Where’s Ethan?

Just when you thought it had all gone away… Durstan has been located but now Ethan‘s gone missing from the cover. I swear this is my last contribution to this meme (unless it gets funny again, then I’ll probably beat the horse to jelly). But, it being April 1st and all, I simply couldn’t let… Continue reading Where’s Ethan?

Accessibly Hiding Skip Links

The “skip navigation” link has become nearly ubiquitous in standards-based web design, due largely to Zeldman’s teachings (see pg. 200… you have the book, right?). In a nutshell, it’s simply a link to an ID’d element or named anchor on the current page that allows a visitor to jump right to the meat, bypassing whatever… Continue reading Accessibly Hiding Skip Links

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Lunch Group (Suckswuh Day 3)

After two excellent sessions — Emergent Semantics and How to be Beautiful: More Hi-Fi Design With CSS — a large and diverse group coalesced and embarked in search of food. At some point the group split into two factions, with the group I was in falling behind, losing track of the leading group, and finally… Continue reading Lunch Group (Suckswuh Day 3)

Arrival

After seven total hours in the air (with a two hour layover in Dallas), I have arrived in Austin with my geek-branded luggage. My carry-on bag is pimping Vignette, a high-dollar content management system which I have never used. My laptop bag is from Java One, a conference I have never been to because I… Continue reading Arrival

Upgrade Post-mortem

I’m now running WordPress 1.5 Strayhorn, which is leaps and bounds cooler than 1.2 (Mingus), which was already pretty damn cool. I won’t go into detailed coverage of all the new features because others have already covered that subject. I will, however, mention my two favorites: Pages and Themes. WP1.5 allows for the easy creation… Continue reading Upgrade Post-mortem

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