Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.

Buffy ,'Beneath You'


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Polter-Cow - Jun 01, 2013 5:08:42 pm PDT #22521 of 25497
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

No, you still go to the app to reply.


Gris - Jun 02, 2013 3:09:40 am PDT #22522 of 25497
Hey. New board.

Ah. You might want to give go SMS a try anyway then. Trust me the quick reply is a pretty awesome feature. I finally found a client that offers it for Google voice texts and I'm in love.


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2013 4:57:38 am PDT #22523 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hey--anyone have a LAMP host to recommend? B.org needs a new home. How much does unlimited cost these days?

Please answer there ita ! "Buffistas Building a Better Board ++" Jun 5, 2013 6:55:33 am PDT


Juliebird - Jun 05, 2013 3:23:06 pm PDT #22524 of 25497
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Is there a free Microsoft Publisher program that I can dl and then access a document made with it with the official Publisher? I clicked a link that said it was free, and then it asked me for a registry key, so I don't know what the heck is going on.

I want to make a mock up of a brochure, but might need to do it at home. Just a simple three fold on a standard 8.5x11 that I edit further at work.


Gris - Jun 06, 2013 2:07:56 am PDT #22525 of 25497
Hey. New board.

A quick search for "opensource page layout" found this: [link] and apparently they have a new publisher importer as of May 22. Probably not a complete solution but might do what you need. I may need to check it out myself!


Polgara - Jun 06, 2013 11:21:19 am PDT #22526 of 25497
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS

Any CSS experts around? I'm trying to optimize a site for mobile, and I just realized that my @media calls aren't working in IE8. Google tells me IE8 doesn't support @media--of course--but even the javascript file I found that's supposed to fix that (css3-mediaqueries.js) isn't helping. Does anyone know of any other possible fixes before I have to resort to an IE specific stylesheet?


Tom Scola - Jun 06, 2013 11:25:29 am PDT #22527 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Using <!--[if IE 8]> is actually less kludgy than the alternatives.


Polgara - Jun 06, 2013 11:30:13 am PDT #22528 of 25497
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS

Phoo, I was afraid of that. I hate maintaining the same data in multiple places.

ETA: Thanks!


amych - Jun 06, 2013 11:36:57 am PDT #22529 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

OTOH, what mobile devices use IE LTE 8? None. Depending on what changes you need to make (and whether you're building mobile-first or desktop-first), it may be safe to serve IE8 the normal stylesheet; it won't see your queries at all, but there are no mobile devices that need to.


Polgara - Jun 06, 2013 11:46:52 am PDT #22530 of 25497
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS

Yeah, that's what I'm figuring. It's still very annoying, though.