Link dump #106

Link dump #105

disable form buttons

courtesy of scriptygoddess. After submitting a form you can disable the button using Javascript. This means that commenters on your blog won't subm [...]

neat tools

on the Pagerank site for finding out about things like PageRank, PageRank Checker, Keyword Density Analyzer, Link Popularity Checker, Meta Tag Gene [...]

css playground

fine selection of css trickery, tips and tricks for manipulating css at CSS Playground. I particularly like the image magnifier. [...]

ruby on rails

there seems to be a bit of a buzz about the programming language Ruby and D an Benjamin reckons it will take over from PHP as the defacto web scripti [...]

Discounted

Getting around on Shanks' Pony should be much more fun since I splashed out on a new pair of trainers.After some impressively attentive service from [...]

free fonts

from band names. [...]

dns report

Here's a method of checking your site DNS connections. Just pop your site into the form field and see if there's problems: dns report. [...]

singing in the rain

brilliant advert from v olkswagen. [...]

Leslie Winer - Witch

After the very first listen to this album I was disappointed. The height of expectation was too much. Of course if you're aware of my album rating the [...]

Dalliance

Only a single creaking floorboard alerted me to her presence. Equally, she hadn't noticed me very quietly sitting in the corner reading; her attenti [...]

caps lock detection

I found this useful, but quite large, script through the Quirksmode site. You can detect if the user has Caps Lock on, and throw up an error messag [...]

Overlib

I've been using Overlib for a wee while now, and meant to have a link to Erik Bosrup's site before now. He has produced a handy wee rollover featur [...]

Shy Talk

Compilations are brilliant.For years I used to record the John Peel radio show and then listen through the tapes over the following days, editing wh [...]

@media2005

is a web design conference to be held in London on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th June this year. Speakers include: Jeffrey Zeldman, Joe Clark, Dougl [...]

Mother(-in-law) Nature

She's really been spitting and yelling her lungs out recently with her lethal ability to dismember and disrupt human life.Her annihilation left manki [...]

What holiday?

First day back at work since the holidays. In summary: started bad and got worse before looking up.The train station was emptier than a Scottish pay [...]

Position: fixed hack for IE6

I originally discovered this neat hack in the Joel Biroco's excellent site, when I was wondering how he managed to maintain his FIXED menu in IE6. [...]

An 'appy New Year to one and all

What a jolly chap I am sometimes. Out for a run on the first day of 2005 and merrily wishing every dog-walker, afternoon rambler and shitty little [...]

A Boxing Day Gift from Fudge

Just got back from doing Christmas at the in-laws. As tradition now dictates it was a case of eat, drink, laugh and be bloated. I wouldn't have it [...]

Inferiority complex

Cycling home from work the other day. Perishingly cold. Four blocks of ice, two on the handlebars and two on the pedals. I wanna melt those block [...]

What do you expect?

After years and tears of disappointment I've been coming round to the realisation that it's no use expecting anybody to do anything. If someone deli [...]

Alt and title attributes

Interesting discussion at the Web Standards Group email list about the relative merits of using alt and title attributes in your HTML. [...]