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Jan. 26th, 2006
House update: Thursday
Jan. 26th, 2006 01:59 pmMy aunt reports:
Today for lunch, Dan, John and I had pistou soup and clubTo which I say: Wow!
sandwiches.
Yesterday and this morning, John wired wired and wired circuit for HRV and
cable, internet and telephone.
John says the heat is now set at 16 degrees and the temperature seems to
vary very little. Guess the insulation will pay off.
Insulation guys will come this or next week to finish off the headers in
the basement. Not a big job. In the meantime, hooligans can seal up
windows and do joists.
Dan worked on sound insulation on the first floor ceiling ("tedious to no
end") and managed to fill almost completely the new dumpster with
back-yard stuff.
Bill fixed the front door so that it closes.
The duct guys say they are done.
Cheers all, Helen
House addendum from Dennis
Jan. 26th, 2006 04:53 pmDennis sez:
I dropped in this afternoon and FINISHED the plumbing.
Complete system is now turned on and bathrooms on the first and third
floor are working.
John should turn on the hot water heater to test.
Only remaining task is to hook up Robin?s bath when it is ready.
Dennis
needing of the help...
Jan. 26th, 2006 06:38 pmOK, so my boss is on yet another anti-link rampage.*
The issue is this. Back in the day when they were setting up our site, which is an information site for parents of children with complex medical conditions (epilepsy, diabetes, brain tumours, etc.), someone whom I have not met, but whom I curse on a regular basis, decided that Links Were Bad. The reasoning appears to go something along the lines of "This is a resource centre containing the sum of all human knowledge on this topic, so perfectly designed and written and intuitive that people will always be able to find what they need right off.** If we put in links to related pages in the same resource centre so that people can click them when they want more information, that will just be confusing."
Obviously this reasoning is WRONG WRONG WRONG AND INSANE, but for some reason he's not willing to take my word for it.
So, smart and knowledgeable friends, please help me! I need evidence that links=good, and not just in my personal opinion but in the opinion of right-thinking usability advocates everywhere. I have a few places to start, but if anyone has a favourite essay on the topic that they can suggest, that would be awesome.
*This is a strong word, and possibly unjustified, as he is open to discussion on the matter, or says he is.
**It will surprise none of you to learn that this is not precisely the case.
Edited to add a clarification: I'm talking about INTERNAL links within the same website: "For more information about X, please see this page in this section." He doesn't like external links either, but I'm picking my battles.
The issue is this. Back in the day when they were setting up our site, which is an information site for parents of children with complex medical conditions (epilepsy, diabetes, brain tumours, etc.), someone whom I have not met, but whom I curse on a regular basis, decided that Links Were Bad. The reasoning appears to go something along the lines of "This is a resource centre containing the sum of all human knowledge on this topic, so perfectly designed and written and intuitive that people will always be able to find what they need right off.** If we put in links to related pages in the same resource centre so that people can click them when they want more information, that will just be confusing."
Obviously this reasoning is WRONG WRONG WRONG AND INSANE, but for some reason he's not willing to take my word for it.
So, smart and knowledgeable friends, please help me! I need evidence that links=good, and not just in my personal opinion but in the opinion of right-thinking usability advocates everywhere. I have a few places to start, but if anyone has a favourite essay on the topic that they can suggest, that would be awesome.
*This is a strong word, and possibly unjustified, as he is open to discussion on the matter, or says he is.
**It will surprise none of you to learn that this is not precisely the case.
Edited to add a clarification: I'm talking about INTERNAL links within the same website: "For more information about X, please see this page in this section." He doesn't like external links either, but I'm picking my battles.