Thanks to the generosity of New Riders, I have a duplicate copy of Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design to give away. If you’ve been reading CC for a while, you know what’s coming, don’t you? A contest! Previous contests have been quite popular, and I’ve managed to give away a couple of fine books by Messrs. Zeldman and Powazek.
Here are the rules for the Eric Meyer on CSS Haiku Contest:
1. Readers will submit a genuine haiku (using the comments link below), consisting of three lines. 5 syllables in each of the first and third lines, and 7 syllables in the second line.
2. There is a limit of 3 entries from each person, and at least 10 entries must be received for the prize to be awarded.
3. The contest will run from today until August 15, or until it gets boring.
4. Entrants need not post their entry on their own site, but must post a link to this entry to be eligible. Those without web sites are obviously exempt from this requirement.
5. Anyone in the world may enter and win, but those outside of North America might need to help with shipping costs if they are prohibitive.
Good luck, everyone, and please help spread the word! Oh, and yes, it’s a good book. You can read my review at Digital Web.
If you write haiku
in CSS code, well then ~
You don’t need the book.
Sweet summer sweat beads
On my forehead as I strive
To write code with style.
Style sheets guide my words
to the screen like falling leaves.
I control the wind!
#1 {
i need a new drug
and this new obsession, is
CSS, oh my! }
#2 {
Presentation plus
Content, with CSS is,
decoration: cool }
#3 {
knowledge makes us grow
CSS validates me
tomorrow looks bright }
hair falling out now
pages full of font tags
must learn css
don’t like verdana?
change the font with css.
one change, one file, yes.
My demon tables
Need exorcising today.
Send High Priest Eric.
And another:
Rich, smart and pretty,
But happiness eludes me.
I need that book NOW!
CSS designs
make cool sites for everyone
except netscape 4
how will I send my haiku into your contest?
love
you’ve said
rose and torn
Dini smokes under the sun
making a hurt
in her heart
deep in project nine
i find, inconvenient bug.
positioning fails.
(p. 197 -
can’t define both right and left
for absolute tag)
sleeping in my bed,
woken by the falling rain,
it’s so relaxing.
How can I enter some of my Haikus in the contest?
My dear loving soul
A merry Christmas to you
Family friends too
Lord the Kindly Light
May bless your each day & night
With love peace delight
A happy NEW YEAR
Full of joys, smiles good cheer
Glory beauty dear
I wish all beings
A harmonious living
With a joyous ease
I was surfing along and came across your website. I really enjoyed it. Thanks! This site is very informative. I hope to see more in the near future, Wishing you all the best!
Kevin
When will it all end
It’s starting to get boring
I’m going to bed
Janet Leigh has died;
Her fans are going Psycho;
Showers never the same.
God I want to play
With You but no others
Will the game I win?