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Monday, February 25th, 2008

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Sprague Lake, Mirrored

Sprague Lake, Mirrored

Sprague Lake, Mirrored by Robby Edwards

PdfMeNot.com – a nicer way of linking to PDFs

PdfMeNot.com – a nicer way of linking to PDFs This should be useful

Inside the Sculptor’s Studio: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, September 2003 This is the sculpture Borglum used as a reference for the presidents on Mount Rushmore. If I remember correctly, the scale is one-twelfth of Mount Rushmore. Basically, that means one inch here is one foot on Mount Rushmore.

Caprocks: Theodore Roosevelt National Park, South Unit, September 2003 Some examples of the caprock formations that can be seen throughout Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The rock on top is harder and more resistant to erosion than the rock below it.

Grand Geyser Group: Yellowstone National Park, September 2003 We were fortunate enough to see an eruption of Grand Geyser, the tallest predictable geyser in Yellowstone. Its eruptions can reach a height of 200 feet, and it erupts in a series of multiple bursts, anywhere from 1 to 4 at a time. There are two other […]

Don’t Be That Guy

“Your markup validator, whether it’s the one on the W3C site or one built into your favorite coding tool, is not a measuring stick for greatness. It’s not to be used on other people’s code for the purpose of pointing out their shortcomings as a markup coder so that you can make yourself feel better than them. The fact that your code passes a validator does not make it better than the next guy’s code.”

—Jeff Croft: Your markup validator