Links from 2006

Modifiable out of the box ecommerce software recommendations for a coder, preferably PHP?

a group of developers, led by Joe Clark, that will publish corrections for, and extensions to, existing standards for Web accessibility. Our first area of interest is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, though we have not ruled out publishing er

"Where WCAG 2 breaks down is in the big stuff. Curiously, though, and perhaps due to meticulous editing over the years, the big stuff is well camouflaged and, to an uninformed reader, WCAG 2 seems reasonable. It isn’t, and you as a working standards-com

AHAH is a very simple technique for dynamically updating web pages using JavaScript. It involves using XMLHTTPRequest to retrieve (X)HTML fragments which are then inserted directly into the web page, whence they can be styled using CSS

Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) - Document Management, Collaboration, Records Management, Knowledge Management, Web Content Management and Imaging.

Cheap RoR hosting with built-in Subversion, Trac, and Bugzilla.

A new type of Javascript library. It is not a huge, bloated, framework promising the best in AJAX - nor is just a set of needlessly complex enhancements - jQuery is designed to change the way that you write Javascript.

Does anyone have any experience with these these ultrasonic mouse repeller things? Do they actually repel the mice?

My basic mouse traps (snap) aren't working, what am I doing wrong? Help!

*+html{} hack for IE7 mentioned in comments

Video for Cursor Miner's Suicide Bomber video

SCPlugin allows access to Subversion commands from the Finder

This little ditty will assume that you have an SVN repository to connect to already, and all you need is the client-side tools. If this is not the case, then move on.

Oooh look, the new Cursor Miner album is available from the iTunes store now! The CD is out on June 5th.

Oooh look, the new Cursor Miner album is out June 5th!

Connect with friends and collect funds for a birthday gift, office pool, neighborhood fundraiser or any other group purchase.

"Writing CSS is very much like having sex. Not everyone does it the same way and there is no particular “right” way to do it. I guess for me the similarities actually end there, seeing as writing CSS is something I do every day whereas having sex is

The most common retort against privacy advocates -- by those in favor of ID checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other wholesale surveillance measures -- is this line: "If you aren't doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?"

Simple, proven and low cost water saving device to help conserve water in toilet cisterns. Every time a toilet is flushed the Hippo saves approximately 3 litres of water.

Does anyone know how the development of digital TV will affect the reception of sign language, sub-titling, and audio description services for deaf people and visually impaired viwers respectively?

This report examines the user needs of older and disabled people in relation to digital TV and provides solutions that would make digital TV equipment more suitable and usable for them.

I was not prepared for the amount of responses I got to my last article. There really are two camps - and they sit around fires making pointy sticks.

"What I and many many others have discovered is that using the prototype object on the Array and Object inbuilt types increases the chances that your code will conflict with existing or external code. It makes your code not play well with others, so once

A Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language.

Hamachi allows you to share your iTunes library with a few mouse clicks (and only with people you know so it won’t destroy your bandwidth).

Second the XBox w/modchip. Easy to use, turns on and off like any device, install as big a hard drive as you like, FTP any video formats over to it (or play directly over the LAN), plays back up to 1080i.

No hotkey, no extra steps, drag and drop the programs on your Windows taskbar by simply... well, dragging and dropping them

Including plugins for ICO files.

I want to get into making electronic music on my PC. What software should I purchase for ambient moody pop stuff? Any help greatly appreciated!

Trying to build a scalable, maintainable, and extendable user experience on bad markup is like building a house on quicksand.

a Ruby on Rails Subversion Browser [making] heavy use of “AJAX” technology to give it that live application-like feel.

The list is not specific to any particular type of development position, but I tried to balance it between both the design/html/usability side of things and the back-end/database/programming side.

"This foundational CSS file offers cross-browser normalization of the default rendering of HTML elements. It also removes common default presentation such as bolding of strong elements, helping to ensure that all style is declared intentionally and that e

A suite of seven web page templates and the ability to nest grids of one to four columns within the content area of those templates.

Skip Link Pros and Cons

CSS Formatter and Optimiser (based on csstidy 1.1)

"Using a Definiton List and the DOM to create a nice FAQ page where clicking on the DTs (the questions) "toggles" the associated DDs (the answers)."

"Regularly-updated succinct compilations of the most important information on web pages. They are compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly upda

"A rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly d

Do you need help in making the web easier to use? This site explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible for you.

Glaucoma Research Foundation has a really well-written accessibility statement.

A live demo of Opera Mini that functions exactly like it would when installed on a handset. Be advised that clicking on the screen does not work, instead use the phone's keypad.