Entries during Apr 2009
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Apr182009
Preloading images using CSS
Some of us may be familiar with the problem of roll-over images that temporarily disappears as you roll over them. This is because the browser is downloading the roll-over image at that time. There are solutinos using javascript, and this method have become quite popular over the last couple of years. But what do you do, when the user has javascript turned off?
The method here is very simple, no extra javascript needed. I was quite surprised on how simple this process is, and I might just swap out my rollover script on this website, with a pure …
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Apr162009
New Jaunty Login Screen
“I had a screenshot here, but lost it when I moved my site to the new backend.”
So I recently downloaded the Beta version of the new Ubuntu Jaunty, and I was pleasantly surprised when the login screen appeared.
I absolutely love it! They definately have to work this into the style into the rest of the OS. They can even use that background image, or a variant thereoff, for the default background once your logged in.
All in all, great job to the Ubutnu folks!
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Apr152009
New Site Up
I have finally decided that it's time to have my own, personal website up and running, with which I can advertise my skills and services. I previously used teh_node for this, but after much thought, and chatting to others, realized that teh_node may have been the wrong website to advertise myself.
There were 2 main issues:
Firstly, teh_node is advertised as a business, yet I was using it as my personal site and portfolio. People got confused when I sent them the link to teh_node, thinking I'm working in that company, and the work there are of …