MSN

Nov 08 2005 2:54 PM

MSN.com went down for a little while today. No big deal really, but I bet someone’s getting their ass chewed…

MSN.com

    Doggystyle

    Nov 03 2005 10:37 AM

    Wow.

    News from Yorskhire
    Extract from the Yorkshire Evening Post:

    “A drunk who claimed he had been raped by a dog was yesterday jailed for 12 months by a judge. Martin Hoyle, 45, was arrested by police after a passing motorist and his girlfriend found a Staffordshire bull terrier, called Badger, having sex with him at the side of a road in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

    Prosecutor Ben Crosland said the couple had stopped to help because they thought Hoyle was being attacked by the animal. But when they got closer they saw that he had his trousers round his ankles, was down on all fours and the dog was straddling him from behind.

    “The defendant mumbled something about the dog having taken a liking to him,” said Mr Crosland. “The couple were extremely offended and sickened by what they saw.” Another passing motorist contacted the police and Hoyle was arrested as he walked with the dog down the road.

    Hoyle, of East view, Marsh, Huddersfield, told police “I can’t help it if the dog took a liking to me. He tried to rape me.”

    He repeated the rape allegation at the police station and added “The dog pulled my trousers down.” Hoyle, who has had a long-standing alcohol problem, was jailed for 12 months after he admitted committing an act which outraged public decency.

    His barrister said Hoyle had no memory of the incident because of his drunken state, but was now very remorseful and incredibly embarrassed.

    Jailing him, Judge Alistair McCallum told Hoyle “Never before in my time at the bar or on the bench have I ever had to deal with somebody who voluntarily allowed himself to be buggered by a dog on the public highway. Frankly it is beyond most of our comprehension. It is an absolutely disgusting thing for members of the public to have to witness.

    It’s okay because it’s YOUR dog, get it?

    A buddy of mine somehow found this story here by the way.

      Unobtrusive & Persistant Script.aculo.us Effects

      Nov 01 2005 10:07 PM

      Update

      Thanks to some pointers from Kyle, I’ve updated the code to use some of the functions built into Prototype (such as ‘$” (Dollar), addClassName, & removeClassName) and to use Behaviour’s addLoadEvent. I also created a more generic example that isn’t quite as specific to this site.

      As part of the design of this site, I’m using the script.aculo.us library to make the boxes in the sidebar expand and contract when you click them. The important part to me was to make the effect unobtrusive (no extra markup in the HTML) and keep the position of each box persistant from page to page.

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      Calendar apps

      Nov 01 2005 11:06 AM

      I’ve been messing around with a couple of different online calendar/organization applications for the past couple of days.

      AirSet is solid. Why? I can sync everything between Microsoft Outlook and AirSet. That’s awesome. I can’t say that about the interface though. Compared to others, it’s sorely lacking in design.

      On the other hand, MyPIMP (Personal Information Management Portal) has a gorgeous interface, but is lacking in some the features AirSet has; namely Outlook synchronization and RSS feeds. They say they’ll be adding these features soon. I love the name though.

      Both of these applications have a lot of potential, and they’re free. I’m loving all the new “online organization” apps, as they can really help bridge the gap between work and personal schedules.

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