Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Open Source Projects Ought to Integrate

November 23rd, 2005

Each open source web tool has its own authentication and permission scheme. I don’t want our users to have to remember any more usernames and passwords. What if I’m running a wiki, a CMS, a blog, and a message board? (Yes, I know some CMSs can do several of those categories, but this is just [...]

Bugs in the Fade Anything Technique?

November 17th, 2005

I’m a big fan of the Fade Anything Technique when trying to update a user of state changes. However, with the JavaScript debugger installed on IE6 I keep getting error messages from pages that don’t produce them in Firefox. The error occurs in the set_bgcolor() function because the color parameter (’c’) has a value of “NaNNaNNaN”. I’ve [...]

Almost Ideal Redesign

November 1st, 2005

So yeah, I finally cleaned up my WordPress theme a little bit. I don’t think I’m gonna win any points in originality here. But I wanted a simple, valid, two-column liquid layout with some curved corners. (Curved corners? We’re going to look back in a few years and think those are so 2005.) The hard [...]