Why is Taylor always smiling?
I'm a bit partial to (read: comfortable with) PHP and MySQL as the basis for my sites. I'm migrating more toward CSS instead of tables, and in fact, this site is a testbed for all kinds of goofing around. Enoy the following links -- they're places I've found to be great receptacles of useful knowledge.
Some interesting proximity calculations using ZIP codes.
MySQL Resources will be here, though there's nothing there yet...
Check out the masterful CSS in the Zen Garden, grasshopper.
Really impressive CSS-only image map usage by Stu Nicholls at The CSS Playground.
See a fun CSS trick for delivering punch lines on my jokes page.
A couple of AJAX Tests are here. Really simple stuff at this point.
GD Library graphics test page is here...
Vertical Textbar Generator is here...
Utilities for converting RGB to Hex and Hex to RGB are here...
Color and Accessibility article with links to various color blindness filter sites.
A brief explanation of how to save passwords in IE 6. A lot of people have been asking me lately...
This page, at least, is rendered using CSS and HTML, with content and layout completely separated. As such, this page will render just fine on older 4.0 browsers, though it will look boring as heck. It looks really good in something more standards-compliant, though.
This is the most elegant technique and perhaps the most sought after layout: a 3 column page with a fluid center column. Easy to understand, easy to implement. The sweet CSS came from Rob Chandanais of BlueRobot.
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#centercontent {
background:#fff;
margin-left: 199px;
margin-right:199px;
border:1px solid #000;
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family: inherit;
margin-left: 201px;
margin-right:201px;
}
html>body #centercontent {
margin-left: 201px;
margin-right:201px;
}
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Japan Stuff is here, though the content is still limited.
Barbershop Stuff contains links to great resources for four-part Barbershop-style harmony. Nothing at all to do with cutting hair...
Unigraphics NX Stuff will be here, though there's nothing there yet...
Web Design Stuff is here, though the content is still limited.
LDS Stuff is here. Articles and content regarding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Fun Stuff is here. Humor and games -- stuff to make you laugh and/or burn inordinate amounts of time.
The FAQ is here. Organized questions, random questions, more coming later, of course...
Photo Gallery is here.