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I'm having computer troubles. Of various kinds. Some don't even involve my computers!
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From the page: "Skin whiteners were once targeted only to women. Now the products are a hot commodity for men."
From the page: "1em / 100% isn't 10pt, it's 12pt / 16px"
From the page: "My personal conclusion is that the choice between XHTML and HTML is completely irrelevant. Whether or not you add little forward slashes to the end of tags is not going to make or break a website. The important thing is coding semantically, for validity and compatibility, whichever doctype you use. Choose a strict doctype over transitional, and give your browser the best mark-up you can deliver."
From the page: "Generally, I can see the point of CAPTCHAs. They do help to reduce spam at some sites, but at what cost? If I, a fully able human being with perfect eyesight and a decent browser, have problems seeing captchas or getting the letter combinations right, what hope do those with poor eyesight or other reading/visual disabilities? Must they be relegated to a silent corner, never allowed to join a website or post a comment again, for fear of angering the giant CAPTCHA making machine monster thingy?"
If you’re thinkin about my baby it don’t matter if you’re black or white.
Another BellaBuffs tutorial, this one by way of Julie. This one shows you how to change the page titles using PHP.
From the page: "This tutorial requires that you have a basic understanding of PHP includes (more specifically of using the function to include a header and footer file). It is also best if you are at least a little familiar with BellaBuffs and you should know a bit what the âoeifâ¦elseâ function does."
From the page: "This tutorial requires that you have a basic understanding of PHP includes (more specifically of using the function to include a header and footer file). It is also best if you are at least a little familiar with BellaBuffs and you should know a bit what the âoeifâ¦elseâ function does."
Part II of "Making Bellabuffs Work Better For You" has Stephanie (of greydove.org breaking down some of the code a bit more for PHP newbies.
You may want to look at Part I before you proceed.
From the page: "After writing my article Making BellaBuffs Work Better for You, I realized while coding my own fanlisting (TWO ON TWO) that, while I am experienced in programming, not everyone who maintains fanlistings are. How would, for example, a PHP newbie know they canât include quotation marks in their customized text? How could someone who doesnât have five programming manuals on their bookshelf realize simply trying to include a link in their introduction would cause the script to break? How can such things be achieved painlessly? Well, it requires a bit of specialized knowledge. And so, I welcome you to Part II of Making BellaBuffs Work Better for Youâ¦"
This is a lovely little tutorial that covers some simple things you can do with PHP to "unique up" your fanlistings that run on BellaBuffs. Though the article targets BellaBuffs in particular, anyone looking to learn a little bit of PHP could benefit from reading this tutorial and its successor.
From the page: "The theory behind the idea is that you should be able to have a one static version of BellaBuffs on your computer that you can upload into any fanlisting directory you have, the subject being anything from M.A.C. makeup to World of Warcraft. This way, you're not bloating up your computer with unnecessary index, about, button, etc. files. The only unique file you will have to store for each listing is prefs.php, the file that keeps each listing's exclusive text."
From the page: "Celebrity stalker: A photo of a well known figure, whether used deceptively, in parody, or merely to show oneâs admiration for an actor, singer, politician, etc. Itâs like Halloween 365 days a year. Youâre Barrack Obama, Britney Spears or Rick Astley. (Rick Astley? People do crazy things.) I guess itâs all in good fun, but would you want someone using your picture and claiming they were you? Itâs kind of creepy."
From the page: "Why have so many people had it in for the poor babysitter? "
From the page: "Does this indicate a shift in our attitudes towards young women, or merely a calcification of gender roles? Maybe both. And maybe also something less palatable. Nowadays, it seems like oftentimes the moms who employ a neighbor as a sitter is eager for a responsible older girl's influence on her daughters - as opposed to the quotidian care of a nanny, who presumably doesn't have the same wisdom to impart. I know as a teen nerd, I was in high demand in my neighborhood as a "good influence" - and the fact that I was always free on a Saturday night didn't hurt, either. I get that, especially in a world rife with questionable influences. But the contrast between the babysitter and the actual employees - even when some people tossed the terms around with optimistic interchangeability - sometimes felt weird. "
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Singing through text... I have "In The Ghetto" stuck in my head now!
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