http://zahnster.com my name's jade. i'm a child of the internet. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:16:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I started at Zenbe, I was pretty excited, because I knew it meant that I would be getting my hands dirty with some complex development issues. My history in web development has been mostly creating smaller, marketing-oriented websites, where you don't really have to worry about frequent code evolution ... http://zahnster.com/css/complex-css-management-asset-packaging Ok this is totally a controversial post, but it's a very important issue for our nation, so I'm going to take a stab at expressing my views about the problems with gay marriage. In this issue we have two sides, deeply divided. On the one side, we have gays and their ... http://zahnster.com/social-issues/the-marriage-post Ahh, Internet Explorer. For many years now, this browser has been the main cause of stress-related injuries among the web community. Supporting this browser has proven to be one of the biggest challenges for any web designer / developer who has ever had to write one line of html/css/javascript. For ... http://zahnster.com/browsers/ie8-beta-2-promises-and-dreams-but-mostly-problems Today marks the first day of the Ajax Experience in Boston, MA. I was lucky enough to be able to join up as a volunteer and get in for free (I had come up to Boston for jQuery camp and they were searching out AJE volunteers). The conference kicked off this ... http://zahnster.com/javascript/javascript-framework-wars Last week I finally caved and bought a bigger hard drive for my laptop. I opted for the top of the line, 320 gigabyte Western Digital drive - at $109, I couldn't refuse (it's amazing how cheap these things are nowadays). Instead of doing the classic mac os migration, I ... http://zahnster.com/applications/mac-web-developer-essentials Technically, I am writing this post in response to the Golden Ticket competition being run by Carsonified. The theme of the competition is quite simple: create a blog post mentioning your desire to win the contest, link to it, and gather up 25 comments. The prize is a ticket to ... http://zahnster.com/social-networking/networking-is-the-golden-ticket I've debated for weeks if I should make a post about the upcoming election season; certain days I felt certain I should, while others I thought maybe I should keep my mouth shut (they say never talk about politics or religion). However, this is my blog, and as an American, ... http://zahnster.com/politics/omg-politics Up until a few days ago, I never thought about the <noscript> tag. It was one of those internet relics, back from the old days when we built websites with tables and had messages like "optimized for Netscape Navigator". However, my website is now truckin' the noscript tag, and quite proudly ... http://zahnster.com/bulletproofing/bringing-noscript-back An intriguing link popped up on the top of my Facebook page this evening. "The new Facebook is here." The 'new' Facebook? I wasn't aware there was anything wrong with the old one. So, I clicked with an anticipated caution, and overall, I'm very pleased with what I've found. Facebook's always been ... http://zahnster.com/best-of-web/what-the-facebook-huge-changes-hit-the-social-platform If you find yourself setting heights on elements more often than not in CSS, take a step back, because you're (most likely) doing something wrong, and down the road you're going to hate yourself for it. It's one of the more common 'css design faux pas' that I have encountered as ... http://zahnster.com/css/you-should-never-hardly-ever-set-heights-in-css