The 5 Most Under-Used HTML Tags
I just read a blog on SitePoint called The 5 Most Under-Used HTML Tags, this was an interesting read. I create a lot of web apps but I mostly use frameworks that handle the output of the HTML for me (like JSF).
Babies
My wife is expecting our next child. It has been a emotional roller-coaster. Last Friday we had an appointment for an ultrasound at the local hospital. They discovered that there was no child present. It must have been a miscarriage. We where saddened be the news but quickly accepted the fact. Because my wife still had symptoms of pregnancy the doctor wanted a blood test. We would hear the results on Monday.
Today my wife called, she was phoned by the hospital to quickly come in for examination. I quickly left my office and wend to the hospital with her.
At the hospital we where tolled a scary story that my wife might have some wild spreading tumour inside here womb. She would need an operation. Just to see how bad the situation was she would get another ultrasound.
Seems there was a baby after all.
First echo
Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference
For people that want to get to know Ubuntu there is a free guide.
Funny command errors in UNIX
At work we had a discussion after some funny remark that reminded me of some funny command errors I read somewhere. I found them:
(% represents the csh, $ represents the bourne shell)
% "How poorly would you rate the Unix (so-called) user interface?
Unmatched ".
% rm congressional-ethics
rm: congressional-ethics nonexistent
% ar m God
ar: God does not exist
% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
Missing ].
% ^How did the sex change^ operation go?
Modifier failed.
% If I had a ( for every $ Congress spent, what would I have?
Too many ('s.
%make love
Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.
% sleep with me
bad character
% got a light?
No match.
% man: why did you get a divorce?
man:: Too many arguments.
% ^What is saccharine?
Bad substitute.
% \(-
(-: Command not found.
% sh
$ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
no sense in pretending
$ drink matter
matter: cannot create
Or, in a System V (att) universe:
$ cat "can of food"
cat: cannot open can of food
(Source: GNU)
Naming your computer
There is a story running on ITWorld about servers and how they are named. Very funny to read.