Archive for March, 2005

Draggable Layers

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

I was fooling around with some more Javascript for the last 2 hours or so and finally came up with some pretty cool code :D

I was inspired by Matt Mecham’s entry which showed off a new draggable box that dynamically generates a private message summary when you click on a link. So I saw it and thought, hey, that’s cool :) And two hours later, I’ve got myself a draggable layer :D

I’ll show off an example tomorrow.

Dual Monitors

Sunday, March 27th, 2005

I just got a DVI to VGA converter and hooked up a flatscreen I had laying around to my computer, and it’s so cool!

I love the extra space! Makes it easy to multitask without overlapping windows and whatnot.

Slashdot on IE and CSS

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

Linkage

The original article is on IE7 and how it’s probably not going to adopt the CSS2 standard, again. But the comments on that article really speak IMO.

Microsoft is hindering the advancement of technology, all because of what? Because, “Microsoft considers CSS2 to be a flawed standard”? That’s pathetic. Like it or not Microsoft, it is the standard, and not supporting the standard isn’t helping anybody, certainly not you.

Got a new book

Saturday, March 12th, 2005

If you read my whiteboard entry from the 1st, then you know I’ve become a freak for planning my coding projects. I’ve been trying to find good resources (other then broken, or incomplete resources like blog posts and the likes) that covers “how” to plan these projects.

I was reading the “Designing a Good API” section of Advanced PHP Programming, and noticed the “Further Reading” section (which I usually skip over). One of the two books listed there is Code Complete (by *gasp* Microsoft Press).

So I bought it, and it’s really good so far.

Bad Feeling

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005

I’ve got a feeling that something bad is going to happen soon.

Whiteboard

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

I bought myself a whiteboard the other day so I can organize my thoughts more effectively. It is a wonder! I have it facing me while I’m on my computer, and I can look up at it whenever I want. It makes it easy to add ideas, erase them, jot down notes, todo’s etc.

So to all the software devs that don’t have one: get one! If I ever get an office (instead of my bedroom/office), I think I’ll fill an entire wall with a huge one.