Technical

Javascript Disabled: Is That Really A Common Problem?

April 5, 2009

Creating websites that perform and present content correctly and uniformly across various browsers and operating systems is one the primary responsibilities of any self-respecting web designer. And to any web-dude or dudette that doesn’t make that end-game a primary focus of their process I say, shame on you. There, consider yourself rebuked. I can only [...]

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Apple Safari Delivers Sexy Text

March 29, 2009

I know: its both creepy and ridiculous to suggest that an inanimate object like sports cars or even furniture could be “sexy”. But for years, Madison Avenue has been selling us that exact concept. I’m not suggesting that it’s entirely hogwash, but to the pragmatic, it is a silly point of view. And yet it [...]

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2000domain.net-When Registrars Go Bad

February 25, 2009

If you’ve ever registered a domain, there is a high probability that you’re dealing with folks in a far off, perhaps even exotic location. Australia, India or perhaps even as far off as Philadelphia. Allow me this short history: I don’t know if this makes me “old school’ (I’m not “OG”…you know, “Original Geek”), but [...]

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Teaching CS4 & A Dell E521 How To Play Well Together

December 4, 2008

Since I can’t afford a new computer, I decided my dual core AMD 5600+ might benefit from a new GPU/3D card. Since upgrading to the new CS4, my box has suddenly become pokey–overnight. Granted, there are plenty of affordable quad core boxes out there. I mean there’s nothing like a feeble economy and scrambling retailers [...]

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Toggl: 30 Second Review

October 30, 2008

Now that the website design is a full time gig vs. a fill-time gig, keeping track of my day has become pretty critical. Where before I could work on websites as time became available, I need to account to each hour lest I find myself distracted by mindless Facebook surfing or HULU episodes of The [...]

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