I didn't watch the closing ceremonies but luckily NBC has them up on their website.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Aug 25, 2008 4:52:25 am PDT #5165 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Theodosia - Aug 25, 2008 5:00:22 am PDT #5166 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Help, Buffista Who Know All! I need some examples of particularly nice, and particularly AWFUL Flash-based websites? Do any immediately spring to mind?
The only one I really can say I've particularly loved was the setup they used to have at www.herorat.org, but they've changed it around a whole lot, alas.
Cashmere - Aug 25, 2008 5:09:24 am PDT #5167 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
Theo, my favorite flash website. I can't recall any heinous ones.
Ginger - Aug 25, 2008 5:15:07 am PDT #5168 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Cancersucks.org [link] has the worst I've run into in some time. I particularly resent it because I could do so much better with that domain name.
Each screen takes forever to load. Clicking "Skip Intro" does not make the loud music and moving images go away. It's at least 15 seconds before there's a way to turn off the music. Everything you click has to go through beeps and various Flash gyrations before it opens the text, which is mostly almost unreadable, because it's pale gray over a white transparent box over a busy picture.
Jesse - Aug 25, 2008 5:16:24 am PDT #5169 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy anniversary, MoonBones!
Cashmere - Aug 25, 2008 5:17:59 am PDT #5170 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
Happy Anniversary, Jess & Fone Bone!
Sue - Aug 25, 2008 5:18:03 am PDT #5171 of 10003
hip deep in pie
I wish I could send you to Solomon Shoes website circa 2001. The Flash animations were so egregious that I sent them an email that just said "Stop it with the Flash!"
beth b - Aug 25, 2008 5:22:17 am PDT #5172 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
happy anniversary jess & fone bone
Theodosia - Aug 25, 2008 5:25:39 am PDT #5173 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Cash, Ginger: thank you so much! Those websites are just as you said they were.
Jessica - Aug 25, 2008 5:25:59 am PDT #5174 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ad agencies and restaurants tend to be the worst Flash offenders, IME. All music and blinky things and no plain HTML versions anywhere in sight.