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CSS Drop Down Menu [ Posted by forever_n00b on December 20th, 2007 @ 5:06pm ] [ mood | nerdy ] Today I learned how to do a couple cool things with Style Sheets, more specifically how to code pop ups and state based effects WITHOUT the need for javascript. For example lets say that I had a box (div) called 'menu' and in that box was a list (ul) of menu items each with the class "item". In the style sheet I could write: #menu ul .item{display:none;} This translates to: Do the following to all things with class "item" that are in an unordered list (ul) that are in the box called 'menu: Make the item invisible so that you can't see it in the browser. An then we can write: #menu ul:hover .item{display:block;} Which roughly translates to: Do the followin to things with the class "item" that are inside a unordered list that has the  cursor hovering over it that is inside the box called "menu": Show the item as a box. The key component here is styling the tag within  an items based on the state of the parent tag. Here is the link to the full tutorial which also includes a working demo as well as a sample style sheet. reply | :: digg this

9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design [ Posted by forever_n00b on December 18th, 2007 @ 3:53am ] [ music | Matchbox Twenty ] Well here I am, the rest of my day has been pretty slow as well however I stumbled across another great article... Web design can be deceptively difficult. Getting a design that is both usable and pleasing, delivers information and builds brand, is technically sound and visually coherent... Link: 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design reply | :: digg this

HTML v5 vs XHTML v2 [ Posted by forever_n00b on December 17th, 2007 @ 7:08pm ] Today I was reading an interesting document about about the two different ideologies behind the two potential upcoming standards in web development, more specifically HTML 5 and XHTML 2 While the intention of both HTML V5 and XHTML V2 is to improve on the existing versions, the approaches the developers chose to make those improvements is very different. And with differing philosophies come distinct results. For the first time in many years, the direction of upcoming browser versions is uncertain. Uncover the bigger picture behind the details of these two standards. Read the full atticle entitled  HTML v5 and XHTML v2 reply | :: digg this

Leopard is my bitch... [ Posted by forever_n00b on October 28th, 2007 @ 11:27pm ] They say time changes things, Last week, for the first time in my life I payed money for a new operating system... Before it was even released. The point of this post is not to gloat about how awesomely insane leopard, instead I want to point out a core difference between Leopard and Vista. As a PC user I will happily spend days researching BIOS mods in order to activate a pirate version of Vista. As a MAC user I will happily pay the entire price for the retail package for the new version of OS X a week before it even hits the shelves. Windows Vista Ultimate : $750 plus postage Mac OS X Leopard : $158 delivered to your door PC users typically hate Microsoft MAC users usually love Apple To tell the truth, with my time spend with both Vista and Leopard, I will vote for OS X any day. In fact if I wasn't so addicted to bloody TF2 I would be running Ubuntu on my main box and never use a windows at all. Oh dear, how times have changed. And now for my unboxing... reply | :: digg this

[ Posted by forever_n00b on August 29th, 2007 @ 12:28am ] They say if you play a Microsoft CD backwards, you hear satanic messages. Thats nothing, cause if you play it forwards, it installs Windows reply | :: digg this

Just in: facebook pwns everything... [ Posted by forever_n00b on August 22nd, 2007 @ 9:14pm ] [ mood | bored ] Top 10 reasons why Facebook is better than Myspace: 1. Applications 2. Groups 3. Applications 4. No cheesy hard to read template 5. Pokes 6. The ability to add a blog like this one to a facebook profile 7. The way that one photos page will show all the latest stuff from all your friends at once 8. Naming people in photos 9. Events 10. Applications There you have it folks, facebook is better than myspace! Click here if this video does not appear. Click here if this video does not appear. reply | :: digg this

Office 07 via Parallels Desktop for Mac [ Posted by forever_n00b on August 15th, 2007 @ 11:17pm ] Today I was working on some flowcharts when Dave from Uni told me that Word 07 has some great streamlined tools built in for creating flowcharts and diagrams. I gave it a shot and sure enough it was awesome, in face I have gotten so used to Office 07 that I wanted to use it on my MacBook Pro as well. Here is some irony for you... the Windows Version of Officer 07 runs better on an intel based Mac (using parallels) than the OSX native Microsoft Office Mac 2004. Basically, Office 07 is running  in a way that is native to an x86 processor while office 2004, not being a universal app runs via emulation and tends to be a bit slow and chunky. Here is a nice screenie of Office 07 on Parallels running in 'coherence' mode. I actually decided to PAY $100 and purchase a full lisence of Parallels because it is quite possibly the most awesomest software on an intel mac EVER, and I wanted to support this software so that it can evolve into something even more amazing. (VMWare Fusion is great as well but this is my personal preference.) Check out Parallels Desktop for Mac over at http://www.parallels.com/ reply | :: digg this

First [ Posted by forever_n00b on May 11th, 2007 @ 12:06pm ] Click here to view this video. 1 comment | reply | :: digg this

Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC. [ Posted by forever_n00b on May 9th, 2007 @ 1:55am ] reply | :: digg this

Computer says.... NO [ Posted by forever_n00b on May 8th, 2007 @ 11:32am ] 2 comments | reply | :: digg this

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