Last month was the US Chess Championship, which included a couple of Florida players. Julio Becerra is a Cuban Grandmaster living in the Miami area (I’ve seen him twice, and once got close enough to touch the hem of his robe.)
Becerra came in third, garnering 6/9 points, which is certainly is nothing to complain about. In this final-round game, Becerra exposes Nakamura’s King, then kicks it around in a game of hackeysack. As one observer so quaintly put it:
Man, Becerra opened a can of whoop-ass on Nakamura. Got my vote, and file that under ‘viciously refuting lame openings by white’.
I’m still amused about the use of a colloquialism that seems a bit more suited for the sports world than the chess board. But chess players cuss and drink beer too, despite the reputation of nerdiness, intelligence,* and/or sophistication.
The game’s here.
June 16th, 2007
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A mother ordered some apple juice for her 2-year-old. And that should have been the end of it. The problem started when the manager served up some margarita instead of apple juice. The kid imbibed enough to have to go to the hospital.
It’s worth noting that the apple juice and margarita were being stored in identical-looking containers. As any town drunk can tell you, a proper establishment worth their salt serves alcoholic beverages in brown paper bags.
Be very proud of the family and the restaurant for being able to settle matters without a costly court battle. The restaurant paid for the family’s medical expenses and offered free meals. (I probably can’t blame her for not wanting to go back, but I’m taking the free meals every time.)
According to a VP of something-or-the-other, the restaurants will “no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers.”
That’s a great policy. Hold tight for the day where an Applebee’s employee grabs a margarita bottle instead of the diet soda.
June 16th, 2007
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The site now looks more or less as intended in Internet Explorer 6. Obviously, I haven’t installed IE7 on this machine (don’t know if you can rig having both versions at once), mainly just for situations like this, where I can test for the still-used IE6. IE7 showed the same kinds of errors, though, and I’d imagine it’s fixed there as well.
Learned about a few IE-specific styling bugs as well:
The IE6 Three Pixel Text-Jog
The IE Doubled Float-Margin Bug
For the pictures in the individual post, I (finally) created the following class:
.pictureright {
float:right;
padding-left:10px;
padding-bottom:5px;
}
For some reason, IE needed position:relative; to be specified, or it would place the image all over the place and the image would jump around when you moused over the title. This is despite the class for the entry already specifying relative position.
Lessons re-learned:
- Despite the rise of alternative browsers, IE still dominates the market…it still has 70%-85% market share depending on the source.
- Even IE7 has its quirks.
- Make sure to test a webpage in at least these browsers: IE, Firefox, and Safari. (Sorry, fellow Opera users–at <1% of users, we're not relevant enough yet.)
June 16th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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