Web Development
cool button maker.
If you are in need of som quick and easy Web 2.0ish looking buttons, check out: My Cool Buttons. Nice work!
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Get Serious About Backups
If there is one thing I cannot stand more than anything when it comes to computer support – it is failure to have a backup strategy. If you have pictures, email, documents, music, videos, etc that you consider valuable – do something about it. There are many ways to easily backup your personal data and […]
Apache Content Management Systems Hints Web Development
debugging web site/database lessons.
After spending a frustrating day yesterday working with a client, their web site overload issues, and the hosting “advanced support” I am worn out. The issue: extremely high traffic database driven web site – when moved into the production environment on a dedicated server – would spike the processors’ load to 100% and would then […]
User Interfaces
Adobe Web UI
I have not spent a lot of time on the Adobe web site since the Adobe/Macromedia meld. I have to say – after just spending 10 minutes on the Adobe web site (buying Photoshop CS3), I am very disappointed with their layout and their implementation of the layout. There were numerous spots where the menus […]
TV
Ninja Warrior Marathon
I am not sure if anyone else caught the Ninja Warrior but I was pretty worthless between that and having out of town guest here (who I also made them watch it too). This show contains so many great qualities: impossible obstacles, stories of the competitors and one really excited announcer. I am so happy […]
Web Development
working with colors.
Picking a color scheme for a web site is one of the most important and possibly the most frustrating part of creating new designs – at least for me. I have been recently using Adobe’s Kuler as well as a handful of other color web sites. I can usually get the first two out of […]
Content Management Systems Web Development WordPress
new cms to consider: drupal.
I have worked with a number of content management systems over the years and have never been so impressed – and able to use something out of the box – as I was with Drupal 5.x. A prospective client of mine a short while ago mentioned something about Drupal and I had not used it […]
Standards
Land Rover Anniversary
It has officially been one year since we bought our Land Rover. Did I write this down? No. Land Rover sent us an “anniversary” present in the mail with a card. We got a very classy box with a card, a $2,000 off coupon for a new Range Rover (thanks – that should cover the […]
CSS HOWTOs Web Development
CSS Tips and HOWTOs From W3C
I have been very busy working on CSS for a big up and coming web site and I have spent the last few nights doing some research on best practices and came across a W3C site I used when I first started coding with CSS that is very useful. There are a number of tips […]
Business
Over a Month Solo Now
It has officially been over a month since I left my full time job to focus solely on my consulting company and I wanted to take a moment to thank a few key people. First and foremost I would like to thank Amy and our families for believing me in and never questioning my decision. […]
jappler.com Web Development
yahoo! pipes.
I finally sat down and looked seriously at Yahoo! Pipes to try and figure out how or if it could be useful to me and my clients. I wanted to make something useful so I decided that it would be nice to have a “master Jen feed” which would include the RSS feed from this […]
TV
ninja warrior!
I have been up late the last few nights and on Sunday I caught my first episode of Ninja Warrior on G4 TV. This is an amazing show and before you think you would not enjoy it – check out when it is on next and give it a try. The competitors have amazing strength […]