The Case For Multiple Browser Support…(Or Not)
Lately I’ve been discussing my recent dive into the world of web development– design, css/xhtml, and php coding. One of the projects I’m starting with, a webcomic, was mainly chosen to make the process more enjoyable. And to put things in perspective, I am just now completing the css/xhtml phase. It was during this phase [...]
CSS Growing Pains….Sigh….
I’ve been having CSS nightmares since I decided to venture into teaching myself web design. I wake up in cold sweats babbling about relative and absolute positioning. Learning how to deal with transparent png files and repositioning gifs makes my head hurt. The mention of things like elastic layouts makes me want to run the [...]
Linux, Seti@Home, And The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
I remember reading Octavia Butler’s book, Parable Of The Sower and particularly the quote:
“The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars…beyond Mars. Other star systems. Living worlds.”
This passage in the book really resonated with me and took me back to the 3rd grade when I had an assignment to watch and document [...]
Dual Monitor Madness Part 1
Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a few projects and writing a ton of code. It was during one of my breaks — an increasingly rare occurrence these days — that I realized that I wasn’t taking advantage of the real estate that my dual monitors provide.
Back when [...]
