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SVN as a Web Site Maintenence Tool

Note: this is one of a series of posts about the creation of the King Design web site. The more I use Subversion (SVN), the more I like it. The initial ramp up to understanding how a source control system works (and how to work with it) is hard, but the benefits are definitely worth…

Web Development Tools

Note: this is one of a series of posts about the creation of the King Design web site. All developers have their favorite tools. Here is a quick overview of the tools I used during the development of the new King Design web site: BBEdit – I’ve been a “text editor” developer for years. I’d…

Cross-browser Compatibility

Note: this is one of a series of posts about the creation of the King Design web site. Anyone who has developed a pure CSS layout with any amount of complexity is well aware of cross-browser quirks and limitations. Not all browsers have implemented CSS to the same degree or in the same way –…

Google Maps Bookmarklet

Until Google Maps allows you to save locations, a bookmarklet (tested in Firefox and Safari) is in order. Google Directions To use: Drag the link below to your bookmarks Edit the URL to put in your own address Go to maps.google.com Click the bookmarklet What it does: Activate the directions tab Fill the ‘start’ field…

Tasks Pro™ 1.5rc4 and Tasks 2.5rc4

Release candidate 4 of Tasks Pro™ 1.5 and Tasks 2.5 are now available. These releases contain a larger change than I generally like to make this late in the game, but it seemed like it was important change to make. Also of note, this release is available as a .zip archive as well as a…

Tasks Pro™ 1.5rc3 and Tasks 2.5rc3

Release candidate 3 of Tasks Pro™ 1.5 and Tasks 2.5 are now available. Big thanks to everyone who reported even the smallest of problems with the previous release candidates, please do the same with this one. These changes were made to both Tasks Pro™ and Tasks: Added a login hash for additional security. Due to…

Footnotes

When I write blog entries, I find myself adding lots of information inline in parentheses and I think it makes reading the content more difficult. However, I still want to be able to add the ancillary information to help explain things that might need some background. I’ve noticed that people like Charles Miller use footnotes…

Around the web

Long Term Contracts Sizing up PalmOne’s next moves (thanks Geof) Managerial hiring Vizquel to the Giants — The Hardball Times – The Mariners gave away a pick to get Raul Ibanez last year which really irked me. Switch-Case: Hostrocket Sucks, Part II MagpieRSS vs LastRSS : comparison of PHP RSS parsers – planetOzh Kirkville –…

New My Yahoo!

The new My Yahoo! is pretty slick, check it out. UPDATE: The new little JavaScript disclosure triangles work fine (client-side) in Firefox and Safari, but in Camino the click goes to a server side URL. C’mon Yahoo, give Camino a little love.

Around the web

A Model License (Tech Law) The Importance Of Strike One (Part One) — The Hardball Times LiveSearch – Bitflux Blog Wiki – pretty neat! (thanks Donncha) 1.3 Cleanup – Amen, my brother. Santana in the Bronx — The Hardball Times – check out the Twins’ “Win Expectancy” throughout Game 1, very cool. Another Word for…

Wallpaper WordPress Style

I’ve released a new WordPress style: Wallpaper (Download) Like all the styles on that page, this stylesheet works with the default ‘index.php’ template in WordPress, no editing of the template is required (other than the changing the name of the CSS). I’ve tested this on IE 6, IE 5.5, IE 5, Mozilla, Camino, Firefox and…

Tasks Scripts

You may have noticed that my ‘Around the web’ posts have gotten a little longer in the past few weeks. The reason for this isn’t that I’m reading more or seeing more interesting tid bits on a weekly basis, it is mainly due to an improved toolset. I’ve set up a couple of scripts that…

Tasks Pro™ 1.2 and Tasks 2.1 Released

I’ve released Tasks Pro™ 1.2 and Tasks 2.1. These are free upgrades to all Tasks Pro™ and Tasks customers. These changes were made to both Tasks Pro™ and Tasks: Added RSS item limit preference (was set at 10 items, now can go up to 100 items) Added code to handle a request sent after your…

Around the web

the U.S.S. Mariner on the Mariners-White Sox trade. What should Apple do? I have to agree with Brent. Friendster goes PHP A WordPress plugin to automatically add keywords to your blacklist when you get comment spam. When used to delete unwanted comments, the email address, url, and IP address, and any links in the comment…

Tasks 2.1rc1 and Tasks Pro™ 1.2rc1 Released

Tasks 2.1rc1 and Tasks Pro™ 1.2rc1 have been released. Changes: A bug that kept the iCalendar preferences from showing in Tasks has been fixed. Data passed in to be appended or prepended to the notes of a task have slashes stripped properly. Changed the default for ‘Update breadcrumbs as you type’ to off because some…