Articles
9 April 2011
Stylistics
Stylistics is an experimental jQuery plugin designed to make it simpler to use ligatures, dipthongs and other font features.
29 March 2011
Ubuntu Server 10.04 on VirtualBox OSE
VirtualBox OSE is the popular open-source edition of the VirtualBox virtualization software, which allows an unmodified operating system and all of its software to run on top of your existing operating system. Ubuntu Server 10.04, known by the nickname “Lucid Lynx”, is a Debian based operating system based on the Linux 2.6.32 kernel. Together, they provide a powerful environment in which to run and test server software. This guide gives a quick, no-frills overview of how to get the two up and running on your Ubuntu Desktop (or with a few minor tweaks, Windows, OS X or Solaris).
Ubuntu Server 10.04 on VirtualBox OSE continued…
16 May 2010
29 March 2011
Accessible JQuery Toggles
The JQuery toolkit simplifies many of the more tedious aspects of client-side scripting, but it’s easy to overlook some of the accessibility issues that can arise. Although this article deals with the JQuery API .toggle() method, many of the points raised apply equally well to other JQuery methods.
Accessible JQuery Toggles continued…
2 August 2009
29 March 2011
HTC Touch Pro2—another 48 hours
After another 48 hours with this phone, I thought I should write an update. So here it is.
HTC Touch Pro2—another 48 hours continued…
30 July 2009
29 March 2011
HTC Touch Pro2
The Internet is awash with reviews of smart phones, but most focus too much on the shiny bells and whistles, and not enough on real functionality. In this review, I discuss my first experiences with the HTC Touch Pro2 smart phone, and get down to the really important details.
10 February 2009
Port-based Apache virtual hosts
This article describes a simple method for granting public access to private Apache web server virtual hosts, without the need for public DNS records.