2005 September 26

I'm not sure if this is for public consumption, but I've learned about a workaround for my Windows Vista build 5219 LCD resolution hiccup (wherein the screen won't slide past 800×600). I've confirmed through a new digital friend that this registry hack indeed works for our laptop, the IBM Thinkpad T41p:

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That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous animations, Or to take arms against a sea of pixels. I've recently taken to including animated GIFs in some of my posts, but believe that too many of them have rendered a single page annoying. One or two (here and there) seem fine, and the static images are equally fun. Would the Bard approve? Not sure. I'm gonna try sticking with the non-animated GIFs for now. When IE7 is out in full-force, I'll switch over to PNGs. Although, I could easily apply that CSS hack for PNG transparency? “Come, give us a taste of your quality,” you say. Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

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