a collection of funny, interesting and often technology related news and links.
Computer Geeks, or Geeks.com, is selling 1000 feet of category 5e Ethernet cable, a high quality crimping tool, 100 RJ-45 crimp-on heads and a battery operated cable tester for under $50 in one package. The cable comes down to costing less than 2.5 cents per foot.
This site has some of the funniest geek quotes that I've seen. Most sites have all the same ones, but this one is Great! Make sure to check out my favorites, #7 and #9.
Step-by-step guide on how to code a sexy, CSS and XHTML compliant, and tableless layout.
This site has a huge collection of beautiful sites designed with CSS. A Great place to go for inspiration when designing a new site!
Dynamic Drive has some tools you may find useful. Like a tool that lets you easily generate a gradient image for your site background, buttons, etc., generate encrypted e-mail ad code for your site making it impossible for spammers to harvest from your site, etc.
List of design stupidities that irked users the most in 2005 (nominated by useit.com's vistors.)
This page has a working desktop demo written in HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Icons behave properly when they gain/lose focus, when they are dragged, and doubled-clicked.
This game used to be available on addictivegames.com. It's a good idea to have a good mouse to play this one.
Among the first things you learn about when you start out with CSS are selectors. Selectors are obviously a fundamental part of CSS, but few developers use them to their full potential. While you can get a lot done with just the type, ID, and class selectors, there are many more.
It is not a design issue. It has more to do with obese Americans in tight pants putting the nano in their front jeans pocket, and then sitting for extended periods of time.
Makes you feel really smal in the universe, and a cool animation showing how much we overlook in the world we live in.
Maybe there was a way to stay secured if you bought products by not well known vendors without web precense, well, those days are over, you will find a neat list of default admin passwords for a lot of hardware vendors here.
Much better than the real Google. It is a Google interface that contains 27 Google services and integrates them into two simple drop down boxes.
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