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Geek Stuff

Number with space

Summary Totals for the Week in UBL
Self/League/Pts HR R RBI AVG SB W S K ERA WHIP
UBL Averages 8.5 36.7 35.9 0.288 3.8 4.2 2.0 37.7 3.30 1.23
Rocky Coloradans 7 40 31 0.288 5 4 1 35 3.38 1.28
Points 8 10 9 9 9 9 3 6 9 5

I’m getting somewhere. I’ll continue to play with it.

Summary Totals for the Week in UBL
Self/League/Pts HR R RBI AVG SB W S K ERA WHIP
UBL Averages 8.5 36.7 35.9 0.288 3.8 4.2 2.0 37.7 3.30 1.23
Rocky Coloradans 7 40 31 0.288 5 4 1 35 3.38 1.28
Points 8 10 9 9 9 9 3 6 9 5

Ahh, looks like the frame and padding info have to go on the same line as the border info. Not sure why, I though it would read table attributes until it saw a”>”

Summary Totals for the Week in UBL
Self/League/Pts HR R RBI AVG SB W S K ERA WHIP
UBL Averages 8.5 36.7 35.9 0.288 3.8 4.2 2.0 37.7 3.30 1.23
Rocky Coloradans 7 40 31 0.288 5 4 1 35 3.38 1.28
Points 8 10 9 9 9 9 3 6 9 5

Reduced the padding and set the align to center. I think it looks good for now.

Geek Stuff

The Number Table

Summary Point totals for the week in UBL
Self/League/Pts HR R RBI AVG SB W S K ERA WHIP
UBL Averages 8.5 36.7 35.9 0.288 3.8 4.2 2.0 37.7 3.30 1.23
Rocky Coloradans 7 40 31 0.288 5 4 1 35 3.38 1.28
Points 8 10 9 9 9 9 3 6 9 5

I seem to have the table concept down. Now I need to work on spacing.

Geek Stuff

Tinkering with tables

Common Usenet Abbreviations
Abbreviation Long Form
AFAIK As Far As I Know
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
OTOH On The Other Hand

OK, I have set up a spreadsheet where the col A and Col C cells have the start and stop tags for the table elements. Then I can just C&P my data elements into column B and C&P the entire table into Word Press to get a nice tabulated look. Next I’ll see how it works with my weekly number summary.

golf

Parking

There is no parking for the U.S. Women’s Open at Cherry Hills Country Club. In addition parking on streets within the City of Cherry Hills Village is strictly prohibited and violators will be towed immediately.

I shall have to remember not to patronize any shops in Cherry Hills Village.

I am thinking of going to the Women’s Open tomorrow.

Baseball

77

Looks like two of the five projected starters for Sunday have been pushed back to Monday, where they can join good ol’ Kenny Rogers for a three way start. Of course, this means Colon and Rogers are going against each other.

Note how the players leverage their athletic abilities to enhance their negotiation position:

06.22 The agent for Kenny Rogers said yesterday he has entered into discussions with the Rangers regarding a contract extension for his client, according to the Star-Telegram. Agent Scott Boras said Rogers is seeking a multi-year deal

From 6.22 box score:
Name Tm IP H R ER BB SO BF ERA WHIP

Kenny Rogers Tex 3.3 10 6 6 3 0 24 16.36 3.94

I still need to figure out how to tab or columnate this Word Press text.

Reviews, science fiction

The Hallowed Hunt (Potential Spoilers)

Bujold has created a universe; no, a galaxy; no, a system; no, a planet; where the gods sort of walk amongst us. The Gods actually infest voluntary or involuntary victims and walk through them.

In addition to the Gods, animal spirits can be subscribed to, in bloody, blood-letting ceremonies. This is how the heroine of our story ended up with the spirit of a jaguar. The fellow that thought he was going to end up with the jaguar ended up with his head bashed in, and the jaguar spirit, needing a home, picked our heroine, fresh from her head-bashing adventure. Of course, the head that was bashed was of a prince of the realm, which meant that our heroine was in deep shit, even if the prince was trying to rape her and the whole head-bashing was in self defense.
Continue reading The Hallowed Hunt (Potential Spoilers) →

Reviews

Vengeance

One of the great lines of all time.

” All those in favor of unleashing our vengeful wrath upon the British Library?” Michelle, in Episode 24 of R.O.D the TV. It was unanimous.

Will the British Library conquer the world and force humanity to live in peace? (Selfish prats.)

I have just finished the last disk of the R.O.D the TV and I will give it the entire series an 8 out of 10.

General, Politics

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama

In the beginning was the plan
and then came the assumptions
and the assumptions were without form
and the plan was completely without substance
and darkness was on the face of the workers
and they spoke amongst themselves, saying, “It is a crock of shit and it stinketh”

and the workers went to the supervisors
and said, “It is a pail of dung and none may abide the odor thereof”

and the supervisors went to the managers
and said unto them, “It is a container of excrement and it is very strong, such that none may abide it”

and the managers went to the senior managers
and said unto them, “It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength”

and the senior managers went to the directors
and said unto them, “It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong”

and the directors went to the vice presidents
and said unto them, “It promotes growth and is very powerful”

and the vice presidents went to the president
and said unto him, “This new plan will actively promote the growth and efficiency of this company”

and the president looked upon the plan,
and saw that it was good,
and the plan became policy.

This is how shit happens.

Baseball

78

Looks Like Kenny Rogers decided to join his compatriots from the previous day and give up 6 earned runs in 3-1/3 innings. I think the only reason my ERA for the week isn’t over 9 (that’s really, really, really bad) is because my relief committee has picked up an inning or two without giving up a run; they have even picked up a save along the way.