Automatons to Nature;
Profiles of stone in time;
Historical pacers;
Terrible prose of a poet blind;
Clouded is the Mind. . .
Clouded is the mind that would suffer the controls of others;
A man’s master is none but what he would choose temporally;
Of his own reason and without coercion;
He that would surrender his reason and sovereignty;
Dresses himself a marionette, the puppet of designs;
Noscere se ipsum
I have decided that I’m going to work for myself. I will take contracts and time specific jobs but for the most part I am to venture alone and make my own way. It’s a fact that I have ignored for far too long, I am meant to take my own path, this path is nobody else’s.
All Rejoice! IE6 is DEAD! Free at last!
It is official, you can now officially stop testing IE6 compaitibility, how do I know this? Because the Google Apps team eulogized it and was kind enough to email me as follows:
Dear Google Apps admin,
In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.
We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010. After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.
Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.
Starting this week, users on these older browsers will see a message in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and asking them to upgrade their browser. We will also alert you again closer to March 1 to remind you of this change.
In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to enhance your product experience. We are aiming to beat that in 2010 and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses.
Thank you for your continued support!
Sincerely,
The Google Apps team
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Not much of a eulogy but I think most will agree, it doesn’t deserve much.
What a GRAND day, it’s taken almost 10 years but here it is. Website admins REJOICE, a new age hath arrived!
If you want to complain in a comment, don’t, just go download Firefox or Chrome ffs already!
For Whose Benefit?
When a neighbor says, God bless
I say God bless back,
When a coworker says Merry Christmas
I reciprocate,
When a stranger extols his politics to me
I nod my head,
Easy to do for I keep it clear and empty,
My neighbor says it not to me
My coworker, though full of good intention, says it only for himself
That stranger only speaks to hear himself and reaffirm what he believes,
An unwarranted response, since it’s not directed at me
Would be for my benefit, not his,
A man with true understanding, needn’t reaffirm, he is filled with light
And to be filled with light, a room must be clear of obstructions
For they make only shadows that need explanation. For yourself, not anyone else. . .