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  Bespin: Coding in the Cloud

  02.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is a neat concept. The quality of the video kind of sucks, but you’ll get the idea.
  Introducing Bespin from Dion Almaer on Vimeo.
  Did they say this project was started by someone named Russ Bespin? Who is this guy? Either that is a fake name to help fend off George Lucas’s copyright lawyers, or [...]

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  Scratch – Interactive programming language

  05.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Scratch is a new programming language developed at M.I.T. and specifically geared towards kids. Instead of using the conventional syntax based methodology, Scratch employs colorful building blocks (objects) which users can drag and drop. Each of these blocks has different attributes, and when combined with other blocks, users can alter the functionality of their program [...]

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  Why sites break in IE7

  11.17.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Three reasons sites break in Internet Explorer 7.
  This is a great write-up by Swedish blogger Roger Johansson. From my experiences over the last month, I would say he hit the hammer right on the head. This is what he had to say:

  Sites that have an XML declaration before the DOCTYPE, making IE 6 use [...]

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  IE7 problem fixed

  11.01.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  I finally fixed the IE7 problem that plagued this site, although it’s really only a temporary fix. It’s also a very ugly fix. I had to use a conditional comment in my code which detects Internet Explorer 7 browsers and then loads a separate CSS file.

  <!–[if IE 7]>
  <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”../wp-content/themes/skyecade/ie7_hacks.css” />
  < ![endif]–>

  It sucks [...]

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  <!- - begin IE7 hack - ->

  10.25.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Internet Explorer 7 has been out for about a week now and my head is already spinning. For those of you who are not using this <sarcasm>fabulous</sarcasm> piece of software and can’t see the horrible mess my website has become, have a look for yourself. Isn’t it fantastic?. As you can see, the lists in [...]

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  CG goodness

  09.12.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  I had to post this. This is picture is 100% computer generated. Of course, if this was a really detailed computer generated picture of a sweaty lumberjack, chances are you wouldn’t find it on this blog.

  BTW, here is the artist’s step by step instructions on how he created this in Photoshop CS2. Pretty impressive stuff.