Archive for the 'Nibbles' Category

Handy Dandy Character Entity Reference

Sunday, January 16th, 2005

Something handy to save for later use. Simple Character Entity Reference

Lack of Stable WordPress Release Causes Trouble

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

WordPress users and plug-in developers are growing weary of software with no recent stable release available. Don’t get me wrong, Wordpress is great blog software. But trying to keep up with the problems created by the constant changes in the CVS version is tiresome.
Both Dr. Dave (developer of Spam Karma and WPPM) […]

Scrivs is Back

Friday, January 14th, 2005

After a short hiatus, Scrivs appears to have something to say again.

Pew on The State of Blogging

Friday, January 7th, 2005

When I fist saw the latest stats on The State of Blogging reported by the Pew Internet & American Life Project these figures caught my eye: “27% of internet users say they read blogs”, and “Only
38% of all internet users know what a blog is.”
Resistance is Futile
This is significant because that means that 71% […]

Time to Remember CSS Shorthand Order

Thursday, January 6th, 2005

OK, this is probably old-hat to you CSS veterans, but it’s news to me.
This is a good way to remember the order of sides in CSS shorthand properties like margin: 5px 10px 10px 6px; Thanks to Writing Efficient CSS at Position Is Everything
“Just imagine a box as the face of a clock. […]

Virtual Real Estate

Wednesday, January 5th, 2005

This guy spent $26,500 on an imaginary castle. The sick thing is it’s probably a good investment. BBC News