March 18th, 2010

Pick your browser …

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Alright!

The good people at Microsoft have introduced the Browser Choice splash screen on new Windows installations.
I thought I’d try it out by re-installing the Windows XP that runs in VMWare on my Macbook.

After running… Read the rest

March 14th, 2010

Winter shoots

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Some photos from last week’s trip to Norway:
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February 16th, 2010

Useful PHP libraries, part 2 – Scaffold CSS

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Scaffold CSS was developed by Anthony Short and it is – basically – every CSS-coder’s dream come true:

Variables, nested selectors, abstractions from vendor-specific properties etc. etc. etc. Good stuff!

Installation and usage couldn’t be simpler! (Really. I… Read the rest

February 3rd, 2010

Useful PHP libraries, part 1 – SLIR

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In this series of blog posts I introduce my favourite PHP libraries.

Today’s library is:
SLIR

SLIR – or ”Smart Lencioni Image Resizer” – was developed by Joe Lencioni. It’s purpose is on-the-fly scaling and cropping of images.… Read the rest

January 10th, 2010

What’s with the painting?

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The background painting on this page is by the German painter Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528).

It’s from 1503 and the title of the painting is ”Das große Rasenstück” or ”The Large Turf”.

I decided that I wanted a real… Read the rest

December 4th, 2009

How to inject dynamic content from PHP into an old and closed source cms.

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The problem

Recently I was asked by an e-commerce client if I could create a banner on his website that would let visitors know whether the phone hotline of the store is currently open or closed based on store opening… Read the rest

October 12th, 2009

Hostile signage

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A good sign is unambigous. Its message is clear and its purpose immediately understandable in the context.

We’ve all seen bad signage with obscure wording or unclear use of symbols.
The kind that makes it necessary for you to… Read the rest

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