Cool Daily Links
- SearchMe.com :: Google search meets Apple’s “Cover Flow” for the web. Smells hot to me.Â
- iPhone SDK Gets Interface Builder :: Now it’s actually fun to learn about native iPhone application development.
- Upcoming Free iPhone Development Webcast
- Monoprice.com :: You need to buy your random cables from these folks. I started using them last year and couldn’t be more pleased with the price and quality of the CAT 6, DVI and FireWire cables. Shipping isn’t free, but it’s reasonable, and if you wait until you have $100 in needs before placing an order, well worth it.
Tags: apple, daily, iphone, news, retail
. 27 Mar 08 | Uncategorized | Comments (0)
RailsConf 2008 Registration Now Open
Register here. Fresh from my inbox…
. 29 Jan 08 | Computer | Comments (0)
Mac Users: Buy This Now
https://www.macheist.com/buy/invite/94211
The latest MacHeist bundle: $50 for 12 apps, the most notable being Pixelmator, CSSEdit and Snapz Pro X. I picked up the 3-pack bundle for $100 and a total of 36 license key. 4 days left. w00ties!
Tags: apple, command, mac, macheist, news, opinion
. 19 Jan 08 | Computer | Comments (0)
Back To Business School
I started MBA 590 tonight; the next stepping stone to my next degree, which I should complete at University of Phoenix early next year. Considering I couldn’t even start on the coursework until 9PM, it’s going to be a busy year. 
. 08 Jan 08 | Personal | Comments (0)
New OpenRain Homepage / IE Woes
We never spent a ton of time on the OpenRain homepage, so we decided to shake it up today in response to user feedback. I wanted to make our proposition clearer while keeping the existing brief one-page style, and add some awesome sauce yet stay business friendly. Check it.
As usual, a significant percentage of the development time was spent figuring out a combination of hacks to make IE6/7 render as close to “normal” as possible. Below is a screenshot of how FireFox, Safari and IE6 (from left to right) lay out the floating divs and images after a couple hours of IE-specific work. Three stupidity points are awarded to IE for the following reasons..
- The scrolling film strip at the top is completely disabled for IE because IE6 insists on reloading a CSS background-image if you change its background-position programmatically in JavaScript.
- IE also has issues determining float positioning, so the sticky note has a few IE-specific lines to keep it from shooting through the top of the body.
- Transparent PNGs have never worked correctly in IE6, and the hack to “fix” the issue severely distorts affected images.
Tags: css, ie, news, openrain, rails
. 07 Jan 08 | Computer | Comments (0)