In August ‘06, the IEBlog posted a list of CSS fixes in IE7. This is old, but still a good read. Especially if you are still using IE6 or thinking a CSS problem you have is caused by IE.

Added first beta build of my MySpace profile editor to the project page

10 years ago, I finally got my hands on a computer that was connected to the internet… It was my ISP’s “main” computer. Security wasn’t that much of a hot button issue like it is now. So I played around, finally figuring out how to upload files to the root.

I created a simple text document, filled with game cheats and other pointless ramblings.

That simple page started my love for the internet and all things internet.

To celebrate the momentous day, I present the ASCIIwp Theme. It is just as it says, ASCII. In it’s purest, it really isn’t pure ASCII, but rather an emulator of it. I really wanted to make one that was more traditional, but due to varying sizes of people’s WordPress sites, that was very difficult. So I cheated a bit… It still emulates it pretty damn good if you ask me.

Anyways, on to the good stuff…

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This commercial freaks me out…

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Well, this may actually work for the not so new designer…

There are a few things to remember when designing, well, many things, but these are the more important things to remember. Designing shouldn’t just be applied to making sites or writing code. Anything you do artist wise, you are designing. Whether it be your new site, a painting, pixel art, or even writing a poem… You are still designing in some aspect. However, this post is going to be more directed towards the web designer, although, anyone can apply this to their other work as well.

And on the intertubes, 70% of self-proclaimed designers suck at what they do. Most of the time I see something that suck, it turns out it all started with one bad turn that snowballs until it hits a train filled with cute little baby kitty cats. But don’t fret, you’re not hopeless.

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On this site, you may notice that when you use one of the links in the sliding navigation, that pages link stays highlighted.

I am going to teach you how to do this easily using CSS and PHP.

First, you are going to need to know if you can use PHP. This can be tested easily, just make a new file and call it test.php, and paste ONLY this into it:

Then go to that page, and if you see "You can use PHP!", then you are good to go and can read on. If you don't see that, then get a better host and come back later.

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Courtney Cox is an excellent musician, period.

Am I being sarcastic, or do I love horrible music? You have no idea, do you? No. And why is that?

This is the internet. You can't hear people, or judge their body language to see if they are serious, sarcastic, telling the truth, telling a lie, etc. etc... So why do so many assume that they know what the person is trying to communicate? ESPECIALLY when they don't even know that person.

I have a few online friends who know when I am being a jackass or shooting it strait. They have know me for awhile and have gotten to know me. However, other people I have only met for mere seconds seem to think they can be a half assed psychiatrist and judge me based on the what I say online, or assume I am saying something one thing while meaning something different...

For 1, if you are going to act like a therapist, lie on your profile next time... I am sure there are Doogie Howsers out there, but I doubt any of them are psychiatrists, so when I see that someone who is 13 years old is trying to give me advice based on their life experiences, I tend to ignore it, or rip them a new one.

And 2, unless you actually know me (no, knowing my name and age doesn't count), don't give me advice. You know nothing about me, where I come from, or how I work. So back off. I had some kid trying to tell me they knew where I was coming from because of how I acted. This was after 15 minutes of me telling them to quit being so annoying in out IRC channel.

So if you are unsure, don't fly off your handle or broomstick, as them what they meant by what they said. Or, log off right now and stay away from the internet until you grow up.

Recently I had around 5 emails, and dozens of PMs asking about how to use the same class name in CSS, but having it effect objects in different ways. I also had a few about how to use more than one class for an item...

So let's kill these questions for good.

I will start with changing how a class looks depending on the element...

Start with an example? Sure...

1. This text is green

2. This text is NOT green

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Is a degree better to have, or is experience? This may be a very gray area these days...

Sure, in some cases, having a degree is 100x better than experience. Take the medical profession for example... I would rather have someone who went to school then someone who learned from reading books in their spare time.

But when it comes to todays technology careers, I believe that the balance is shifting. More and more kids give up their dreaded outside play time to sit inside and learn PHP, Flash, and how to put their face on someone else's body. Most kids start at around 10 years old doing this, then by the time they graduate high school, they have been spending almost 7 days a week playing around with this stuff.

That is 8 years of experience.

I have been doing it for 13 years. Now, if I go into a job interview for a graphic design job, or a web design job alongside some recent college graduate who has only ever designed since they went to college (we'll say 4 years), who will get the job?

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Ok, so the blog is back.

Why? Because I'm tired of ranting on IRC. It's good and all, but I need a place where the only restraint on my anger is myself. I can't rant on the sites I own or run. I have to "behave", so this is the exception.

So, a but of a run down on this new thing...

It's XHTML 1.0 strict. It is that way because in my opinion, code is an art. Yes, I said it, an art. Some of you may say bullshit, but you would only be being a complete moron.

For the navigation bar, tool tips, and drop down sidebar, I am abusing Mootools v1. It is a small and easy as hell javascript library. It makes things pretty, and with little effort. Well, most of the time...

The backbone is, of course, Wordpress. It's easy to skin, make plugins for, etc. And I have done enough coding of shit from scratch for the past year, so I didn't feel like doing it all over again when there is a completely free option out there.

I created all the graphics here from scratch, and coded everything, in the timespan of roughly 4 days. Why is this important? It's not, not one bit, so move on.