Eric Lippert's Purple Crayon

Here’s some irony: I found this article searching for a Greasemonkey script to change the font on this site (which is driving me insane). Looks great in IE, but almost unreadable in Firefox.

RSS reader, duh.
Also you can always feed your browser with custom .css file.
No messing around with text color!

My favorite Eric Lippert posts have been his “Riddle Me This, Google” series. Here’s a link to Part I, which has links to Part II and Part III (from 2004):

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/ericlippert/

http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/05/11/130128.aspx

He analyzed his referral logs and found out what queries had brought people to his posts, then answered the questions in detail.

Examples:

  • If you answered “yes” to any of those questions then she’s a 12 year old girl who may or may not have a crush on you.

  • Remember, the only sure way to tell is to send a note that says “Do you love me? Check one: yes [] no []”