DIY Green Cleaning Products

I think I may try to make some of these DIY Cleaning Products

April 25, 2008

Office Snapshots

Office Snapshots show photos of different office spaces from several companies. Seeing a cool cubicle makes me want to work there. I like how the site displays larger images when you select a thumbnail.

April 25, 2008

NYC Parking Meter Rules

5 NYC Parking Meter Rules You Need to Know has been so helpful! i never believed my boyfriend when he told me first not to feed meters over and over. he was right.

January 03, 2008

Clearing Floats

I haven't posted for over 6 months! I've been busy with work. I found a really thorough article on containing floats. I've started to use some of the methods that are mentioned.

April 26, 2007

Pain in the English

i discovered an interesting website/blog (the format is like a blog) - Pain in the English. it posts questions and answers about the grey areas of the English language and what's grammatically correct, like when to use "me" or "I". this stuff intrigues me, one of my favorite books is "The Elements of Style".

August 11, 2006

French pronounciation

AT&T Labs has a cool tool that converts text to speech. It works for non-English text too depending on the language you choose. I can finally hear how "Au Bon Pain" and "Pret A Manger" are correctly pronounced. For those who don't know the significance of these phrases, these are food chains in the midtown area of NYC.

August 03, 2006

Luhn algorithm

When I was in college and started to buy things online, I was curious how credit card numbers were validated. I tried changing one digit just to see what would happen - it didn't work and from that point on, I always wondered how it was figured out so quickly. Turns out there's the Luhn algorithm.

August 02, 2006

Have I Inherited a Disaster?

Ever felt you took over someone else's bad code? Reading this list can help you determine that. The author made some good points.

June 29, 2006

CSS is Worthless

The title of the article caught my eye and led me to read it. The article is well-written and I agree it's the HTML that matters.

June 02, 2006

Experimental Redesigns

it's amazing how a web professional can redesign a site and make it look so much better - even if it was done just as an experimental exercise. He has also suggested redesigns for google and ebay.

May 05, 2006