<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Kay lives here &#187; Rants</title> <atom:link href="http://kay.smoljak.com/category/rants/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://kay.smoljak.com</link> <description>working with the web</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:01:17 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>Not a proud Aussie</title><link>http://kay.smoljak.com/2010/01/not-a-proud-aussie/</link> <comments>http://kay.smoljak.com/2010/01/not-a-proud-aussie/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:45:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/not-a-proud-aussie/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today is Australia Day. A day that’s really only been celebrated consistently in the last 15 years or so although it was around for most of last century (thanks to Anonymum for passing along this link on the history of &#8230; <a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2010/01/not-a-proud-aussie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/">Posted from <strong>kay lives here</strong></a><br/><br/><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2010/01/not-a-proud-aussie/">Not a proud Aussie</a></p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://kay.smoljak.com/2010/01/not-a-proud-aussie/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>17</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Annoying blog trait: please stop trying to hijack the browser window</title><link>http://kay.smoljak.com/2008/03/annoying-blog-trait-please-stop-trying-to-hijack-the-browser-window/</link> <comments>http://kay.smoljak.com/2008/03/annoying-blog-trait-please-stop-trying-to-hijack-the-browser-window/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:09:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/annoying-blog-trait-please-stop-trying-to-hijack-the-browser-window/</guid> <description><![CDATA[When compiling my “week in ColdFusion” blog posts for SitePoint, I sometimes come across JavaScript “frame-busting” scripts that drive me around the bend. Let me explain… After a long time as a FeedDemon user, I switched to Google Reader. Much &#8230; <a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2008/03/annoying-blog-trait-please-stop-trying-to-hijack-the-browser-window/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/">Posted from <strong>kay lives here</strong></a><br/><br/><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2008/03/annoying-blog-trait-please-stop-trying-to-hijack-the-browser-window/">Annoying blog trait: please stop trying to hijack the browser window</a></p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://kay.smoljak.com/2008/03/annoying-blog-trait-please-stop-trying-to-hijack-the-browser-window/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Poll results: do web professionals use anti-virus?</title><link>http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/poll-results-do-web-professionals-use-anti-virus/</link> <comments>http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/poll-results-do-web-professionals-use-anti-virus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:17:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anti-virus]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/poll-results-do-web-professionals-use-anti-virus/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week I asked the burning question: do web professionals use anti-virus programs on their own machines? I don’t — I find no need to. I was curious as to how many of my peers shared my view. And the &#8230; <a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/poll-results-do-web-professionals-use-anti-virus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/">Posted from <strong>kay lives here</strong></a><br/><br/><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/poll-results-do-web-professionals-use-anti-virus/">Poll results: do web professionals use anti-virus?</a></p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/poll-results-do-web-professionals-use-anti-virus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gender and conferences, yet again</title><link>http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/gender-and-conferences-yet-again/</link> <comments>http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/gender-and-conferences-yet-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:38:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/gender-and-conferences-yet-again/</guid> <description><![CDATA[WebDU was on in Sydney last week. I didn’t go along, although several of my colleagues did. I thought about going, but we’re really busy this period of the year. I also feel slightly bad because I also went to &#8230; <a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/gender-and-conferences-yet-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/">Posted from <strong>kay lives here</strong></a><br/><br/><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/gender-and-conferences-yet-again/">Gender and conferences, yet again</a></p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://kay.smoljak.com/2007/03/gender-and-conferences-yet-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>45</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tech Women and Macs</title><link>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/tech-women-and-macs/</link> <comments>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/tech-women-and-macs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:05:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Women]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://d207609.fuse92.hostingfuse.com/index.php/2005/10/tech-women-and-macs/</guid> <description><![CDATA[But not necessarily together, as you might assume from the title! An interesting observation from Rob Rohan on the Macromedia MAX conference held last week: There are women at the conference. Almost every developer conference I’ve ever been to has &#8230; <a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/tech-women-and-macs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/">Posted from <strong>kay lives here</strong></a><br/><br/><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/tech-women-and-macs/">Tech Women and Macs</a></p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/tech-women-and-macs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DRK Rant</title><link>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/drk-rant/</link> <comments>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/drk-rant/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:02:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[ColdFusion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://d207609.fuse92.hostingfuse.com/index.php/2005/10/drk-rant/</guid> <description><![CDATA[So… I hear on CFTalk that Macromedia have a new Developers Resource Kit (DRK) in the works. The news comes not from an official macromedia.com address, but from ColdFusion Jedi Master Ray Camden which is good enough for me. Hmm… &#8230; <a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/drk-rant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/">Posted from <strong>kay lives here</strong></a><br/><br/><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/drk-rant/">DRK Rant</a></p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/10/drk-rant/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I am an extremist CSS fanatic</title><link>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/07/i-am-an-extremist-css-fanatic/</link> <comments>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/07/i-am-an-extremist-css-fanatic/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:31:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[HTML]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Standards]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://d207609.fuse92.hostingfuse.com/index.php/2005/07/i-am-an-extremist-css-fanatic/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am an extremist CSS fanatic. And proud of it! Posted from kay lives hereI am an extremist CSS fanatic<p><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/">Posted from <strong>kay lives here</strong></a><br/><br/><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/07/i-am-an-extremist-css-fanatic/">I am an extremist CSS fanatic</a></p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/07/i-am-an-extremist-css-fanatic/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Prediction: Resurgance of the Amiga</title><link>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/06/prediction-resurgance-of-the-amiga/</link> <comments>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/06/prediction-resurgance-of-the-amiga/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:15:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://d207609.fuse92.hostingfuse.com/index.php/2005/06/prediction-resurgance-of-the-amiga/</guid> <description><![CDATA[That’s right, with all this talk of Apple moving to Intel processors, I’m predicting a resurgence of the Amiga. Where else are the hordes of disenfranchised Mac fanboys going to go? Options are seriously limited. Seriously, I don’t understand what &#8230; <a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/06/prediction-resurgance-of-the-amiga/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><p><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/">Posted from <strong>kay lives here</strong></a><br/><br/><a href="http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/06/prediction-resurgance-of-the-amiga/">Prediction: Resurgance of the Amiga</a></p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://kay.smoljak.com/2005/06/prediction-resurgance-of-the-amiga/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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