Just a short post on things that I had to do on my recent projects in order to make it look acceptable in IE7. Sadly, some users are still stuck on the land of IE7 and IE8; this is very bad for us developers and content providers. Also equally sad... View Article
As some of might have known, I recently released my photography blog, the rv35mm.com. Now, the problem with a blog like that is always performance, because there are a lot of images being served everytime someone open a page or look at a specific post, which would have a higher... View Article
So the awesome (I think it’s gonna be) mecha movie Pacific Rim will come out soon and Warner Bros has created a web application for all of us to design our very own Jaeger, what a fun little app. This reminded me of the old Mechwarrior games where we buy parts and... View Article
Javascript popup window is a simple technique that is now quickly becoming “the forgotten” technique. The reason is of course the advancements of modern javascript single window applications. However sometimes we still need to use these popups. For example if you need to launch a sub-application within your website that... View Article
Have you ever had to present a list then filter based on the keywords that the user entered? I have and it was pretty simple to do, however it did require a bit of research. Since I’ve done it I might as well share it with you all. The technique... View Article
Building a new website is always exciting, especially if its your own. First you design in your favourite graphic design software such as Illustrator, Inkscape, Photoshop or GIMP. Then you start applying the design into your website. The problem is that sometimes we get carried away with our CSS. We... View Article
A couple years ago, I tried to use the GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) to edit my photography work. It was the open source alternative to Photoshop, unfortunately it was slow and the multi window display drove me crazy. I know it’s great when you have multi monitors, however using this on a... View Article
A few months ago I backed the Pebble watch on Kickstarter. It took so much longer than I have expected for it to be made and delivered. However I am pleased to say that they really nailed building a quality digital watch. The moment the package arrived in my office,... View Article
Part 3 Welcome to the part 3 (final part) of the LibrePlan review series. On part 1 we learn how to install and configure LibrePlan, in addition we also established our case study. On part 2 we showed you how to configure the application globally, set the calendars and prepare... View Article
Part 2 Welcome to the part 2 of LibrePlan open source project management tool exploration. If you haven’t yet, you’ll need to visit the first part of this series to look up the case study and install LibrePlan. Configuring Global Preferences One of the things that we need to configure... View Article