2007 CLawBies Are Ready!
Dec 31, 2007 Noticias
The 2007 CLawBies are now posted. Congratulations to everyone in the Canadian law blogging community for another great year.
I’d also like to say thank-you to the loyal readers of the VLLB for your support in 2007. Here’s to a Happy New Year, and a healthy & prosperous 2008!!
-Steve
Happy New Year
Dec 31, 2007 Noticias

May the year 2008 bring for you and your families Success, Healthiness and Happiness.
I’m back on Wednesday with more trade Ideas. Happy New Year everybody !!!
AC
Ed’s Blawg Review Nominations
Dec 30, 2007 Noticias
It’s that time of year when law bloggers wonder which issue of Blawg Review will receive the honor of being named Blawg Review of the Year. And, this year, who gets this recognition will be determined not by the editor but by the nominations posted by previous hosts of Blawg Review and those listed on the roster of Future Hosts for the upcoming year.
Having hosted seven issues Blawg Review myself, including #89, #100, #107 and #120 in 2007, my nominations here will count no more but no less than those of anyone else who is qualified to have their nominations for Blawg Review of the Year counted.
Every issue of Blawg Review is special to me, each in its own way, so the nominations below are not so much my favorites but are those I’d like to get special consideration for outstanding presentations that, upon further review, stand the test of time.
Blawg Review #91 by Greg Worthen
Blawg Review #93 by Kevin Thompson
Blawg Review #94 by Diane Levin
Blawg Review #102 by George Wallace
Blawg Review #110 by Norman Fernandez
Blawg Review #124 by George Lenard
Blawg Review #126 by Anita Campbell
Blawg Review #127 by Anne Reed
Blawg Review #134 by Eric Turkewitz
Blawg Review #137 by Colin Samuels
If you’ve hosted Blawg Review, or are scheduled to host an upcoming issue, please share with your readers the best of Blawg Review 2007 by posting nominations for Blawg Review of the Year 2007.
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2007 Retrospective
Dec 29, 2007 Noticias
Nupur from One Hot Stove came up with a great idea in which we look back over the year and pick out our favourite dishes. It’s a hard thing to do but I’ve given it a go and come up with a list of sorts, offered in no particular order I’ve selected a baker’s dozen for good measure.
This is really two recipes in one dish and is a play on that classic combination of tomato and basil. A ball of basil ice cream sits in a bath of cold-pressed tomato soup. This was one that was a given in my list as I think it not all satisfies your palette it also satisfies your other senses.
2. Scrambled Eggs with White Truffle
There isn’t much of a recipe but this something that I could never tire of and being able to share the experience with family in Italy made it all the more special.
This could be classed as my beautiful mistake. It’s a dish that started one way and ended up some place totally different. This highlighted the point for me, that we should always be open to the unknown and just go with the flow and see where it takes you.
4. Ajo Blanco
What can I say about Ajo Blanco that hasn’t been said before? It’s an insanely simple recipe that produces the most amazing soup you’ll ever taste. It really is a dish you have to make yourself to truly understand the reaction it instils.
5. Cocoa Nib and Glacé Orange Cookies
We’ve all had the chocolate and orange combination before but not quite like this. This is a cookie for the adults in the family, the flavours are a little more mature, a little more intense but are wrapped in a buttery cookie dough.
For a variety of potato I wasn’t very found of I was more than pleasantly surprised to find they were perfectly suited to make the most eye-catching and tasty gnocchi.
7. Ginger and Lemon Barley Water
It may be old-fashioned but with Summer well and truly taking hold at the moment, something refreshing is needed and it’s hard to go past this.
8. Stewed Rhubarb and Coconut Sago
This is a recipe that changes according to the seasons - in summer substitute berries and stone fruit and in winter this provides a different way of serving stewed rhubarb
A classic dish from Lazio that defies any alterations.
10. Black Genoa Figs with Buffalo Mozzarella “a la Pearl”
I had this at a restaurant and enjoyed it so much I had to go home and make it myself. Hats off to Pearl.
11. Pineapple Upside Down Cakelets
A sure way to Paalo’s heart is this favourite of his - individual pineapple upside down cakes.
A favourite during summer - it’s quick to prepare but looks a million dollars.
13. Toffee Coated Marzipan Walnuts
These are just evil…pure evil. You don’t need chocolate when you have these.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this walk down memory lane, it certainly has brought back some good memories for me.
Here’s hoping that 2008 will bring even more delights to enjoy.
Simple tabbed interface using CSS
Dec 29, 2007 Noticias
This post explains how to implement, in the simpler way (using only CSS and HTML), a tabbed interface without add javascript function to show/hide layers.
