Fixing The Box Model [Update]
As great as web standards are, the standard against which box widths are measured is ridiculous. The details are all explained in this image, but suffice to say the width of a box doesn’t count its padding or borders. Fortunately you can fix this. Simply use the following CSS: .box { -ms-box-sizing:border-box; -moz-box-sizing:border-box; box-sizing:border-box; -webkit-box-sizing:border-box; [...]
WPML Usability Review
WPML is a WordPress plugin that adds multi-language features to WordPress. Of the many I have tried so far, it is not only the best of the bunch, it is the plugin with the most potential. To speed things up, I offered the WPML developers a usability review, and it’s now been published on their [...]
Star Trek (2009) Mini-Review
Reviews are spoilerfree but beware of comments.
Star Trek chronicles the early adventures of James T. Kirk as he strives to find his place in the universe following the untimely death of his father at the hands of the renegade Romulan Nero. Like the best Bond movies, Star Trek drops you square in the middle of the action, and within the first [...]
Google Talk As A WebApp
Instead of downloading and installing Google Talk, or adding Google Talk as a Jabber account in your IM app of choice, you can run it as a web-app, right in your browser. Simply bookmark this link: Google Talk Web-App. Of course you’re missing out on the fantastic file transfer feature of the Windows client, but [...]