I’ve discovered a marvelous thing and I can’t. Use. It. It’s making me a little crazy. It’s called Zen HTML and it a very fast way to knock out a pile of perfectly compliant HTML. It even works with text that’s already written out. Let me explain. Zen HTML translates CSS like markup, like this: [...]
Dreamweaver users – want to slim down your giant CSS file using a standard shortcut, but don’t want to hunt down every instance of #336699 or #CC66FF? Try this regex search and replace: Search: #([\da-fA-F])\1([\da-fA-F])\2([\da-fA-F])\3 Replace: #$1$2$3 This finds those hex color values in #AABBCC form and replaces them with #ABC form. It’s a small [...]
I have a new concept to keep me writing here regularly, to keep this blog fresh and to keep me reading, expanding, and writing. I call it “blog or else,” and it’s simple: I pre-schedule a number of posts to launch every Tuesday, with a lame or embarassing message. It’s up to me to come [...]
We got a package of Christmas presents today, and one I was able to try out was Wii Sports Resort. It’s very impressive overall, with some pretty convincing frisbee golf and intense fencing, but the skydiving… it’s just pure fun. I’m the goofy looking Mii in the middle who’s being. Dreams is the gal to [...]
