July 9th, 2008 | Published in Notebook
No, it’s not what you think..
I’ve been going through some of the CSS at my new workplace and trying to clean up, sort out, and compress about 80 stylesheets (no joke).
This is the aftermath of Java developers developing CSS. I can’t blame them, I wouldn’t do much better developing Java, but still.. it’s [...]
May 8th, 2008 | Published in Notebook
My kids have started using the internet a lot more this year, and as a tech savvy mom, I decided to share a few of the tricks we did to keep them safe.. and keep them from seeing things we don’t want them to. If you have any tricks of your own, please do [...]
April 22nd, 2008 | Published in Notebook
Understanding how CSS Cascades is very simple… but it’s tricky at first, and I find it’s something I end up explaining to many people as a FED consultant.
**Generally** speaking, the lower down a selector is in a stylesheet, the more weight it gets, and it will override anything that was listed before it…
But what [...]
March 16th, 2008 | Published in Notebook
Dropbox and the new version of Things gives you an effortless way of keeping your Things database in sync across multiple mac’s.
The new version of Things supports the iTunes style library switching where you hold down your option key when you open the program. The problem is, choosing a web-based location is [...]
March 16th, 2008 | Published in Notebook
‘marks is exactly that, bookmarks and other things I’ve faved during the week. I’ll try to keep on top of it but since I can never really predict how busy I’ll be at work until I get slammed… don’t be surprised if it’s not consistent!
Apple/iPhone
Unlimited Minute Plans for iphone, now offered by AT&T
TSA doesn’t [...]
March 15th, 2008 | Published in Notebook
PLEASE NOTE, THERE IS A NEW VERSION OF YAPB THAT WORKS WITHOUT THIS PATCH. Please head to Johannes’s site and download the beta version of the plugin here
I’m still working on the fix to display the images in the post listing fields on the admin page, but this is to make it display correctly [...]
March 5th, 2008 | Published in Notebook
In order to spare anyone the headache I went through tonight I’m posting this up here with the hopes that someone will find it useful.
AlphaImageLoader is a css-only way to fix png transparency in IE6.
The problem is, IE6 will not let you click on a PNG background image when it’s absolutely positioned.
Sometimes you can position [...]