I've been working on converting an all-Flash Web site to HTML, so its content could be properly spidered by Google, Overture etc.

My mandate was to preserve the design of the original Flash site in every possible respect, short of getting ridiculous with JavaScript- and DOM-based animation. The original site creators are big-time Flash addicts, and primarily visual. So the issue of typeface embedding came up rather quickly.

My movie reviews will be back online soon. Please be patient.

The lovely and very tuneful Lydia Crash, creator of piece, a charming design store, coffee source and den of sweet culture, recently reminded me to "be like water."

Thing is, we were discussing relationships, not martial arts. But her Bruce Lee reference couldn't possibly have been more spot-on.

It's gone. Bye-bye.

Yeah, well I woke up one morning and spontaneously elected to avoid being prematurely embalmed. Which meant giving up the fastidious, fetishistic, sisyphean habit of updating my obituary every few months.