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Web design tips and code snippets in whatever programming language I am using at the moment.
I was once again changing the design of one of my websites when I realized that it would be great if I could just move things around on a page to preview the changes – without any coding. As it turns out, there is a solution to that problem: A bookmarklet and a few lines […] Read more..
Chirp, chirp… While I was figuring out how to make best use of all things Web 2.0, I found that Twitter is a great way for me to broadcast quick news items related to my blog’s topics (AEC-CAD, timber engineering, design and web stuff). So whenever something is too short for a blog post but […] Read more..
As announced in their latest blog post, Google has just released an optimization feature for their online spreadsheets (which, of course, are part of Google Docs). With this new feature, linear optimization problems can be solved easily. This is a great feature and makes online spreadsheets even more Excel-like and usable. Here are some of […] Read more..
I recently had the need to set up several different websites in one (hosted, shared) webspace. While this by itself is trivial there was a catch: I had multiple domains that needed to be DNS forwarded (using CNAME) to this webspace. In essence, the functionality I needed was that once a user goes to one of […] Read more..
I just installed IntenseDebate on this site. It is a comment management system that is far more flexible than what I had so far. Threading is implemented (without me having to fiddle with the code and making everything work with WordPress 2.7 comments) and RSS subscription is nicely implemented. Commenters (and comments) can also now […] Read more..
I finally gave my site a new look. The old one was a bit “stuffy” and in bad need of a visual cleaning. Now the site features an abstracted notebook look with tabs on the left and stuck-on info boxes. Hope you like it.
Even beyond the great music, Radiohead’s latest video “House of Cards” is simply amazing. And that for two reasons: 100% data-driven visuals. The entire music video was produced without the use of a camera. Instead, three kinds of (near- and far-range) laser scanners were used to capture the artists and several environments. That’s just great […] Read more..