The Hollow Men Are Torn

To make your morning a little less dull.

No IE, No FEMA

Computer folks, especially programmers and web site developers, often forget that not everyone uses the same stuff they do. And so they code things to their own specs, forgetting to test others. This can cause major grief down the line... or, sometimes, much sooner.

Filk's own Frank Hayes tells us that the FEMA Disaster Aid web site requires Windows, JavaScript enabled, and Internet Explorer 6.

A small thing? Not if you're running a Mac or a Unix/Linux box. Not if you're using Firefox or Opera or IE5.5. Not if you're on the run from a natural disaster and don't have a choice about which computer you might have access to.

(rustyfox says they seem to have fixed the site, but, still. Never should've happened in the first place.)

Thanks to trdsf for pointing this one out.

Rita Getting Worse

DarkSyde at The Daily Kos has the lastest word, along with useful links. To which I will add the Weather Underground tracking map.

If you can, GET OUT NOW.