2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was absolutely stunning. If you had a chance to catch any part of it, you understand where I’m coming from. I was unable to watch it during the...
View ArticleCopyright Infringement
Something I’ve never been able to understand is why people get upset if a blogger or website displays a picture from their website or article along with a link to their article/website. I mean, isn’t...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome – A new kind of browser
A day late, but that gave me the chance to test out Google Chrome for myself. At first glance, it doesn’t look like much, but Google has always had a way of doing that. To start off with, the entire...
View ArticleAvatar System
Have you ever noticed how you have to upload a new display picture for every forum and blog you create an account at? Well, there has been a system in place for a while now to make this no longer a...
View ArticleHTML, BBCode, or Plain Text?
Most every web developer has asked himself (or herself) this question at least once. While some applications only need one method of parsing, many should support at least two. There is rarely a need to...
View ArticleUnobtrusive Advertising
Have you ever visited a website with the intent of reading an article, only to see a full page ad? After clicking ‘continue’, or waiting fifteen to thirty seconds, you finally reach the page of the...
View ArticleUbuntu 9.10 Released!
Today is the day. No, not the 20th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Kampwerth. Well, yes, but that’s not what this article is about. Today is the release of Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala. For those of...
View ArticleReview of Ubuntu 9.10
It’s been nearly two weeks since the release of Ubuntu 9.10, and I am proud to announce that I have performed a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10. I haven’t used Windows in months, due to lack of designing...
View ArticleIssue with HTML5, CSS3, and site navigation.
A while back, it was suggested that limiting links to anchor tags (a) should be avoided in HTML5. It was declined due to backward compatibility issues and also because it would be difficult to...
View ArticleCSS3 – Still Missing Functionality… on Purpose!
Last night I was working with Consummo to build a client’s website and I ran into a stumbling block. CSS3 does not allow for colors to be declared alongside images (except as the last value). What does...
View ArticleAn update on my hiatus
With 2013 more than halfway over, I figured it’s about time I get back into blogging again. As with most things in life, I can’t be sure if I will actually follow through with this and continue writing...
View ArticleSoylent, day 1 & 2
My one-month supply (four weeks) of Soylent arrived on Friday, May 2, and it’s not people. Soylent is powdered food. And it’s likely cheaper and healthier than what you currently eat. Day 1 Soylent...
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