Yesterday afternoon (October 1, 2011) I got a call from a fellow with a heavy Indian accent, telling me he was from the Windows Centre, and that they’d noticed my computer was running slower and slower every day. But not to fear: within 10 minutes, if I followed his directions, we would be able to…
This past weekend I finally sat down to upgrade my WordPress installation. I was at 2.8.4 and heading for 3.1.2. The automatic upgrader wasn’t working (it would start downloading the zip, and freeze), so I had to upgrade manually. (Using the upgrade instructions here.) But when the dust settled, my admin dashboard was FUBAR. A…
How Tucows feels they can unilaterally take your domains.
Only supported in Webkit and Gecko, at the moment. Not available in Opera or IE. section#mysection { -webkit-column-count: 3; -moz-column-count: 3; column-count: 3; -webkit-column-width: 15em; -moz-column-width: 15em; column-width: 15em; -webkit-column-gap: 5em; -mox-column-gap: 5em; column-gap: 5em; -webkit-column-rule: 2px solid #ff0000; -mox-column-rule: 2px solid #ff0000; column-rule: 2px solid #ff0000; } Cannot: select a given column size columns…
Every once in a while I need to take a screenshot or screen capture in OS X. (So what’s the difference between a screenshot and a screen capture? None really, as far as I know. But you have to include both so people searching for either will find these nuggets of wisdom.) Invariably I have…
A few notes on configuring Apache. Creating aliases within virtual host ServerName example.com ServerAlias examplea.com ServerAlias exampleb.com ServerAlias examplec.com Running HTML files through PHP AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
Text Shadow text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px #BCBCBC, -1px -1px 3px #FF0000; In this example, we have two shadows separated by commas. The first element is the horizontal offset, the second, the vertical offset; the third is the blur; and finally, the colour. Text Stroke Only available in Webkit. Draws a border around the text. -webkit-text-stroke:…
Target Selector Applies styling when the selector is in a target state. Which is to say it is the target of a hash mark in the URL. #container:target { background-color: #f6f6f6; } Adjacent Sibling Selector From CSS2: h2 + p {} Will select the second element when it immediately follows the first. (Reference) General Sibling…
The time has come, the walrus said, to sit your fat ass down and learn TextMate. How can you code if you don’t know your tools? So, for now, just a few links I think I may want to keep around. Multi-Stroke Key Bindings Revert To Default Bundles GetBundle
In January, Rogers introduced a new feature to its cable TV subscribers: a Quick Start Menu. What’s on this menu? How can it help me? It doesn’t matter. The brain trust at Rogers decided to put the menu behind the “Guide” button, which normally brings up the Integrated Program Guide (IPG). If you actually want…