As an alternative to the Socialnomics video I posted on Tech Tips, here is a YouTube video of a film from 1972 in which a grim future was envisioned:
Dystopian Future Revealed in 1972: Future Shock
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UNIX Epoch Times Demystified
For all your epoch time needs, current timestamp information, how to programmatically retrieve epoch times, and how to convert epoch times to readable times, I present today’s URL of the day:
Web and Semantic Web 101
I’m reading What Does It all Mean? – Dive Into HTML5 and one of the referenced images is the decision tree that IE8 uses to determine if it’s going to render in standards mode or quirks mode. I’m not sure whether to be amazed or appalled:
Internet Explorer 8 Rendering Decision Tree
I’m using a saved and thumbnailed copy of the image, but you can also get the original image from the original author’s site.
IE8 developer tools
The new Developer Tools in IE8 are a Good Thing ™. They bring the power and flexibility FireFox users have been experiencing with Firebug to the IE8 platform. The only negative is for people like the developers of DebugBar who were hoping to make some income off of a specialized browser add-in.
No, Really, It is Out
Well, that whole IE8 thing has been resolved. My confusion was mainly due to grabbing the wrong installer a little too soon. I had downloaded RC1, which had a build of 8.0.6001.18372 at about 12:28 EDT. The problem is that I needed to way a bit longer. If you get the installer now, it’s 8.0.6001.18702, with an Update Versions of 0 instead of Release Candiddate 1. It also looks like the WordPress problem that I found with RC1 has been fixed in IE 8 final.
IE 8 Released
Much quicker than originally planned, Microsoft has released IE 8. The installer says that it’s “Release Candidate 1″ in the EULA, and most of the MS web pages still have the remains of “Beta” status. So it’s hard to tell. According to Dave Winer, there’s no final final available of IE 8. At any rate, posting seems to be doable as long as you use the compatibility mode. When not using compatibility mode, the posting editor does not wrap the text.
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