great css ideas

reset the browser -- from crucialwebhost

70 more css tips..

huge list of color scheme sites

http://www.colorschemes.org/

Here's a great flash-based color generator

background images from flickr

This is a good site for getting images of a certain color for background..
http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/

create sexy css buttons

sexy css buttons -- some god stuff about sliding doors technique for css buttons..

freelancer website

http://freelanceswitch.com/index.php could have some interesting information..

17 e-commerce site tips

17 tips from seomoz.org

Good contrast in the design on their site and some decent tips for e-commerce site usability..

Adobe Flex: Open Source

Flex is an XML based langauge (MXML) that provides an interface to Flash on the presentation tier in the development environment. I have come to terms with Flex being Flash for web coders. It would replace a scripting language like php or jsp.

Sample app: Google Finance

Well it is now open source, providing an sdk and dev environment. I know that adobe has released a plugin for the eclipse ide, JSEcplipse, primarily for javascript coding (supports all the big ajax frameworks) but also includes support for flex constructs.

Should prove to be an interesting summer of coding..

html back button: Simple Enough

For some reason its come up on a few projects lately that we need a back button built into the web applications navigation interface. Simple enough..

<input value="Back" name="ClickBack" 
onclick="(history.back())" type="button">

result:

CakePHP

I have been looking to start back into PHP for some projects coming up here in the not so distant future. I would like to find a very comprehensive php framework to base off of but dynamic enough to expand on... Possibly incorporate small benefits from other projects into.. Anyways, I've discovered CakePHP. We'll see how this goes..

I would also like to explore zendframework a little more, as it is supposed to be the best xml framework for api integration with all the big boys out there. (google, yahoo, etc..)

Free Ajax class

Structure of the class resembles an online college course:
http://www.javapassion.com/ajaxcodecamp/

javascript debuggers

http://dotnetslackers.com/Debugger/re-35171_Javascript_debuggers.aspx

Advanced syntax highlighting tool

http://dotnetslackers.com/XML/re-12541_Advanced_syntax_highlighting_tool.aspx

Windows 2003 server small business setup

I just finished setting up Windows 2003 Server: Small Business Edition, and its been working great for a few days, and then today I have a box that will auto restart on its own every hour. Apparently those extra 3 discs that came with the setup for 2003 server are not optional in the setup/installation process. You have to finish this off in order to complete the registration process with Microsoft, otherwise you are in violation of the EULA... Fun stuff

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555087

Gimp Tutorials

Gimp Tutorials

c++ boost library

Making a note to check out these libraries for c++ dev work..
http://www.boost.org/

WinMerge

I found a project for comparing the contents of two files. There are always those crappy small-time commercial versions out there but here's an open source solution that compares files as well as directory contents.. Rather clean interface..

WinMerge

file path on upload file objects

It turns out that while firefox correctly passes the name of the file the client is trying to upload, both IE6 and IE7 pass the entire path from the clients machine to the server.

You can easily get the filename by just going through the string, using a loop, in my case a for loop.

First off this is the string that I get back from IE6 & 7:
"C:\\tempDir\\file.temp"

Here's my for loop to only grab the file name itself.

public static string getFileNameFromPath(string path)
{
string fileName= "";
for (int i = 0; i < path.Length; i++)
{
if (path[i] != '\\')
fileName += path[i];
else
fileName = "";
}
return fileName;
}

Control computer with hand motions

Interact with the desktop by hand motions, much like those on Minority Report (Tom Cruise).

http://thelastboss.com/post.phtml?pk=2531

ColorPic

ColorPic is an awesome tool to get the hex color of anything on screen, something you've found in the past, and I'm sure there's more.. I'm all about free software too..

How many times have you waited for photoshop to open so you could grab a color? Well no more.. Tiny install, and a small footprint on the screen.. Couldn't be happier, it works with Vista.

ColorPic

Myth TV Revisited

I have all the goods to make this happen. I have tried in the past, but it was going to be far too difficult. Here are my objectives:

• Install Ubuntu on this old pc


• get a mythbox up and running with the pc controls




• eventually get extra remotes working (ie, the ati rc remote, and the nintendo wiimote with the available python driver




• Be able to record hdtv signal, through my cable box and over the air




• I believe I'm going to need multiple recievers


• I have a hauppage hd 5500, which up to this point has been a pain to work with (the kernel hadn't yet supported the driver naitivly.

I'll be documenting what my difficulties are, and possible remedies (whatever seemed to get it working). The tutorial I will be following is from the ubuntu help forums.

Eventually I want to stream over the internet, as well as to my cell phone.