Technology
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Quilling is Paper Filigree
I just found out about quilling. Pretty intricate stuff. Quilling is the art of creating decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper. Using simple tools, long strips of paper are tightly wound and released to form complex shapes. Also called paper filigree, it is believed the art has been practiced since ancient Egyptian and/or…
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Create a website for your small business
I will be teaching a class called “Create a website for your small business” at DevCorp North next month: Learn how to create & maintain a professional website for yourself or your small business at DevCorp North, 1557 W. Howard Street. This is a hands-on class where you will learn and do at the same…
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Fox for Vertical CSS Rollover Navigation (IE Adds Too Much Space)
ProblemUsing CSS for rollover navigation. Looks fine in Firefox, but has way too much space between characters on IE. FixGet rid of the hard returns between the <li>s. In other words, string all of the code in one line. Bad HTML, good user experience in IE. Screenshots PC IE 6 before the fix IE 6…
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Margene’s Blog
HBO always does a good job of putting extra content on their show websites. For Six Feet Under it was the obituaries of the intro-dead people. For Big Love it’s Margene’s Blog, a deeper look into her kind mind. Here’s a take: Until about three weeks ago, I thought Silicon Valley was where they made…
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Fun With Crap in the New York Times Stylesheet
I always like reading the stylesheets for websites– they are windows into the attitude and personality of the site developer. To find a stylesheet, just right-click inside the window of any site and choose "View Source". Then do a search for "css". It’s always in the head (or beginning) of the document. Here’s the head…