For those that haven’t noticed or do not really care, I am talking about people from all walks of life stating that this –> / is a backslash when they pitch a URL (or URI - I’ll save this one for another post) in a commercial or whatever other reason they may be communicating a file path to someone. The truth is that is NOT a BACKslash it leans forward not backward.

I’m not kidding I have literally had a support technician call it a backslash when referring to a file location.

Anyway, I decided to find some others that had similar thoughts about this growing craze nearly as popular as drinking coffee from a Seattle-based company. I am happy to say I am not the only one that has noticed. Whew! Am I glad to see I am not as neurotic as I feared.

Here are some of the other pages explaining this widespread inaccuracy:

http://calmerthanyouare.wordpress.com

http://howtoproperly.com/forward-slashes-backslashes/

http://www.students.bucknell.edu/mdippery/post.asp?id=76

Hope you enjoy the info.

For the most part, I have been pretty busy with work on websites, graphic design, and adding content to my site. However, I have managed to squeeze in some additional education.

Adobe has been heavily promoting Actionscript 3.0. In case you aren’t aware, Actionscript 3 is the programming language used by Flash CS3 and Flex. (both of which are Adobe products)

I have been hitting the books to familiarize myself with this language. I am pretty excited about Actionscript 3.0 since it allows me to do all kinds of neat stuff with Flash. However, up to now I have been really wanting Adobe to include functionality for interacting with the file sytem. I perceive many benefits to having this functionality as it would allow me to build great applications for the desktop.

Now maybe I’ll be able to complete that project I’ve had rolling around in the back of my head. Anyway, nothing too exciting. I just thought I’d write a post today.

About two or three weeks ago I was playing basketball with some friends at the park. Well, according to my wife, I can’t do anything without going all out. That is definitely what happened here. We were just shooting around and I went for a rebound I shouldn’t have chased and stepped on the edge of the court. My ankled rolled and I sprained it.

Just so you know, pumping your fist in the air repeatedly doesn’t always mean you’re celebrating a great play. I know because after this event, my grimmacing face was red and my arm was going about twenty pumps-a-minute but there was no joy, I guarantee you that.

Since I love playing basketball - which, by the way is the only reason I play it, because I stink at it - I kept playing anyway like an idiot.

If you’ve never had a sprained ankle, I can tell you that it hurts in more than just your ankle. My foot, toes, leg, and even my hip hurt from this injury. My toes turned black and my foot puffed up like a chubby baby’s leg.

Anyway, it’s virtually healed now and I can walk without a limp but it will still be a while before I can put any kind of a strain on it. I can tell you this, next time I play any sport, I’ll remember what my wife is right about a lot of things and I won’t fueling my activity with effort in the absense of moderation.

I didn’t realize there was such a list of things to consider when purchasing down bedding. I learned a lot and thought I would share it with you guys.