Links for 2006-05-03

gotAPI.com :: Reference Lookup Service — Great way to lookup object reference, methods, properties, etc. for several languages including CSS, HTML, PHP, MySQL, Java, JavaScript, Perl, and others. Once handy location. (Tagged: api css html javascript php programming reference search). Max Kiesler – Round-up of 50 AJAX Toolkits and Frameworks — List of many Ajax [...]

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Links for 2006-05-02

Keith Devens – Programming Fonts — List of fonts designed for programming. Includes my favorite… ProFont. (Tagged: development fonts links list programming typography).

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Firefox Smart Keywords for Microsoft Support and MSDN Sites

Smart Keywords are one of my favorite Firefox features. Enter a keyword in the location bar (CTRL + L), type a couple of search terms, and voila, instant results with minimal typing. Since my job requires frequenting the Microsoft Support and MSDN sites, I added Smart Keywords to simplify the searches. Each of the following [...]

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Links for 2006-05-01

TelegramSam – Google Calendar SMS Tricks — Use SMS to add events or download calendars/agendas from Google Calendar. (Tagged: calendar cellphone google hacks howto lifehacks mobile reference sms). Stopdesign | Google Calendar tips — Tips for using Google Calendar more effectively. (Tagged: calendar google googlecalendar hacks lifehacks productivity tips).

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Links for 2006-04-26

Pricing a Project – Blue Flavor — Read how Blue Flavor detemines what a design/development project is worth. (Tagged: business design development pricing tips webdesign).

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Links for 2006-04-25

How to add a Google Map to any web page in less than 10 minutes — Quick tutorial using the Google Maps API. (Tagged: api google howto maps tutorial webdesign). [ws] Article Archive | Archiv p?ísp?vk? — CSS techniques and hacks from wellstyled.com (Tagged: css hacks tips tools tutorial webdesign).

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Links for 2006-04-24

Activating ActiveX Controls — MSDN article describing ActiveX inactivation (result of Eolas v. MS) and how to call embeded objects externally to avoid inactive state. (Tagged: development howto javascript microsoft programming reference webdesign). URL Encoding — Easy to read reference about URL Encoding. JavaScript URL encoder included. (Tagged: encoding html reference tools web). Google Cheat [...]

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Lunarpages Hosting Down

My site was down for most of the afternoon due to a power outage at my hosting provider. According to this post, since the outage only affected a single floor, backup generators did not come online as expected. I am not sure I understand why they couldn’t start them manually.

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Thinking Before You Comment

I know I’m not the first, but a recent experience taught me a valuable lesson: There is no “undo” button when posting a comment to someone else’s weblog. Stumbling upon a post offering what I thought was a bad piece of advice, I felt compelled to inflict my personal opinion on the site owner. While [...]

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Linkto: Scriptaculous Cheat Sheet

Amy Hoy offers up Scriptaculous Cheat Sheet #1, a “Field Guide to Script.aculo.us Combination Effects”. Basic effects syntax all on a single-page PDF. Nicely done.

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