September, 2006
12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards
0 Comments Published September 30th, 2006 @ 18:37:3312 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards - an excellent article by Ben Henick about the most important lessons he’s learned using Cascading Style Sheets.
“As one increases the layout precision of a section on a webpage, all other sections of the page have their layouts perturbed by a proportional amount.” #
Laura and I watched the first episode of NBC’s Heroes this week, and frankly it’s one of the best pilots I’ve ever seen - I hope the series can live up to it’s spectacular first episode. Go download it if you haven’t already seen it.
While the network’s official site is fine in a ‘typical TV site’ way, the “official/unofficial” (huh???) 9th Wonders fansite is simply a joy to behold.
I should probably be more ashamed about finding this t-shirt (the ’sudo’ one) so darned amusing, but I just can’t help myself. 
How to explain RSS the Oprah way
0 Comments Published September 25th, 2006 @ 14:54:00 in Interesting, RSS, SoftwareTrying to explain the benefits of RSS to someone who may not be as tech-savvy as you are can be royal pain in the arse. The key is to Keep It Super Simple without being patronising.
Thankfully, Back In Skinny Jeans has taken the time and effort to write a human-friendly explanation that serves as an excellent introduction to syndicating web content for people who don’t care how it works, just that it works.
UNIX productivity tips - some interesting command-line tips for improving your UNIX productivity (via LifeHacker).
Downloading That Mitchell And Webb Look
0 Comments Published September 24th, 2006 @ 14:33:21 in Computers, Software, Television, WebFor all of those people who are coming to this site trying to find out how to download That Mitchell and Webb Look, I heartily suggest that you start by downloading the awesome Bittorrent client µTorrent, then try searching around the always dependable tracker site Demonoid.
If you are able to do so, you might also try signing up for an account with UKNova, an excellent torrent site solely devoted to British television (and occasional radio) programming.
This kind of shit makes me wish that the internet didn’t exist. I think I just threw up a little bit.
I find it far too amusing that one of Lifehacker’s esteemed writers apparently reads my wife’s celebrity site, as evidenced by the first link in this daily news post
Browsers Statistics By Rendering Engine - a useful page for web developers.
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