Gabriel

Category: Development

  • CSS Reboot 2005 launching tonight – new design to be launched here

    At 12:00 am or so tonight (or sometimes thereabouts) the new design for this site will go live. This is a screenshot of how the site looks right now: Look for the new design tomorrow, and let me know what you think. I’ll update this post with the new, after screenshot once it goes live.…

  • YouSendIt | Email large files quickly, securely, and easily!

    I just used this free service to send 2 large-ish files to my sister-in-law (she’s the editor of the Northwestern University Medill Integrated Marketing Communications Journal) (files were cover + internal layout for the 2006 Journal). Seems to work like a charm. Great free service to send up to 1GB files. YouSendIt | Email large…

  • IE on Mac OS X is booty and must die…

    Hmm. Knew there was a reason that I never open IE on OS X. Cause it’s BOOTY. And not in a good way. This is what IE on Macintosh OS X thinks that this page should render like: It looks fine in IE on Windows, Safari, Firefox, Opera. It even looks good in lynx for…

  • New template, rolling on K2

    Rolling on K2 now, will be linking in the Niner Niner network header as soon as I get this site moved over to the new server. Last night it was like pulling teeth trying to get a simple db export / import to happen correctly. Gaaaaa! 🙂 Link to share this: http://www.gabrielserafini.com/blog/2005/10/12/new-template-rolling-on-k2/

  • WordPress Code Highlight Plugin

    This is working like a champ on Ajax blog Chroder.com – Blog Archive – WordPress Code Highlight Plugin WordPress Code Highlight Plugin Post syntax highlighted code, or simply post code that is not affected by the WordPress text replacement features. Link to share this: http://www.gabrielserafini.com/blog/2005/10/09/wordpress-code-highlight-plugin/

  • Logged in as . Logout – WordPress Support forum saves the day.

    So… I was having a brutal bug with WordPress seeming to think that I was logged in when I wasn’t. I tried everything I could think of, turning off all plugins, trying different themes, looking at various database settings. Then, of course, I finally had to just Google what I was looking for. And lo…

  • Ajax Blog – All Ajax, all the time – XMLHttpRequest, Javascript, Web 2.0 all the way

    Ajax Blog – All Ajax, all the time – XMLHttpRequest, Javascript, Web 2.0 all the way We’re proud release our redesign for Ajax Blog. The old design was wearing a little thin. This is our new design, based on a customized version of the excellent K2 theme by Michael and Chris. Link to share this:…

  • Neato – Ultimate Tag Warrior: Start Here

    Neato – Ultimate Tag Warrior: Start Here Ultimate Tag Warrior (UTW) is a tagging plugin for wordpress. It allows storing a set of keywords (or as current slang dictates, tags) against posts that behave like categories – the tags can be displayed on a post, you can go to the archive page for a tag,…

  • Favatars, favicon avatar PHP function : Paul James

    Favatars, favicon avatar PHP function : Paul James Favatars Mix “favicon” and “avatar” and what do you get? A simple way to add avatars to your weblog posts. Link to share this: http://www.gabrielserafini.com/blog/2005/10/06/favatars-favicon-avatar-php-function-paul-james/

  • TipMonkies – Web-based IM client roundup

    Nice round-up of web-based IM clients. TipMonkies – Blog Archive – Web-based IM client roundup A few days ago I wrote about Meebo and people took an interest to the web-based IM client, so I decided to do a quick roundup of the available clients. You should have a somewhat modern browser for these to…