JanuaryJan 23 Friday 09
Red X and alt tag visible over your PNG transparency fix images in IE6?
Today, I put a PNG transparency hack into use. For those of you with social lives, this is one of several PNG transparency fixes out there that blesses Internet Explorer 6 (and even IE5.5) with support for PNG32 images. Basically, utilizing one of these hacks will allow …
JanuaryJan 20 Tuesday 09
Turn web pages into stand-alone apps with Fluid
There are a few web pages that I always have open. Google Reader, Vitalist, and Workamajig (yikes). Sites like Mint and, (shameless plug) Twuffer are even beginning to make the tabs-never-to-be-closed list.
Fluid is written by ex-Apple Dashboard developer Todd …
JanuaryJan 4 Sunday 09
Must read: 'Click', by Bill Tancer
If you haven't come across this book by Bill Tancer, force yourself to. As heard on NPR's 'Talk of the Nation', ABCNews' Sci-Tech Blog, as well as a columnist for Time Magazine, Tancer's book is a data-driven glimpse of the hive mind of online searchers and trends.
I …
DecemberDec 13 Saturday 08
Copy and Paste for iPhone tomorrow, advertising the day after that.
According to CrunchGear, a new service called Pastebud (@pastebud)will be released tomorrow enabling copy and paste for iPhone. From what I can tell, it cleverly uses 2 Javascript bookmarks and a web service to store the clipping whilst you switch apps. Cool, and a …
DecemberDec 7 Sunday 08
Rubik's Cube solving robot video
My wife linked me to TiltedTwister.com, because she knew I would watch the video end to end, jaw agape.
NovemberNov 5 Wednesday 08
Election video coverage, all in one place
At Grady Britton, we threw together a few live video streams and a Google widget so we could watch election coverage all in one window. It includes Ustream channels and MSNBC.
OctoberOct 31 Friday 08
Use Google auto suggest for quick keyword list building
For a real quick and dirty method of building a keyword list, I just use Google's handy auto suggest.
As you know, Google.com helpfully tries to guess what you're searching for as you type, even going as far as telling you how many results there are for that phrase. So …
OctoberOct 1 Wednesday 08
How many people use Twitter?
The actual figure for Twitter user stats is hard to get, unless you're a Twitter employee.
SeptemberSep 27 Saturday 08
Add or remove formatting buttons from the Wordpress write post textarea
As I write this, I'm looking at at single row of buttons at the top of this Wordpress 'Write Post' text area that allows me some basic text formatting options; bold, italic, strikethrough, bulleted list, numbered list, and so on. A few of my clients have asked for more …
SeptemberSep 18 Thursday 08
A new right click for MacBook users.
If you haven't noticed that your Apple laptop doesnt have a right click trackpad button, I envy you.
SeptemberSep 12 Friday 08
Create a photo icon on iPhone that dials your friend
Jordan Dobson, one of the superstars over at
SeptemberSep 11 Thursday 08
A list of 5 ways that Comcast sucks, today
Comcast has called every day for the past week and left a message for me to call them back.
Stopping MSN Messenger SPAM in Adium
I use Adium as my IM chat client because it allows me to chat across networks (AIM MobileMe, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, Jabber, ICQ, and so many more) from one app.
Somehow, my MSN Messenger contact info must have gotten out, because I began to get hit every 5 to 10 …
AugustAug 22 Friday 08
Mac OSX Application Switcher Shortcut Key Tips
Here's a brief tutorial on how to quickly swap between applications on your Mac.
If you're like me, the Command + Tab keys are worn on your keyboard from swapping apps. Pressing that key combo calls up the icons for all of the running apps across your screen.
AugustAug 6 Wednesday 08
Tips for writing headlines and subject lines
Personally, I find it's really not too complicated of a process.
JulyJul 29 Tuesday 08
How to show only your single latest post on your Wordpress home page.
In Wordpress 2.x under Settings > Reading, you can set a number for "Blog pages show at most".
JulyJul 23 Wednesday 08
Magnetic fields visualized in a short film
Kind of scary to think of all of the fields that are passing through you at all times.
JulyJul 21 Monday 08
Mac owners beware, all Nvidia 84 and 86s graphics cards are bad... or are they?
We're upgrading our laptops here at DWC.
JulyJul 15 Tuesday 08
How to determine the right time to buy a new Mac.
Being an outspoken Apple fiend, plenty of people ask me when they should upgrade, and to which model.