Lecture 2011 09 14

Today, you will (continue) to work through the CSS tutorial

This document should be used to self-track your progress through CSS. There are four sections of the tutorial:

When you complete a section of the tutorial, take the css quiz (closed book) and write down the score you earned at the end of each section.

After you finish "CSS Align" in the "Advanced" section, take the quiz repeatedly (open book) until you earn 20 points (100%).

Also, after you complete each section, you will need to produce an html file and possibly a css file. Those files are as follows:
css1.html Copy people.emich.edu/hhoft to your own space. Remove *all* styling information (fonts, colors, alignments, borders, ...)
css2.html Style all possible structures to conform to original as much as possible. Use all style described in this section of the tutorial (font, background, lists, tables, etc)
css3.html Box the initial table, the Fall 2011 class links and final tables' data. Make an obvious, yet tasteful border around the outside
css4.html Use absolute position for the first table. Use relative position for fall 2011 class links. Position the final picture to the right of the FALL 2011 class links


You will need to demo the four files on 9/21/2001. I have uploaded a partially stripped copy of Professor Hoft's homepage HERE.



Your education in liberal arts (9/14/2011)

"in durance vile" refers to an odious imprisonment or constraint. See here.

In class, I used the term metaphorically to describe the torturous constraint when you can't use your workstation because I am controlling it.

Note also the interesting placement of the adjective 'vile' after the noun 'durance'. This grammatical construction in English is pretty common: 'someone special', 'those responsible', 'inspector general', 'best deal available'.

Here's a nice use of 'durance vile' from Robert Burns' poem Epistle From Esopus To Maria 

	In durance vile here must I wake and weep,
	And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep

Meaning: OMG this stinky place sucks so bad and I am trapped here.

I honestly thought that Shakespeare used the phrase 'durance vile' before Burns, but it turns out I was wrong. Shakespeare does use the term 'durance' with the meaning as used here.