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MySQL Administrator: Backup Error: Cannot set ANSI quotes 8 Dec 2008 | 07:36 am
Posting this here because I just ran into the problem and couldn’t find a solution on the interwebs. If you’re using Mysql Administrator on a Mac and you try to schedule an automated backup only to f...
Web Developer on Firefox 3.* (incl. Minefield) 2 Dec 2007 | 12:32 pm
Okay so having never bothered playing with Mozilla Add-Ons, I was a bit frustrated with the lagging behind from Chris Pederick, author of the Web Developer extension. All that is needed is an update t...
CSS: Compounding multiple pseudo-selectors to take links one step further 23 May 2007 | 09:59 pm
It’s 2am and I’m up working on a website. It’s fairly typical. And while most people would doubt my productivity at such an hour given that I’m awake all day, I have proof of productivity (and creativ...
Centering Block-Level Elements In CSS 1 May 2007 | 03:58 pm
If you’ve written much CSS, then you probably know that the different implementations of the CSS rules by each rendering engine are really frustrating. Firefox, Opera, IE5, IE6, IE7, Safari, and more ...
Internet Explorer: Changing the SRC Attribute – Problem Solved 10 Mar 2007 | 04:10 pm
There’s been this long standing bug with IE and changing the src attribute to update the image. Under certain conditions, it causes the image to simply disappear. There are two well known solutions to...
Safari Isn’t the Beauty That Apple Likes To Claim 10 Mar 2007 | 07:29 am
I have a friend who has been, like many others, totally sucked into the world of marketing called Apple. I don’t have anything against Apple, and I actually own a Mac and quite like a lot of the stuff...
Crash Course: HTML 25 Nov 2006 | 09:00 am
Lets jump right into it here. HTML is based on tags. Each tag performs a specific function, and most tags have attributes that modify them. In HTML, tags are delimited (separated) by < and > signs. He...
Check Your Myspace Mail Via Cellphone 16 Nov 2006 | 04:45 pm
I’m currently about half-way finished with a project that allows a user to check their Myspace Mail inbox through WML and WAP (mobile internet standards). The user simply visits this service, dubbed m...
CSS: Make it all Uppercase/Lowercase 2 Nov 2006 | 11:23 am
There’s a rather unknown property in CSS called text-transform. It allows you to force all the text for a particular element to be transformed to UPPERCASE, Proper Case, or lowercase. strong { text-...
CSS: Centering Block-level Elements: DIVs and Tables 30 Oct 2006 | 10:38 am
Centering your tables and divs can be confusing since not all browsers play nice with applying the parent element’s text-align attribute to block-level elements. No worries though, there is a quick an...
