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New Podcast

Jim — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:12:44 +0000

Usually, I only listen to tech podcasts, but I’ve been trying to add a few music podcasts too. The problem is, it’s hard to find something that you like. Here’s one you might find interesting. Some good coding music :-) Puddlegum Podcast

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Site Redesign

Jim — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:59:39 +0000

I’m in the middle of redesigning this site. I just got tired of the green colors. It’s a work in progress, so please excuse the mess. No related posts. No related posts.

UFO?

Jim — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:17:49 +0000

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Originally uploaded by jimjimovich.

This soviet-era electrical insulator really caught my eye as I passed it by in a small Russian village. I think it sorta looks like a UFO. What do you think?

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Back from Vacation

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:13:25 +0000

After finishing up my latest web related project, I’ve been on vacation from my regular job for a month. I spent two weeks exploring the wonderful European city where I live, and then two weeks in a small town. In this small town, I took a break from all things computer related and it was great. But now I’m back and trying to get motivated for my next project. I’m sure I’ll have some interesting things to share with you along the way.

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More Firefox Rox

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 09:21:42 +0000

I’ve recently been working on a redesign of a website done completely in css – no tables, no junk markup (ok, well, very little junk). One problem with using css for positioning and layout is that it’s sometimes hard to visually see what’s going on with your page. Dreamweaver MX 2004 does okay at keeping up with most css, but at some point, it usually breaks. What to do? Well, our good friends at mozilla.org have already thought of this and already have a great tool to help out. In all the new versions of Mozilla and Firefox you can simply use the DOM Inspector to see what is going on in your page. This has saved me hours of trying to figure out why objects are falling off my pages.

Here’s a good (short) intro to the DOM Inspector written by Richard Rutter that will help get you started. I must confess, I’ve been using the DOM Inspector for years but this post helped me realize that I’ve been missing some of its best features. Doh!

Another indispensable set of tools for Firefox are the developer tools written by Chris Pederick. Turn off css, disable images, resize windows, validate your site, get a size report, easily see other people’s css … all those things that used to take so long … now so fast and easy. Thanks Chris!

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All in a day’s blog reading

Thu, 20 May 2004 12:58:25 +0000

About 4 times a week, I try to read the latest news in my favorite aggregated blog site fullasagoog. It helps keep me up-to-date on what’s going on in the world of web design and RIA (Rich Internet Application) development – two things I’m interested in. I usually find some interesting articles there, and in the process, discover cool new sites and even more interesting articles. Today I discovered an interesting tool to help you choose colors for your website called Color Wheel Pro (hat-tip to Dave Shea). I’ll have to give it a try while I’m redesigning my main website.

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Firefox Rox

Wed, 19 May 2004 12:48:40 +0000

I’m sure you’ve already discovered the world’s best new browser Mozilla Firefox … but just in case you haven’t, you should really give it a try. It has a lot of advantages over that “other” browser that most people use, like pop-up blocking, and tabbed browsing. Besides that, it’s fast and small. The download for Windows is only 6.3 MB. It’s also available for Mac OS X, Linux, and just about every OS out there. You can download Firefox (and other great tools) from mozilla.org

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My Blog

Fri, 14 May 2004 13:28:14 +0000

I decided to start a blog. Yeah for me! No related posts. No related posts.