I am very excited to hear that Microsoft has decided to reverse it’s decision on the default behavior of IE 8. This is great news for the Web and should keep us moving in a more standards based web platform. Every good decision like this helps to further the standards movement within browsers and keeps…
Now that I have successfully moved to my new web hosting provider, I am ready to get back to blogging more regularly. The move was relatively easy, but took time to get everyone to play nicely and move the DNS records and get WordPress upgraded and all the old articles restored. One of the first…
I have been experiencing this problem more and more, as the proliferation of non-routable ip networks increases. Basically, I am at an airport, hotel, customer site, or other location and they happen to be using the same ip address range as we do at the corporate offices. For example: Corporate uses 10.1.x.x network range (mail…
Mozilla has been working on a “Site Specific Browser” implementation called WebRunner that is a stripped down version of Firefox that allows you to connect to a particular site and it appears as an application to your desktop. It can have a desktop icon, it appears in Alt-Tab list by itself, and can be assigned…
I have been researching and trying to resolve this error for the past couple of weeks (off and on). It only happens on Windows 2000 machines, and seems to have started sometime in Aug-2007. Other items, it only happens if the machine is left on over night, and rebooting will fix the problem. The “Details:…
I ran into a particularly odd problem when I moved to Flash CS3. It no longer allowed me to place batch files in the fscommand directory and call them from a flash projector file. I found this article while searching for a reason why, and it provides an excellent way to overcome the current issue…
I was passed along this posting… http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/22/rock-your-google-calendar-in-18-ways/ and since I learned a number of things that Google Calendar could do, I figured I would pass along this link in case others are looking to improve their Google Calendar “skills”.
Called Apple Care today, regarding a MacBook Pro that appears to have a“moldy” spot on the LCD just to the left of center. They indicated that Iwould need to take the unit to an Authorized Service Center or the localApple Store and have the techs review it and determine what needs to bedone. They provided…
Here is a great article on what it takes to embed flash on your web pageswhile still validating for XHTML Strict standards. http://alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay
I recently had to help someone restore the “Show Desktop” icon, after theyaccidentally deleted it from their Quick Launch bar in Windows XP. I foundthis handy little utility, and wanted to pass it along to those that mayneed it. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_showdesktop.htm