The result is something like this:
How you can see in the previous picture, we have four tabs and when an user clicks over a tab, the layer below the tab-bar displays a new content, related to the clicked tab. For example if you click over About tag, it will display the following content:
Step 1: HTML code
HTML code is very simple: we have a top bar (<div id=”bar”>) with some tabs, and a main layer which contains all other layers (hidden) with the content related to each tag:
<a href=“#tab1″>Home</a>
<a href=“#tab2″>About</a>
<a href=“#tab3″>Contact</a>
<a href=“#tab4″>Credits</a>
</div> <div id=“container”>
<div class=“main”>
<div id=“tab1″>First tab element (HOME)…</div>
<div id=“tab2“>… the second tab element (ABOUT)… </div>
<div id=“tab3″>… third tab element (CONTACT)… </div>
<div id=“tab4″>… fourth tag element (CREDITS) </div>
</div>
</div>
Step 2: CSS code
This is the css code which use target pseudo class to show/hide content layers:
#bar a{padding:4px 6px; background:#E0E9FE; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;}
#bar a:hover{color:#003366;}
/* Content Layers */
#container{background:#E0E9FE; padding:10px;}
div.main div {display: none}
div.main div:target {display: block}
For other infos about target pseudo class, take a look here.
Not Another Blawg Award
Dec 28, 2007 Noticias
With the success of the Simply the Best blawg meme and the recent announcement of Dennis Kennedy’s Blawggies, following the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100, it seems the last thing the blawgosphere needs is yet another list of who’s the best law blog in whatever category or niche, least of all another award from some anonymous editor. Rightly so, it’s been said that which blog is best in whatever category is often very subjective, and is for readers to decide for themselves. In rare cases where it can be argued that one or another law blog is objectively the best in whatever category, no one needs some self-appointed editor to tell them what’s obvious to anyone who reads blogs as regularly at those who follow Blawg Review.
In 2005 and 2006 the Blawg Review Awards were great but we won’t rest on our laurels. After Colin Samuels bagged the award for Blawg Review of the Year for this in 2005 and for this in 2006, the only way to be sure that the fix wasn’t in again for 2007 was to impeach the judge and base the award on an open and verifiable peer-review. This won’t be another one of those blog awards that is won by mustering loyal readers and fanboys to “vote early and often” — no way.
We have enjoyed many outstanding presentations of Blawg Review in 2007 and, as announced today in Second Life, we’re going to focus on what has made Blawg Review as popular as it is for 140 consecutive weeks. This year, the only Blawg Review Award will be given for peer-review and recognition of one of these presentations as the undisputed Blawg Review of the Year. To ensure that the most deserving issue of Blawg Review is given due recognition as Blawg Review of the Year 2007, please follow these nomination rules:
This year, the award for Blawg Review of the Year will be given to that issue of Blawg Review, from #89 to #140 inclusive, that is nominated by the greatest number of those who have hosted an issue of Blawg Review from #1 through #140. Each of those hosts may nominate for Blawg Review of the Year 2007 as many issues, from #89 to #140 inclusive, as they wish to recognize for excellence by linking such nomination(s) on their blogs in a post dated not later than January 14, 2008, titled “Blawg Review Nominations” linking to the issue(s) nominated for Blawg Review of the Year. If you haven’t hosted Blawg Review yet, but are scheduled to host an upcoming issue of Blawg Review, your nominations will be counted as well. Just send an email to the editor, including a link to your post, to ensure that your nominations are counted. Nominations for one’s own presentation of Blawg Review, however excellent, will not be counted as a peer-reviewed nomination.
Let the Blawg Review with the most qualified nominations win!
“Blawg Review Nominations” posts will be listed and linked below, as they are published and brought to the editor’s attention.
Eric Turkewitz nominates #89, #101, #106, #127 and #137.
Diane Levin nominates #101, #102, #124, #134, and #137.
Peter Black nominates #93, #128 and #130.
Brett Trout nominates #102, #109, #123, #127, #129, #134, #137
Nearly Legal nominates #91, #116, #128 and #137.
Tom Colson nominates #93, #102, #106, #134 and #137.
Ed nominates #91, #93, #94, #102, #110, #124, #126, #127, #134, and #137.
George Wallace nominates #93, #122, #124, #127, #130, #134, and #137.
J.D. Hull nominates #94, #102, #116, #127, #134 and #137.
Kevin Thompson nominates #130+130 and #122.
Colin Samuels nominates #89, #116, #122, #127, and #134.
David Donoghue nominates #95, #106, #126, #127 and #134.
Charon QC nominates #115, #116, #131, #125, #134, and #137.
Todd Smith nominates #110, #118, #125 and #132.
Susan Cartier Liebel nominates #110, #127, #134 and #137.
Gideon nominates #117, #124, #125, #127, and #137.

















