Archive for January, 2004

Webmonkey Reviews Firebird

Saturday, January 31st, 2004

Another Look at Mozilla is a new article from Webmonkey.com that quite flattering of the Firebird and Mozilla web browsers.

Paypal – The PHP Approach

Saturday, January 31st, 2004

Paypal, the PHP approach is a tutorial at zend.com that is intended for PHP programmers who wish to add Paypal functionality to their website.

The programmer needs only a PHP enabled website and Paypal account. The tutorial specifically guides you through the steps to create a website payment gateway for content.

Auto-Discover Wireless Networks on your Mac

Saturday, January 31st, 2004

iStumbler is a free, open source and small application for finding, monitoring and joining wireless networks.

Photo Friday

Saturday, January 31st, 2004

Photo Friday – The Weekly Photo Challenge is a cool site that challenges amateur and professional photographers to submit a weekly photo that is based on a theme that whe website chooses. After the submissions for that particular week have closed, you can then go back and vote for the best picture submitted for that particular theme.

mySQL Crash Course

Friday, January 30th, 2004

ONLamp has a three part series on working with mySQL. The three parts include:

Getting Started with Your Own Software Company

Friday, January 30th, 2004

MSDN Library has a very good article by Eric Sink on Getting Started with Your Own Software Company.

Microsoft holds off on Eolas-based tweaks

Friday, January 30th, 2004

C|Net reports that Microsoft has said it will delay making any modifications to its Windows operating system and Internet Explorer Web browser, based on their appeal of the Eolas patent case.

This is certainly good news for the world of web development, and maybe an indication that Microsoft is finally looking at fighting this ridiculous ruling.

Apple Manuals

Friday, January 30th, 2004

Do you have some old Apple hardware and neec a manual for it? I just came across this very complete list of Apple Manuals. All the documents are downloadable in PDF format.

Microsoft: Don’t Click Hyperlinks

Friday, January 30th, 2004

A Microsoft Knowledge Base article outlines the steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself from deceptive (spoofed) Web sites and malicious hyperlinks. I especially like the part that instucts – “The most effective step that you can take to help protect yourself from malicious hyperlinks is not to click them. Rather, type the URL of your intended destination in the address bar yourself.” This is just way too funny!

The New Typography

Friday, January 30th, 2004

clagnut.com discusses the the new typography and offers some good tips on specifying font families using CSS.