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Date-O-Matic Javascript Day/Date Display

Posted on January 13, 2006 by Chad

This is a very simple date script that I wrote years ago. I have used it in some form or another on just about every site that I have worked on. It is a nice, simple, client-side javascript to display … Continue reading →

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XAMPP

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Chad

Do you need a packaged installation of Apache, mySQL, PHP, and Perl? Complete with its own control panel? Packaged for Windows? Easy to install? Asking for the moon, aren’t you? But wait… Apache Friends has something for you! A freely … 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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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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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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Google Maps

Posted on May 6, 2005 by Chad

Have you seen the new Google Maps? Check them out at http://maps.google.com/. This is probably the best online map that I have used. Certainly better (IMO) than Yahoo’s or MapQuest’s. The biggest reason? It doesn’t reload the page everytime you … Continue reading →

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