Site working with Google Chrome
Published On: Jul 16, 2009
Good News, Chrome fans.
I was able to track down why the site was not rendering correctly in Chrome and, as a result, I was able to change about three lines in my stylesheet to make it happen.
With that being said, I have to say that I may have ...Read more...
'Critical vulnerability' found in Firefox 3.5
Published On: Jul 15, 2009
If you're running the latest Firefox, you might want to be aware that a new vulnerability has been detected. It is of such concerned that it has been rated as 'highly critical'. This bug is related to the browser's 'just in time' (JIT) JavaScript tool. By exploiting this ...Read more...
YouTube and I agree: down with IE6
Published On: Jul 15, 2009
Last week, I was on a rant about how I had decided to no longer consider IE6 when developing web sites. Let's face it, it's had a good run. It was released in August of 2001 so, after nearly 8 years, it's a little long in the ...Read more...
Freedmen's Bureau historical records to go digital
Published On: Jul 10, 2009
At the close of the Civil War, an agency was formed to help the formerly enslaved with educational and work opportunities, as well as other means to help them make the transition out of chattel slavery. The Freedman's Bureau also kept records on the lives of those it served ...Read more...
The fallout of the recent major cyberattack
Published On: Jul 10, 2009
A few days ago, I posted about a recent attack that took out government web sites in the U.S. and South Korea. Later, it was revealed that the attack also hit the sites for the Washington Post, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and Yahoo! Finance.
However, it looks like ...Read more...
Okay, are we done with IE 6?
Published On: Jul 8, 2009
Okay, today, I've had it!One of my biggest pet peeves in trying to lay out the look of a web site is dealing with CSS (cascading style sheets) for the various browsers that are out there. With this site, I have only gone so far as to work ...Read more...
Cyberattack takes out government web sites
Published On: Jul 8, 2009
Yesterday, news broke that a huge cyberattack crippled the web sites of the Secret Service, the Treasury Department, Federal Trade Commission, Transportation Department and other government agencies. Also, government agencies in South Korea where hit. What was shocking was the magnitude of the attack. By all indications, these attacks went ...Read more...
Finally, we can drop the 'beta'
Published On: Jul 7, 2009
Let's face it, a lot of us have been using GMail for so long that we stopped paying attention to its "beta" status a long time ago. However, it is pleasant to note that, today, GMail, along with Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk, is officially no longer ...Read more...
The end of an (internet) era
Published On: Jul 7, 2009
I remember 1994 with a sense of nostalgia. It was at that time I was just getting online. I can remember getting a copy of Netscape 1.0 and hopping online using a newly-purchased 14.4k modem and the ISP service my then-girlfriend (now my wife) and I shared, CompuServe ...Read more...
A win for net neutrality
Published On: Jul 6, 2009
There was some good news in regards to the fight for net neutrality. For those not familiar with it, there have been proposals put forth by those providing internet access that there be a sort of tiered internet where only those with the most money can have their content delivered ...Read more...
