Archive for the 'Web Development' Category

jQuery makes Javascript fun

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

…or at least it claims to, and after reading up on it on the jQuery website, I’m thinking they might be on to something.

I’ve pretty much spent the whole day today at work staring at Javascript code, reading about different Javascript libraries, and trying to see if there’s anything out there that will make my […]

Kitties writing CSS!

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

How cute! I wonder if the book is done in pictures, or if I need to teach Yo-Yo and Chloe to read first…

Macromedia Fireworks

Friday, December 9th, 2005

I’ve been wanting to dip my toes into the water of graphic design for a while now. But I have no schooling or training in it, and any attempts I’ve made in the past have not gotten very far. Part of the problem, I think, was that the graphics programs I’d tried were […]

Amazon introduces cool new “Product Preview” links

Friday, November 18th, 2005

Just got an email from the Amazon Associates program about their new Product Preview links (hover over that link to see what they are).

Pretty slick, don’t you think? Good use of AJAX, if you ask me. I bet they really help increase associates’ conversion rates.

Update: Oops, I forgot - they’re doing some sort […]

IE appendChild problem solved

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Today my boss ran into a problem using the internal CMS I’ve written for work. After seeing him demonstrate the problem, I figured it was probably an IE issue. Of course, my boss and manager laughed, since my answer to many bugs they find is that it’s an IE issue.

Turned out it was, […]

Announcing “Perfect Fifths”

Monday, October 17th, 2005

I now have a new site dedicated to stringed instruments: Perfect Fifths. Of course, I’ll still talk about classical music stuff here, especially when it’s more on a personal level. Perfect Fifths is an experiment in creating a more focused, topic-driven website. It will have rehearsal tips, reviews of accessories, and other […]