2004 August 07

After getting serious about losing weight and measuring our BMI, we finally spent more than $50 on a good bathroom scale. If I were handing out awards for the geekiest scale, the winner would be the Tanita BF681 Family. We got it locally with an outstanding 20% off coupon, but they're available online, too. Turns out, with a more accurate reading, I'm currently at 153 pounds / 20 BMI – which tells a slightly different story than our old unit. And forget about relying on the online weight calculators; they often don't take into account body-type differences, and (bottom-line) they're not measuring your body directly. Trust me, this one's worth the money; it's easy to use, simple to set up, stores four profiles, and matches the shower curtain (almost).

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“This tool is used to optimize CSS.” I ran it for Lockergnome (Before 8529; After 7323; Saving 1206) and for this very site (Before 15718; After 12822; Saving 2896). I can't see any visible differences in the browser(s)! By far, this is the best CSS optimizer I've ever seen or used. It oughta be mandatory for anybody who's serious about Cascading Style Sheets.

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