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Author: Thomas

10 Things You Should Know About CSS

I’ve been working with cascading style sheets (CSS) for years and have learned quite a bit. So I thought I’d write down some of my tips and tricks for all those that are learning about CSS. Here are my 10 CSS tips that web developers should know. Start off with a CSS reset. A CSS […]

All cool babies have three teeth.

At about 4 months, Lily got her first two teeth on the bottom. Now, 4 months later, she’s got one more, this time on top. Most people will tell you that babies get teeth in pairs, at least the first few anyway, but not us. We are rocking the smile with three teeth. All cool […]

Sheldon Cooper – Glee Club Member

What do you get when Sheldon Cooper joins Glee club? I’m not sure but it can’t be good.  However a showdown between Sheldon and Sue Sylvester would be entertaining. This Sheldon Cooper Glee wallpaper was created by Kaineiribas and can be obtained from DeviantArt.

New URLs & Lots of Patients

For some time I’ve wanted to remove the month, day, year from my URL structure on my blog but I haven’t. Everything I’ve ever learned about SEO is to not change the URLs. However I really wanted to. Then, late last week, my host somehow blocked Google bot from accessing the server I’m on and […]

Every parent needs a good digital camera.

If you are about to have a baby, there will be many things on your checklist to buy. One item I highly suggest getting, if you don’t already have one, is a nice digital camera. You want something small and easy to use as you’ll be taking lots of photos. You’ll want to be able […]

Do you suppose they were sincere about babysitting?

As soon as we got pregnant, we had family and friends say that they’d baby sit. After we had Lily, the offers kept rolling in. Then one day my wife said “Do you suppose they were sincere about babysitting?” What do you mean? Do people really go around saying that they’ll babysit when they don’t […]

A Day In The Life Of Bacon on Twitter

Who doesn’t love Bacon? Here are just some of the bacon chatter I picked up on Twitter recently. RT @bacon Mr. Sus got a free Squealin’ Mary at @BeaversHouston for wearing his @rstevens “Bacon is a Vegetable” shirt: http://yfrog.com/ar118fzj RT @cfarias: Dude, Where’s My Bacon? #bacon http://twitpic.com/1g0zrg RT @marengoni: Bacon Instantâneo! http://twitpic.com/1g0ctr RT @MadLabM: #BaconQueen […]

Remove The Freakin Wallpaper With Dif

Lets face it, no one likes removing wallpaper. However, if you grab a bottle of Dif, it’s easy as pie. We had some wallpaper borders to take down and avoided doing it, for years, due to the fact that we didn’t want to spend all day scraping. Then a friend told us about Dif and […]

Minor Design Changes Can Make A Big Effect

When it comes to web design, sometimes less is more. And sometimes you don’t need to change a lot to make a big improvement. Case in point, the latest Google update. All they did was add a few icons, make the colors pop, soften up the buttons a little and the new look is very […]