Monthly Archives: February 2010
eSATA
In windows XP I tried converting my external e-sata disk to be “Dynamic”, supposedly making any disk Dynamic makes it hot-swappable. I’m not totally convinced of that. In XP I was able to plug in the drive and fudge around … Continue reading
CSS Box Shadow Improvements
I’ve been thinking about how we could achieve shadows like the one to the right of this wordpress layout [screenshot] using just css. The problem is that the shadow tapers off as it gets to the bottom of the menu … Continue reading
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I installed XP so many times that this thing I stuck in my head. It’s probably in the same brain cell where I keep my ICQ number. Two long-ass numbers that I have absolutely no use for but can’t get … Continue reading
photoshop tab tool tips are a pain
Every time I want to adjust text my mouse has to pass over the tab area. And every time, no matter how fast i move my mouse, it results in a tool tip. I have to wait until it goes … Continue reading
Eye HDR – Gaze-adapting system for displaying HDR images.
Screw “HDR Bloom” and forget “3d Gaming”. THIS IS USEFUL: Eye HDR from Christian Bloch on Vimeo.
Netbeans Bugs
Feb 3 2010 Netbeans bugs Toggle comment menu command on a line of html gives two slashes instead of html comments [ // foo vs ] even though netbeans is obviously smart enough to realize when I’m working in a … Continue reading
This is a comment I had about an article on the Decorator pattern
I think some people may overlook the importance/usefulness of the decorator pattern since all you’re doing in the examples could be accomplished by just concatenating P and /P around the getData() wherever it is you were going to display it. Continue reading