Blocking Fasterfox To Save Your Sanity and Your Wallet

So with all the cool tools users are making to expediate their web browsing some are causing webmasters headaches to no end. One of the more popular add-ins is Fasterfox, a plugin that allows the caching of linked pages everytime a user views a site. For those with limited bandwith constraints this can spell the…

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links for 2006-02-17

Stanislaus National Forest Campground Conditions A list of all the campgrounds offered by the Stanislaus National Forest (within 3 hours of the Bay Area) and links to information on the campgrounds. (tags: camping outdoors outdoor vacation fun cool stanislaus forest”)

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Camino 1.0 Released

Yup, it’s here and Mac users can rejoice.Camino 1.0, the open-source gecko based browser written exclusively for OS X, is here and ready to go on PowerPC and Intel Macs. Me personally, I’m deeply torn everytime I open a browser on my Mac whether I’m going to use Camino or Firefox or Safari. Often times…

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OS X 10.4.5 is here!

Attention Mac Users…OS X 10.4.5 is out and available for download by going to the Apple menu and running software update. There are fixes to iChat, Safari, and a host of other minor annoyances that have been popping up since the last update. That is all.

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Map Your Page Before You Begin Designing

One of the most often overlooked things in web design is “how will users interact with the site?” Web Design from Scratch looks at attention mapping and how taking a little time before you design can help you reap great rewards. Web Design from Scratch: “Attention mapping is a tool to help you start to…

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How To Take Great Nighttime Digital Photos

DigitalGrabber.com has a great article on taking photos at night. This is definetly something the aspiring photographer will want to read as it highlights some of the basic concepts of night photography as well as some very helpful advice. Digital Grabber.com: “Plan your photos before you shoot! While it is always a good idea to…

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links for 2006-02-12

Lloyd Photography Some of the most fantastic photos of Bald Eagles and Alaska I have ever seen. Definitely worth checking out. (tags: alaska photography photo eagle” eagle nature beauty)

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Making Ubuntu Your Primary Operating System

Here’s a great article on switching from Windows to Ubuntu. It’s not the usual “I did this and this and this…” to install article but rather a list of useful applications on Linux to develop the same workflow as on the PC. Very interesting reading. [Go there now]

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links for 2006-02-11

Do it Yourself .mac Setting up your own .Mac-like account is pretty easy if you’ve got acess to a webserver running Apache2 and have the ability to add (or already have added) the web_dav module. Here’s a straightforward tutorial on setting up a web_dav account on Apache2. (tags: apache admin mac macintosh webdav Apple diy…

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How much is your house worth?

Have you seen Zillow.com? The latest in “useful web apps” type sites that have been popping up for the last year Zillow.com allows you to search by address for the value of your home. It also offers the values of your neighbors homes! So you can get a pretty good idea of where you stand…

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