Posted by Chris Martin on Nov 7, 2008
So, IE 8 is plugging along (http://internetexplorer8.net/) and the reviews are mixed, at best. Normally I would just laugh at Microsoft’s sad attempts at building a browser that is even remotely standards compliant, but I find myself seriously rooting for them to pull it together on this one. Ok, ok, I have a vested interest. [...]
Posted by Chris Martin on Nov 6, 2008
So, I need to come clean. I’ve been harboring the secret for far too long… I admit it, I still use TopStyle from time to time. (I can hear you laughing from here.) I only use it for css, but for some reason the auto-complete just feels right to me, or maybe we are just [...]
Posted by Chris Martin on Nov 4, 2008
Now is not the time to be surfing, now is the time to be voting! This election promises some of the highest voter turnout ever, with numbers in the eightieth percentile, so please do your part. If you are still undecided and want to know where any of the major or third party candidates stand [...]
Posted by Chris Martin on Nov 3, 2008
hmm.. i just looked at the current results, and Basta, this one may be for you:
It’s election time! Voting is in the air, but some of us may be out of practice from not voting since the primary, or since last fall, or even since 2004. So, for those of you who are psyched to [...]
Posted by George Sisco on Oct 31, 2008
Short and sweet, folks. Today, our own Mike Collins asked if it’s possible to have a sound play on a client’s home page when a user visits the site.
The short, sweet answer is yes, with these caveats:
One, no one has really agreed on the best way to do so since 1994 until today.
Two, cross browser [...]
Posted by Tim Whitacre on Oct 31, 2008
I’m talking about the Javascript Framework war! Will it ever end. Well, I sure hope not.
I hope it never ends because I want there to always be competition so the frameworks continue to adapt and become better!
Case in point…. Yesterday I was asked to go and work on a client’s site. In their site they [...]
Posted by Chris Martin on Oct 30, 2008
Have you ever noticed that age and computer knowledge seem to be inversely proportionate? My friend Rhino-boy once predicted that someday there would be a Secretary of the Internet in the President’s cabinet… and that they would be twelve! (Sorry, Basta, you’re too old now ) With a new administration around the corner, who [...]
Posted by Chris Martin on Oct 28, 2008
Come on, it’s time for a trip down old school lane. For each and every one of us, there was a time when we knew nothing what so ever about html. There was a time when we didn’t know what an a tag was, a time when we thought that CSS was some sort of [...]
Posted by Chris Martin on Oct 27, 2008
Go and the Art of Business Part III - “Crisis, or Opportunity?”
Lisa: Look on the bright side, Dad. Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for ‘crisis’ as they do for ‘opportunity’?
Homer: Yes! Cris-atunity.
As mentioned last time (http://spgblog.solidcactus.com/2008/10/17/go-and-the-art-of-business-part-ii/) the etymological claim above is not technically true, although it remains a popular [...]
Posted by George Sisco on Oct 24, 2008
K. I cant see any way to replay to Joe D on PM blog, so Ill repost here.
Joe said:
Who needs sleep?
Not George S who has been here programming since 5:30 am yesterday. That is right folks George by the end of the day at 5 should have put in around a 32+hr shift. [...]