Well it may not be spring any more (at least here in Arizona), but it still feels like Spring Cleaning time to me. Mary and I have been on a cleaning spree at home, throwing stuff out, Freecycling, and pairing down most everything we have to the bare essentials. I do this on a regular [...]
In part 1 of this 2 part series of posts, I talked about a cool Facebook app called The Political Compass. In this post I wanted to give props to the excellent app called MyType. MyType is a Meyers-Briggs/Jung personality type questionnaire, but unlike other free personality type tests on the web, it has the [...]
I’m a big fan of Facebook. It’s good for me because I tend to be a bit introverted and it gives me a way to connect with friends that I would otherwise not connect with much. One of the things that I absolutely love about it though are the Applications. Essentially little programs built by [...]
Welcome to dBlogIt. I’m getting naked today. No I’m not taking off my clothes but I am showing off my body. My XHTML <body> tag that is. It’s a part of CSS Naked Day, and it’s intended to promote the proper use of (x)html, semantic markup, and a good hierarchy structure. Can your site [...]
I wonder if the world of the future as depicted in the movies is always so green and lush in order to offset the world’s complete and total inundation with information. As our infolust turns into overload what will happen to the Internet? How will it change?
Regurgitation: Mmm web vomit fresh from my third stomach
It’s [...]
Since my recent departure from Google I’ve been on the hunt for alternative search engine solutions. I used Google to get started, but it felt dirty. I came across one little Gem of a website called Alt Search Engines. They produce a pretty good list of alternatives.
Well, what I found is that it’s hard [...]
This is an interesting way to add support for the CSS first-child psuedo class in IE 6:
#element {
behavior:expression(this.firstChild.style.padding = "5px");
}
Of course it has its drawbacks, most notably is its use of Javascript via Microsoft's proprietary expression property. Nonetheless, if you stick it in your IE hacks CSS file you'll have what you need.
Check out the [...]
UPDATE: I just updated Blueprint CSS Architect. The steps outlined below should be considered DEPRECATED. It is waaaay easier now. Read the announcement, then give it a test drive.
I love Blueprint CSS. But one of the things that bothers me about it is the non-semantic usage of classes. You should never have to put column [...]
