Maybe it’s just me, ever since I switched to an LCD monitor, I find it painful to read white text on a black background for any length of time. It used to be the other way around – I suspect it has something to do with the way that an LCD screen produces colors (including… Continue reading Web Page Readability in a world of LCD monitors
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An Oddity with Cookies and WordPress 2.6
I just upgraded the 3 blogs hosted here on my site to WordPress 2.6, as well as a number of other blogs I maintain for people. In each and every case, after upgrading, I had some trouble getting back to the Admin page – the login page appears and it says “Please log in again”… Continue reading An Oddity with Cookies and WordPress 2.6
Pimping Firefox
I’m a sucker for analogies like this (emphasis mine): 38.16% of the people who visit this site are still using Internet Explorer (IE). It’s like buying a hybrid car for the gas mileage and then driving with flat tires and the doors open. Go on, go read the post – it’s a good one.
The Greatest Bug of All
Call Me Fishmeal.: Pimp My Code, Part 15: The Greatest Bug of All This is great story… if you’re a programmer. If you’re not, you won’t get it, so sorry about that.
Some of MY Programming Book Recommendations
Well, I shouldn’t say “recommendations,” since I’m just recommending one book: Testing Computer Software (Second Edition) by Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, and Hung Quoc Nguyen. This is an utterly invaluable book for anyone who ever aspires to be more than just a code monkey. Technically speaking, this book was written more for “testers” and people… Continue reading Some of MY Programming Book Recommendations