iG.STUDiO: Ilya I. Gerasimenko

Scotacus -- You've made a good point, and I agree: using CSS for the sake of using CSS has very little to do with standard-based design. I think, ALA understands it very well, otherwise they would never preface this article with the editorial note it has. The "classification" of a future material, however, might get somewhat tricky, unless they will come up with some sort of compliance-rating scale for a code... So far, we just have to live with a regular validation routine. **** In defense of my music analogy: music IS, perhaps, the most standardized artistic realm here is (starting from A = 440Hz, doesn't get any stricter, than that, does it? I am not even going to touch the scales and chords...); let me rephrase it: If not for the plantation slaves, who introduced us to [initiative, or proprietary standards - quirks mode, if you wish] minor and major blues scales, which were later adopted and developed by jazz musicians [initial acceptance of a standard], we w...

I definitely see your point, and, in most aspects, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Yes, it's frustrating, that support for standards is not yet where we would like it to be. Yes, it's ironic, that sometimes it takes a hack to make things work as they are supposed to, and it's just infuriating, that nobody, but a little group of enthusiasts, seems to realize the importance of standard-based web design. Yes, they are enthusiasts, may be hobbyists, purists, sometimes even called zealots and diehards, but look at what they actually do: they create, and explore, take things apart, and put them back together, share their ideas and experience, and feed on each other techniques, tricks, and hacks. All that for what? For the sake of the obscure idea of making the web a better place. And guess what? It's happening, may be, slower, than desired, but it's happening. There will always be web designers, whose tool of choice is FrontPage. There will always be graphic artists, w...

We wondered, what would be more insulting for the artists: nobody at the backstage door after the concert, or just three people (us, hanging around to get an autograph - Dar's NYC-acqured hobby, sort of)... The concert was, as expected, great (I am more into their newer stuff, like Off-beat Of The Avenues , and Brasil , but the standards they brought this time were as amazingly crafted as ever, an a lot of fun), the crowd was kind of stiff, though. Oh, well... They will play on December 16-19 at Blue Note in New York. I wonder if we will be able to see that one...

2445 mi round trip to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and back. 38:30 behind the wheel (Dar and myself switching). One speeding ticket ($230) in Minnesota. 79 stills on Dar's camera. 2 hours of video on mine. Everything smells like campsite. Back just in time for Manhattan Transfer concert. I need a vacation.

Just when I was mentally preparing myself to a 1000+ mi. drive to Winnipeg tomorrow: here they are, initial (INITIAL!) GUI requirements for the project, I am working on. I have a feeling, that I will need all my will power just not to loose it, and let myself off on somebody. Here is a quote from page 4 (first three merely listed all the topics, covered in the document): Specific Screen Requirements Screens shall contain background color, font size and banner displayed in image below. Screens shall show applicable drill down levels when cursor is positioned over link. Screen's banner area shall display navigation of current path user is accessing. Search box shall be available on all screens. Looks like they already designed everything on the page level. You should see the "image below", ripped out from a PowerPoint presentation. You really should. Something is telling me, that I will eventually decide not to put this in my portfolio... I should have not read this article...

You can be polite, and right. You can be polite, and wrong. Or, you can be rude, and loose an argument regardless.

LaToya London was kicked out last night. Sweet. Jasmin, who can't carry a tune without hitting a wrong note at least twice, stayed. There's no limits to idiocy, really. Well, we did vote for the president, who can't neither talk, nor think clearly, now let's pick a star, who can't sing. We already have miss Spears for that, don't we? I just hope, Fantasia wins, for she is the best. But once again, who cares?