November 2004

In this, the first chapter from The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks, Rachel provides a fast primer for those who want to brush up their CSS skills before they embark on the finer... Read More
This week my wife put her foot down and insisted that we get a cleaning service to save our home from the sloppy living practices of our two dogs, two little boys, and of course, me. As we looked... Read More

Firefox 1.0 is Out

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List of mirrors here. GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_C"); GA_googleFillSlot("Edit_300x100_D");Read More
Yes I know it’s been quiet around here. I’m trying to move away from a “finding news” to a “making news” blog. So posts will start to be more unique in the coming... Read More
 
The verticalization of search has been coming for some time with talk of all manner of specialized search engines that are either free or pay to play. The idea, of course, is to separate the wheat... Read More
Okay, you Web designers/developers who don’t believe that service in your industry is abysmal: Here we go with another set of THREE examples. In previous blogs, some of you have gotten quite... Read More
Take a 3D scene and translate it into a smooth, low-fat, Flash-ready 2D file. Impossible? Improbable? Not with Swift 3D 4.0 from Electric Rain. As Alex explains, this well-priced tool is packed with... Read More
Apache’s mod_rewrite module appears to be the one area of Apache administration that generates the most questions. I seem to be a perpetual beginner when it comes to url rewriting, and I... Read More
 
http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=207189 Your excellent comments in the previous blog (see link above) suggests that it is a good time to return to square one of marketing and sales... Read More
If you’ve followed along, you’ve now got a to-do list database and a couple of classes that view and update it. The next step is to take that functionality to the Web by wrapping it in a... Read More
DevNet Resource Kit Volume 9 has been released by Macromedia, and includes some interesting Flash Components as well as extensions and applications for ColdFusion and Dreamweaver. Enhanced DataGrid... Read More

Notes on XmlHttpRequest

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Have thrown together some wiki pages on XmlHttpRequest – mainly links I’ve found useful plus some notes / experiences I’ve had with it. Hopefully useful. You may also deduce that... Read More
This week a client hired me for a substantial project. It is fascinating and informative to look back on how they became a client, and to keep peeling the onion: They heard about me when they saw me... Read More
My latest column, a review on Hardening Apache and a conversation with its author, Tony Mobily, is up on SitePoint. Mobily has an insightful view of Apache and has provided an excellent method for... Read More