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Netscape Not All Bad

Netscape 6.1Netscape is the bane of my existence as a Web designer and I know I’m not the only one that feels that way. The fact that it’s part of the AOL Time Warner behemoth doesn’t help, but let’s not get into that — I come not to bury Netscape but to praise it. Faintly. I don’t know what possessed me, but I downloaded the latest version — 6.1 preview — the other day and installed it on my Windows 2000 machine. It’s still fundamentally unusable if for nothing more than the fact that it behaves in an almost inimitably slow, clunky manner. But I have to admit, there are some nice things about the feature set and their intended behaviors. Here are some quick notes on that.

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Aaliyah

AaliyahLast summer I finally got on the R&B tip when I took some time to actually listen to the incredibly inventive vocal and production wizadry driving the non-stop Destiny’s Child tunes available on Napster. That opened up a whole new section of the record store for me (a point clearly lost on the RIAA), and I eventually discovered Aaliyah, whose new eponymous album is really, really impressive. It’s been playing on my CD player for a few weeks now, and every time I think I’m tired of it, I find something new in her amazingly assured delivery to make me want to listen to it all over again.

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New Digs

The last host provider for Subtraction.com was terrible — I don’t fault them for the fact that they got hacked, but rather for their rude and unresponsive customer service, which probably lead to the malicious hacking in the first place. Whatever; I’m moving on with my life, and have transferred over to Media Temple, ISP to the design stars. So far, so good — their account management tools are terrific, but most of all their customer service is a relief in its simple helpfulness. Imagine that! By the way, the transfer wasn’t seamless, as GIFs are missing here and there throughout this log and its archives. Given a few days, I’ll have most everything restored.

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