Archive, March 2005

Wednesday, 23. March 2005

Bobby Fischer finally a free man?
[09:04 am]

As it looks like the chess genius will go "home" soon, after he has been granted Icelandic citizenship. That is a good news!

BBC: Japan 'set to free' Bobby Fischer Japan has decided to allow former world chess champion Bobby Fischer to travel to Iceland, despite US requests for his extradition, Japanese media say.

ChessBase: Fischer to be released at midnight Bobby Fischer is due to be released from the Japanese detention center a few hours from now. Specifically at midnight GMT. "The passed Fischer pawn has been shepherded home to the eighth rank," wrote the RJF Committee. "It can now be promoted into a piece, with complete freedom of movement."

For those interested, the above ChessBase article has many other previous articles related to this extraordinary story. Just scroll down a bit.

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Friday, 18. March 2005

IE7
[09:13 pm]

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Details Begin to Leak The first beta of IE 7.0 isn't expected for a few more months. But information on Microsoft's security, standards and interface plans are trickling out now.

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Sunday, 13. March 2005

The eBay Egg
[11:04 am]

1 NonBoiled 100% organic egg, the ultimate unbroked eBay egg shipping challenge. An interesting idea! I am going to put myself and the rest of eBay to the challenge of shipping an egg ("the eBay egg") in the mail without breaking it!!! The winner of this auction must do the same by reselling it and shipping it to the next winner.

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Wednesday, 09. March 2005

CSS resources
[08:34 am]

CSS Help Pile Links and Discussion About the Best CSS Resources Available on the Web.

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Wednesday, 02. March 2005

It's all about what our content means
[07:23 pm]

The Meaning of Semantics by Molly Holzschlag Nearly every web designer is guilty of forcing line breaks, creating tables that don't hold tabular data, and a host of other egregious HTML sins. Now that CSS is around, Molly E. Holzschlag slaps our hands and explains why we should pay attention to each element's content, not just its looks.