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Christmas Interactive Cheer

  • 22 Dec, 2005

Every now and then someone forwards me a Christmas card that they were sent from another company. I guess I’m not special enough to get sent it in the first place. 😉 Anyways, I thought I’d share two that I received yesterday. Get Your Ding a Ding Ding On from space150 is an interesting and […]

Background Christmas Lights

  • 13 Dec, 2005

Reader: …would you please tell me how ya had those lights up there? Me: It’s quite simple actually. Just use a bit of CSS code to add a background image to the site. If you already have a background image on your website, then this won’t work well for you. Steps to take to get […]

Decorating for Christmas

  • 7 Dec, 2005

I’ve put up a few lights and added some snowflakes to the site this morning to help spread a little Christmas cheer! Let me now if something looks odd or there are usability issues. I use big monitors and a Mac so who knows what the PC world will see. 😉 Let me know what […]

Firefox 1.5 is out!

  • 29 Nov, 2005

It’s been released!! Firefox 1.5!! Also a completely re-designed mozilla.com. Nice, very nice! More details tomorrow!

Firefox Extensions List – Nov.

  • 11 Nov, 2005

One of the greatest things about Firefox is the fact that it comes with extensions! That means you can add extra features to the browser above and beyond web browsing. The best part is that you can customize the browser for your needs. You are in control! With that said, here is my November Firefox […]

Too Cool for Internet Explorer

  • 2 Nov, 2005

I keep seeing some banners around that say “Too Cool for IE” and they give me a worm fuzzy feeling. 🙂 Well, I just found out that it’s not just one or two people, it’s a club! Basically, if you design a really cool site and it looks bad in Internet Explorer, just add this […]

Header Tags Without the Extra Space

  • 1 Nov, 2005

Have you ever put in a header tag (h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6) and struggle to get rid of the extra space underneath the tag? I do this all the time and I finally found the cure today. To get a header tag to be inline with the rest of the HTML code, just […]

PHP Find Variable in String

  • 27 Oct, 2005

Since I always try to remember what this PHP code is, and I can never remember, I thought I’d add it to my blog so I never forget. 🙂 This searches a string of text and finds a user defined variable. Very handy. $string = "PHP"; $container = "I love writing PHP code."; if(strstr($container,$string)) { […]

MIMA Summit 2005

  • 26 Oct, 2005

I was able to attend the MIMA Summit today and it was a great event. It covered search engine optimization, web design, email marketing, brand protection and much more. It took place at the McNamara Alumni Center on the U of M Campus. If you’ve never seen this building you should take a peek at […]

Charamel Best Firefox & Thunderbird Theme

  • 22 Sep, 2005

I try and check out all the themes for Firefox and Thunderbird that I can, however only one has ever really impressed me. That theme is Charamel. This theme has had a lot of work put into it and it’s absolutely beautiful. Everything works together and it’s a joy to use. There are even elements […]