday means waiting 30 days - I already know I need a holiday).

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Posted by Marty in Not important, but potentially interesting

May 4, 2008