As a member of the DNRC, I occassionally receive the Dilbert Newsletter. Today’s had a thought from Dilbert creator Scott Adams that I liked: My Holiday Message I’ve written and rewritten this section a dozen times. My problem is that no matter how much I write, I keep condensing it down to the same thought: This holiday season, as we laugh and eat and shop and enjoy friends and family, our soldiers are in Afghanistan … Continue reading
Some time back, I was working on some code at work where we wanted to dynamically disable and re-enable certain form elements based on other user input. Internet Explorer adds a “disabled” property to form elements that makes this simple. But Netscape 4.x doesn’t. I eventually came up with some Javascript code that more-or-less simulates the ability to disable form elements in NS4. If anybody is interested, feel free to use my code in your … Continue reading
Now that the Thanksgiving holidays are over, it’s time to get into the Christmas spirit. I hope you enjoy the Christmas theme for the site. But if it annoys you for some reason, you can choose to go back to the standard theme. Check the bottom of the menus. Kudos to Scott Andrew LePara for the theme switching code.
Looking for wallpaper images for your desktop? Wallpapers HQ can hook you up.
On some days, you can just scoop up stupid links with nets…. Pull my finger Stick it out ChickenCam
Many years ago, a friend of mine showed me a book called The Tao of Programming. The koans contained within struck a chord with me, but at the time, I was unable to find a copy to purchase for myself. Today, I found that many people have transcribed it into web pages. But I still want to own a print copy….
I have finally gotten around to learning a little about XML-RPC and SOAP. In case you aren’t familiar with these buzzwords, they are basically protocols for getting data from remote programs. They use HTTP as the transport protocol, and XML for encapsulating the data. I always thought it sounded kind of complex, but it turns out to be fairly simple (especially since there are now tons of code libraries that handle the annoying parts). I’m … Continue reading
I’m not sure how to describe this one…. Just take a look for yourself. (it’s at ABC News, so don’t worry too much)
Previously, I mentioned rdesktop, which allows you to access Windows NT Terminal Server from X11. Here’s a similar concept: XWinX is a windows program which allows you to remotely control any Windows machine from your X11 session.
A tip of the hat to Jeffrey Zeldman for his work on a Style Guide for the New York Public Library. There are good tips in there for any web designer. Use XHMTL to structure your document, and CSS to style it.