Just for the record, I just was outside at the garbage bin at 7:30 pm in shorts and a t-shirt and it is 11°C or around 52°F. Makes one want to use the blink function. It all ends tomorrow and won't likely be back for about fourteen weeks...which is not bad for winter in Canada.
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gorthos - November 29, 2006 9:10 pm
I am just heading out for my nightly run and I have no idea what to wear......... no hat, no gloves but jacket? damn non-winter..
Arthur - November 29, 2006 9:41 pm
Makes one want to use the blink function.
I think in this case, a marquee looks a lot more Web 2.0 like...
Compare:
<marquee>I just was outside at the garbage bin at 7:30 pm in shorts and a t-shirt and it is 11°C or around 52°F</marquee>
vs.
<span style="text-decoration: blink">I just was outside at the garbage bin at 7:30 pm in shorts and a t-shirt and it is 11°C or around 52°F</span>
(Warning works in FF, not in IE I think).
Alan - November 29, 2006 9:59 pm
I admit it. I scooped your source code for the blink. But I had to as I think, of the cheesy tricks, marquee is the big brush for bold statements while blink is useful for the delicate strokes where subtlety is called for.
Gordo - November 29, 2006 10:04 pm
I don't think I've ever seen the words "blink" and "subtlety" in the same sentence before, Alan.
Alan - November 29, 2006 10:10 pm
Perhaps that is because you have not considered the other side of blink, the unvoiced release of the soul that it provides.
Arthur - November 29, 2006 10:50 pm
That said: The ultimate Web 3.0 is a styled marquee...
<marquee style="text-decoration: blink; color: red; background-image:url('http://genx40.com/images/2004/laker5.JPG'); border-style:inset;">Brilliant</marquee>
Now we need only David to make us the round corners and we're set!
Gordo - November 29, 2006 11:10 pm
Which is the "other" side of the blink? The one where it's on or off? ;-)
Maggie - November 30, 2006 1:24 am
<i>"I just was outside at the garbage bin at 7:30 pm in shorts and a t-shirt."</i>
Are you sure you weren't just showing off for the neighbors?
ry - November 30, 2006 1:55 am
I'm feeling 'ya, Al. I'll stop wearing shorts and t-shrts when my legs turn powder blue walking outside (which could be Friday looking at the forecast. High of 30F and lows in the upper teens.).
Arthur - November 30, 2006 7:02 am
OK, I'm going to try to save this thread from the Italics</i> mess someone else made...
Arthur - November 30, 2006 7:03 am
I DID IT! IT WORKED!
cm - November 30, 2006 8:55 am
Wh00t! Go Arthur!
Jay Currie - November 30, 2006 7:07 pm
You have our weather...I want it back. If you don't give it back I'll....
<span style="text-decoration: blink"><font size='4' color="red">Blink in Really big Red Letters</font></span>
(Dear Lord that is irritating...delete when the joke is stale - 15 seconds should pretty much do it.)
Arthur - December 1, 2006 8:50 am
I predict a great future for blogs that carry marquees and 'blinks'...
ALan - December 1, 2006 8:56 am
We are working hard for a better Web 3.0.