Tue, April 12, 2005

In order to try to build a little more forward-looking longevity into my HTML code, I have been using decimal references instead of name references to refer to non-standard characters. For example, ♥ for ♥ and – for – instead of –. I don't know where I got it, but I have this unfounded fear that the name-based references will be decremented in future browsers and then all my © references will look weird.

Anyway, the downside of the decimal references is that they're impossible to remember. Some Google search a year or so ago yielded the following listing, and I still refer to it every once in a while: http://www.tntluoma.com/sidebars/codes/

Today, I was back at the list (looking up … for an unrelated project) and I got to thinking, "Just what the hell does 'tntluoma' mean anyway?" It sounds like a cross between dynamite and cancer, but that can't be it.

So, I went to http://tntluoma.com/ and found out; it's the site of Tim 'n' Tracey (last name, presumably, Luoma). Lots of pictures on the home page of their cute kid. Good for them.

Then I noticed this, among their latest entries: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. It's unremarkable (for our purposes, I mean; all the best to Tim 'n' Tracey, of course) except for the following snippet from the opening paragraph:

TiVo recorded The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. I wasn’t sure why at first, I didn’t remember setting it to record. Turns out Julianne Moore has a supporting role in it, and as you know I’ve asked our loyal TiVo to record anything with her in it.

Hee! I've been described before as the Bizarro Lileks. I think we've found the Bizarro Onebee!