Script execution order post-mortem 3 Feb 2011 | 10:37 am

LABjs, a JavaScript library for loading JavaScript libraries, relied on one of two behaviours to implement its asynchronous loading behaviour: The browser executing dynamically-inserted scripts in in...

Acid3 update for :link/:visited privacy changes 3 Apr 2010 | 04:29 am

David Baron has proposed a possible solution for the :link/:visited privacy problem. I've changed Acid3 so that it won't fail if you implement his proposal. The following is the diff: A new copy of t...

Consistency 12 Feb 2010 | 05:42 pm

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, June 2009, when asked about HTML5: To the extent that an improved HTML standard accelerates innovation and consistent reach for web content, we’re very supportive. (context...

T-Mobile makes no sense 20 Jan 2010 | 04:02 pm

For reasons that aren't material to this rant, I'm trying to get a T-Mobile SIM card set up with T-Mobile's ridiculously named "Even More Plus 500 Talk + Text + Web" plan. At this point I have a SIM c...

Phone "support" 7 Jan 2010 | 08:33 am

I'm on hold with T-Mobile. The guy is very nice, but there's so much interference I can barely hear what he's saying half the time. Something about me having to pay a month in advance instead of at th...

Zarro Boogs 23 Oct 2009 | 04:11 pm

We'll see how long that lasts...

Different perspectives in the Web standards community, part 2 22 Sep 2009 | 06:25 am

From the WHATWG IRC channel today, in a conversation about the goals of specifications: I'm not sure 'matches reality' is always the most important goal — Larry Masinter (Sorry, logs were down at t...

She's so adorable, she has her own magazine 7 Sep 2009 | 12:37 pm

Wolff has ruined my life 20 Apr 2009 | 02:23 pm

In recent days I have been playing a game in my breaks between spec edits: It is remarkably addicting.

Sacré manteau! 23 Mar 2009 | 03:50 pm

When we heard, last year, that Avenue Q was on tour once more and headed to San Jose in March 2009, we scheduled an appointment on our calendar to buy tickets on the first day that they would be put o...