Comments for the emotional pumpkin

Comment on The first computer I bought, by Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:32:06 +0000

Always remember, when you type “ls” at the prompt, your computer loves you.

Comment on IE7 lessons learned: the z-index bug by Richa

Richa — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:30:38 +0000

I think that’s a bit of a blunt instrument. The problem I was originally trying to solve was that I wasn’t sure what other relatively positioned elements were in the page—this was an application with data coming from a database—what relative stacking order they needed, or how close they were in proximity to the element I needed to be on top of everything.

What happens if you have some other positioned elements that have to stay in a certain stacking order in relation to the item you’re hovering? If they automatically get a z-index of 2 when your mouse is over them, you get unexpected behavior. What if you’re embedding a widget into someone else’s webpage? I don’t think this strategy would work.

Comment on IE7 lessons learned: the z-index bug by Elliot Condon

Elliot Condon — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:47:32 +0000

What about an IE specific stylesheet with something as simple as this:

* {
z-index: 1;
}

*:hover {
z-index: 2;
}

Problem solved!

Comment on The first computer I bought, by Satya

Satya — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:22:53 +0000

*nix rules!

(came here looking for a fix to the IE7 z-index bug. Still not fixed. I *hate* IE7!!)

Comment on IE7 lessons learned: the z-index bug by Steve Rifkin

Steve Rifkin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:22:57 +0000

And the hits keep coming. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. I’ve spent off and on, weeks on this problem and had basically written off the layout until this….I don’t see a place where I can buy you a beer or grab a wishlist item for ya

Comment on So I’ve got this friend. by Richa

Richa — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:19:16 +0000

I dunno, maybe I haven’t heard it enough (and I’d like to keep it that way, thank you), but it’s still at the nails-on-a-chalkboard stage for me. Argh.

Comment on So I’ve got this friend. by Lori

Lori — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:53:19 +0000

I despised this song the first time I heard it and every subsequent time for about a week. It was on the preview for some new fall TV show so it was on ALL the time.

After a while though, I found myself inexplicably drawn to her RIDICULOUS level of emotion on such cheesy lyrics. You are right about it being a caricature, but in this case, it grew on me. Now I half mock it, half respect it.

And don’t you dare comment on how I always like stupid teeny-bopper stuff. = )

Comment on IE7 lessons learned: the z-index bug by Tomas

Tomas — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:09:30 +0000

Great.
After 4 hours I finally found working solution.

Thx man!!!

Comment on Snow Leopard and Juniper Network Connect by chirag arora

chirag arora — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:57:57 +0000

Thanks!

This was very helpful.

Comment on Why the Chase website sucks donkey nads by WishIWouldHaveSeenThisB4

WishIWouldHaveSeenThisB4 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:39:09 +0000

I wish I would have seen this post before ordering the Chase Freedom card. The card has pretty good cash back rewards compared to my bank of america card, but I immediately regretted my decision after logging into the chase online banking site. It is still EXACTLY as you described here 4 years AGO! Terrible. They don’t even have the 2-stage login to protect against phishing! BoA’s site is AMAZING compared to this.