Archive for the 'design' Category
October 23rd, 2006
July 7th, 2006
From XHTML/CSS to WordPress
I wish I'd seen this before I redesigned and rebuilt this blog. Which by the way might still be teething a bit. At some point I will detail the various things I have done in more detail. I should include a link to the icons I used. I would like to do my own but these days I never have time to play with ...
June 30th, 2006
Turning off dotted lines in Firefox
Came across a small problem in Firefox last week. I had a list and was using 'text-indent: -5000px' in the css to do some image replacement. It's a bit weird because it made the list element quite wide so when you clicked the dotted lines that show where are clicking seemed to stretch all the way across the page. Anyway to fix it first of all I found Fixing the Fox ...
June 30th, 2006
DTI website
Again this is something I saw on the WaSP site. In the past I did some work on some of the DFES sites and they had standards that we had to work to and we did mainly because it was something I was interested in and it was something that was becoming a bigger issue. The work I did was about two years ago. I remember they were going ...
June 30th, 2006
PAS78 download for free!
A mentioned this document a couple of months ago and mentioned that it cost some money to have a look at it. Well now it is available for free from the DRC web site. I found the link on Web Standards Project site. I have had a quick browse of it so far but I think it is something I will be browsing now and again to get a feel ...
April 19th, 2006
Vitamin
I have just come across Vitamin - it looks pretty cool a bit like A List Apart but perhaps not quite so poncy - it generally has a more dynamic feel to it and that's just looking at the homepage!
October 24th, 2005
W3C QA - Quality Tips for Webmasters
W3C QA - Quality Tips for Webmasters – this is quite a good starting point for improving your website. It’s pretty much an FAQ. I was actually asked about GIFs and PNGs the other day and didn’t really know what to say. I looked on wikipedia to find my answer this time!Categories Technorati Delicious
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- Swear (PIC)
Imperial Stormtrooper is sworn in for the American army in Iraq.
- Linux Media Center Edition
Controls everything from your TV to your security system using anything from your cell phone to a Wii remote.
- 7 Visions Of Social Networking’s Future: Is This Web 3.0?
Considering that there are now kids in college who don’t remember a time before the Internet, we can only imagine what will be possible in just a few short years.Here is a list of scenarios and technologies that will shape the Internet’s future. Some are already available and a few we’d like to look forward to in the near future:
- Samba Team Releases Samba 3.2
The Samba Team is proud to announce the release of Samba 3.2, a major new release of the award-winning Free Software file and print server suite for Microsoft Windows clients.
- Eee Monitor shots reveal Linux's $500 iMac rival
ASUS' Eee Monitor today has been captured in official photos that confirm the system to be the company's direct answer to the iMac. The all-in-one computer confirms earlier teaser photos and reveals a cross between Apple's Cinema Displays and the iMac, but with two big differences: the use of Linux and just a $500 price tag.
- Sales Guy vs. Web Dude
The Website is Down - This is super funny.
- PC Magazine's 12 Favorite Music Sites
These days, a good radio station is hard to come by and CDs are $20 a pop. So, what's a music lover to do? Turn to the Internet, of course, where you can find music-streaming services that are not only free and legal (like all radio) but customizable.
- Lego Star Wars Clone Trooper Army Fights Autism
What are 35,310 Lego Star Wars Clone Troopers mini-figs doing together, apart from planning a planet invasion after breaking out of the giant Lego storage cathedrals? Raising awareness and funds for autism, that's what.
- 10 Useful Apps To Reduce Your Dependency On Google
They are worth being familiar with so that you can avoid a crisis situation when you cannot access a Google product for some reason.
- A cross between a motorcycle, a Segway and 'Star Wars'
Meet the Uno. The Uno's custom hoops aren't front and rear like a motorcycle's, but side by side and inches apart under the rider, rising and falling independently over the road as he leans the gyroscope-stabilized machine through effortless turns.
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