4.4.1. XHTML Skiing Module

So, I’m reading the XHTML specs on the w3c website (it’s always good to see if how much more I can undestand each time I go back) when I come across this section.

Bascially, the linked page gives a lot of technical info on how XHTML should be used, and how you can add bits to it to make it do what you want it to do. At the moment I’m trying to find out how to put start="x" back into the <ol> element, since it was taken out in a moment of idiocy.

Anyway, in amongst all the CDATA and stuff that, quite frankly, goes a bit over my head, I find a section on how XHTML can be used to describe “aspects of a ski lodge”, under the heading “4.4.1. XHTML Skiing Module”. What?! Have they gone mad?

XHTML, for those who aren’t geeks like me, is the language used to display web pages. Right click and select “view source”. If you’re using a civilised browser, it should colour the XHTML tags for you; but if you’re using Internet Explorer, you’ll have to put up with the rubbishness of Notepad. Anyway, you will be able to see how to put a link into your document (<a>), and how to make headings (<h1>). XHTML is all about what different bits of text do (i.e., is this text a link or a heading?).

So what this whole thing about ski lodges is all about, well, I’m a bit confused. I thought it was pretty funny, anyway. It’s probably not, but I thought it was.

Well, my keyboard was a little bit dirty and gross, so I took it apart to clean it:

Then I dropped it behind my desk and it broke, so I bought a new one off eBay:

This one is amazing, it’s completely massive and very chunky and therefore lovely. Anyway, it too was a bit dirty, so I blew between the keys to remove all the dust. There was quite a lot! Also coming out of the keyboard were a long ginger hair, and two pubes, which I thought was a little gross and puzzling.

Here endeth the Keyboard Happenings…

So this is the blog of Rosie O’Donnell. She seems completely content in being quite, quite mad. And I think this is great.

One thing I notice, however, is that SHE HAS TRACKBACK!!!! Where the hell did she get that from? I don’t have it, and I want to know why!

Got this email forward today. I thought it was very funny!

Customer: Worcester sauce crisps please
Shopkeeper: Sorry can’t, it’s off the shelves, cancer scare.
Customer: Oh right, Chinese Chicken Wings?
Shopkeeper: Ah that’s the same, cancer scare
Customer: Hamburger Relish?
Shopkeeper: Cancer scare
Customer: Sausage and Mash?
Shopkeeper: Cancer scare
Customer: Cottage Pie?
Shopkeeper: Yes, …no wait, cancer scare.
Customer: So they’re all off the shelves because of a cancer scare?
Shopkeeper: Yes
Customer: (sigh) Just give me a packet of fags then.
Shopkeeper: Certainly. £4.50 please.
Customer: Thanks !!

OK, my exploits in the world of MSN Messenger and IRC have revealed these gems:

• http://aspyre.net/rosencrantz/archive/006515.html
• http://loveandcasinowar.com/blogarch/000103.php
• http://www.mentallyincontinent.com/modules.php?…etc

My lucky number is four billion. That doesn’t come in real handy when you’re gambling. “Come on, four billion! Fuck. Seven. Not even close. I need more dice.”

I am very excited. Bit of a pointless post, and I’m sorry, but there it is. I’m finally gonna get some good hosting!

Update (a year on): Well, sadly, it turned out that BeigeTower was rubbish and crappy, and never did get around to setting up new accounts. Then they closed the forums to anyone who didn’t already have hosting, basically making it nigh-on impossible to take part in this promising experiment. It’s a real shame.

So, as people will probably already know, I’m designing the website for Open Space with another guy and it’s really fun. I have all my ideas about webdesign and it’s cool when they come into conflict with someone else’s; I’m not sure how to react yet, but it’s good for developing team work skills :)

Anyway, some stuff is online and you can check it out. Things keep evolving tho, so don’t get too attached to little things ;)