28th june 2006

look at this beast

tom lee, on his blog at tl on pl, has come up with a way of faking the css property max-width in internet explorer - ie5.5 and ie6, in strict mode, to be exact.

it uses microsoft's dynamic properties and it's possibly the most ugly thing you'll ever see - and i know ugly, you should see some of the clubs i've been in - but looking at his test page, it seems to work.

i've had varied success using:
width: expression(document.body.clientwidth > [insert width]? "[insert max width]": "auto" );
for a couple of years now, but it looks like this may be better.

anyways, you can read about it at max-width in ie using a css expression.

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css,

web dev

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21st june 2006

it's just like one of them there mac thingys

as you're obviously not doing anything, imagine if you will, a website that recreates a mac's os x right inside your browser window, complete with dock, menus, clock, etc. then, while you're at it, imagine that all of this is done using javascript and ajax goodness. having trouble picturing that? yeah, me too. so, instead, just go to flyakiteosx.

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ajax,

javascript,

sites

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20th june 2006

<sup>er line height fix

firstly, sorry for not posting for ages, but there is a football tournament going on in germany that it's fair to say i'm relatively interested in.

secondly, mzajac of - the fountain of knowledge that is - wikipedia has come up with a very nice way of preventing <sup> and <sub> text from completely ruining our nice line heights. i did an online annual report for a major pharmaceutical company a few weeks ago, and some of the chemical names, will all those <sup> or <sub> 2, 3 and 4s, really messed up some of the presentation. looks like this will fix it nicely.

take a look at mzajac/monobook.css/superscript fix for yourselves.

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css,

web dev

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9th june 2006

a cracking read

never thought i'd be making a post about safe cracking, but i've just read a really, really interesting article on howstuffworks about... well, safe cracking.

the page on "safe manipulation" was fascinating - determining your contact points, parking the wheels, graphing the results. at the risk of alerting the metropolitan police force, i'd love to give it a go.

and here's something you'd never pick up from watching heist movies - "knowing the combination is the most common way safecrackers open safes". not exactly sexy though is it?

take five minutes out of your day, read the article, and learn something new.

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sites,

web

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5th june 2006

oh lordy, it's the scrutinizer

the scrutinizer has 'bookmark' written all over it. it's a home for all of the tests that we - developers - should be doing on everything we build. these tests include code validation tests, accessibility, search engine optimization and browser compatibility. very, very handy.

just try to ignore the design as it screams "web2.0!!!" at you continuously.

visit the scrutinizer.

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accessibility,

css,

standards,

web,

web dev

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5th june 2006

amen

youtube is showing a superb 18 minute documentary on the amen breakbeat - a 6 second drum sample from a 1969 track that you have heard a thousand times. if, like me, you're a fan of hip hop, or jungle/drum'n'bass, you've got to watch it.

take a look at the vid.

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sites

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