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Passive Aggressive

I've never been entirely sure what "passive aggression" was, but I think I've figured it out:

Aggressive

I'm going to hit you.

Passive Aggressive

You're going to be hit by me.

So, there we are... 

: 20 Feb 2007 19:31 |  Tags: Fun Funny Joke Randomness |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

<optgroup>

I've just found a useful HTML element that I hadn't come accross before: <optgroup>.

It's used in drop-down lists in forms to create categories that aren't selectable, for example:

<select>
  <optgroup label="Odd">
    <option value="1">One</option>
    <option value="3">Three</option>
    <option value="5">Five</option>
  </optgroup>
  <optgroup label="Even">
    <option value="2">Two</option>
    <option value="4">Four</option>
    <option value="6">Six</option>
  </optgroup>
</select>

would give:

So, hours of endless fun and entertainment...

: 16 Feb 2007 11:37 |  Tags: Fun HTML Randomness Underused Useful |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem