Browsers battle, you win
As you may know by now, Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 7 a week ago. Likewise, Mozilla released the final version of Firefox 2 yesterday. Naturally a lot of people are saying that the so-called Browser Wars have begun again. I would have to agree, but not in the way that most people are thinking. These new Browser Wars do not pit Microsoft against Mozilla (or Opera or Safari either for that matter). Rather this latest round pits Web standards (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) against proprietary technologies, garbage markup, browser sniffing, and mountains of needless hacks. In this round the browser makers (at least for now) are on the same team. Read more
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Malawi has been in the news this week because Madonna (yes, the Material Girl herself) is visiting. Here is the latest CNN story about her trip. Her primary aim seems to be setting up an orphanage for 4000 kids near Lilongwe under the auspices of Raising Malawi. Kabbalah apparently will be part of the curriculum (not much of a surprise). There’s even a rumor that Madonna and Guy plan to adopt a Malawian orphan, though at this point there doesn’t seem to be any hard information to either confirm or refute that claim.
As a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi, my opinion on all of this may or may not interest anybody. Still reading? OK… I think it’s great! Sure, I have the usual doubts about Madonna’s intentions, but I think the good far outweighs any potentially negative aspects of this for two main reasons… Read more
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