Asymptomatic

There must be intelligent life down here

I like your colors
August 13, 2004

I created a little color toy that goes out to a web site you specify and retrieves the colors that are used there. It looks though the HTML of the site and through any referenced CSS files. Each color appears as a little circular chit with the hexadecimal color value next to it.

The scanning mechanism uses some regular expressions to search for color values, which are typically stored as a hash symbol, followed by 6 hexadecimal digits. I also have the expression search for HTML color words, in case the web author has memorized them for use in his designs or did something even crazier, like used Frontpage.

Julia Childs dies
August 13, 2004

Maybe you had heard about Julia Child’s death today at the age of 91, but you might not realize the indirect effect she’s had on your life.

Mom used to pretend we were on TV and talk like Julia Child while we made dinner. We even had a paper cutout TV camera taped into the corner that we hammed it up to. We weren’t the only ones influenced by Child’s cooking techniques. The improved state of American cooking is credited to Child’s book and subsequent TV show. More surprising are some other events in which she personally took part.