Category Archives: Web

Interesting things I have found on the Internet. This may include the useful and the useless. Since that is subjective, I’ll leave it to you to decide which is which.

Further Optimization of the W3C Validation Images

Posted on June 13, 2005 by Chad

So call me picky, but I went ahead and tried to further optimize the process for using the W3C validation buttons. I know that seems like trying to eek out another 10 horsepower from a 400 horsepower sports car, but … Continue reading →

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Optimizing W3C Validation Buttons

Posted on June 9, 2005 by Chad

I was recently working on one of my sites and had added the W3C buttons for valid XHTML and CSS (which actually validate, by the way). I regularly run speed reports on my sites as well and when I added … Continue reading →

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Sage: a feed reader for Firefox

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Chad

Back in my (not so long ago) IE days, I was using Pluck as an RSS reader. I liked it, it was handy. Now that I switched to Firefox, I had to find something for RSS. Nice thing about Firefox, … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Ironic

Posted on June 2, 2005 by Chad

I was about to post yesterday about BrowseHappy. I had been meaning to for sometime, then yesterday I had the urge to post about it. Then, for whatever reason, I didn’t. So what about that is ironic? It seems that … Continue reading →

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My First WordPress Theme – LimeLite

Posted on June 1, 2005 by Chad

OK. Here is my first WordPress Theme for WP 1.5. This was tested on 1.5.0 and 1.5.1. The theme is called LimeLite and this is the first beta release. It is HEAVILY based on Kubrick. In fact, it is Kubrick … Continue reading →

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Web Developer Extention

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Chad

If you are a web developer of any sort, you need Chris Pederick’s Web Developer extention for Firefox. (WHAT? You’re not using Firefox? Ok, then, you need to back up and get Firefox.) If you have Firefox installed, go to … Continue reading →

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WordPress Sidebar Images Hack

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Chad

In my current theme (a mod of a mod of Kubrick which is becoming less of a mod and taking on a life of its 0wn), I wanted to change the headers in the sidebar to images. This was because … Continue reading →

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Old Habits Die Hard

Posted on May 20, 2005 by Chad

I have been a web developer for some time now, long enough to say that web developers currently entering the job market were probably entering junior high when I began working with web technologies. So most of you are either … Continue reading →

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Google Maps Again

Posted on May 12, 2005 by Chad

Something new that was added to Google Maps that is pretty slick – satellite images. If you’ve used the Google Maps and have not seen this, it is a choice on the upper right side of the maps. You can … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia

Posted on May 11, 2005 by Chad

A pretty interesting tool for the web researcher is the Wikipedia. Set up as a comprehensive (and then some) encyclopedia in wiki format, you can find information on just about any topic, encyclopedic or otherwise. However, since it is a … Continue reading →

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