Many Web 2.0-ish sites these days are using Lucida Grande and Helvetica font faces for main body text. I find this really annoying. These font faces are not easy to read on-screen, particularly at 13px. When I come across this, I increase the text size via my browser, which improves the readability somewhat. Mashable.com is […]

Lifestreaming became a popular buzzword in 2007 and doesn't show signs of letting up. While there are several hosted services that allow you to easily create a lifestream (as well as a myriad of WordPress plugins), you might prefer a quick and easy self-hosted solution (like Jeremy Keith's). SimplePie's got you covered!
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I was sifting through an old development journal (yes, the old fashioned paper kind!) and came across some notes that I had planned to turn into a blog post comparing a handful of WordPress statistics plugins. It seems a rather moot point now since I've switched almost all my sites over to Google Analytics. Nevertheless, […]

While not directly related to conferences, I think this is important information that conference goers should know before travel day:
5 things you need to know about laptop searches at U.S. borders - Be prepared if a customs official seizes your PC at the airport

I hadn't come across this one yet, but there's a first time for everything! For the life of me, I couldn't figure out why Internet Explorer was ignoring the padding I had set on an image. I reverse engineered everything down to the last detail, but still couldn't identify the cause. Then I found this […]

I subscribe(d) to a number of security mailing lists to stay up to date with vulnerabilities with the software and web applications that I use. However, with so many messages coming through, and many of them unrelated to the stuff I actually use, I started to get bogged down with all the email. In an […]