In a case that brings back a feeling of dread in my gut similarly to the judge fancy-pants fiasco, a large law firm has successfully shut down a small start-up who simply posted some run of the mill hypertext links. The lawsuit stated that the start-up was committing trademark infringement. Subsequently, I have infringed five [...]
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I ran into the dreaded IE7/IE6 z-index rendering bug today. I knew it was going to show its ugly head once I began troubleshooting the UI component I was working on, but little did I expect it to slide itself behind nearly every element it was supposed to cover! I contemplated a jQuery solution but [...]
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When building HTML/CSS pages or components, I usually follow specific steps in order to keep my code clean and concise. The trick is to start with the base foundation and then slowly drill your way down to the very smallest inline element. These steps aren’t set in stone of course, and I often mix things [...]
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The title of this post says it all, but I’ll explain further. I was doing dishes while Naomi was struggle to find some plastic food containers to put our lunches in. She continued searching, all-the-while complaining that we had too many miss-matched pieces, and that was when it struck me. She makes the same exact [...]
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