CSS: CSS HIDING TECHNIQUES COMPILATION
Centricle compiled a very fine comparison table "regarding the various methods that are available to hide troublesome CSS from specific browsers. There's not much there that can't be found elsewhere on the Web, but having it all in one place can't hurt." He also has a fine list of bookmarklets.
PHP: COMPARING PEAR DB TO ADODB
At PHP Everywhere, including a feature comparison, features missing from PEAR DB and criticism of ADOdb. Result: PEAR DB is just a smallish subset of ADOdb, go for the latter. But if you are looking for an database abstraction layer for your project, also check out Metabase. Via FuzzyBlog
MYSQL: COOKING WITH MYSQL
oreillynet: "Paul DuBois has selected sample recipes from the hundreds you'll find in his book, MySQL Cookbook. In this first in a three-part series showcasing these sample recipes, find out how to interpret results from summaries and NULL values and how to identify duplicates in a table or record." As mentioned in a prior posting, don't miss this book's free sample chapter in PDF format: Chapter 3: Record Selection Techniques
XUL: SOME NOTES ABOUT PHOENIX
xulplanet.com: "This page describes some things about [XUL] developing for Phoenix, which is a Mozilla browser with a re-designed UI. For the most part, it is similar, so you should be able to port any utilities to it with ease." In other Mozilla/Phoenix news at Blogzilla, How to make Phoenix even faster.
RSS: OPEN QUESTION - WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH RSS?
"If you could aggregate (as an information 'consumer') or syndicate (as an information 'publisher') any kind of information, what would it be, and why?" Open discussion at Stating the Obvious
WEBLOGS: TINKERING
Mark Pilgrim is not only back, but improves, improves, improves his blog. And God is in the details: finally, links can be distinguished from text with your browser configured to not underline links (like mine).
ELLEN FEISS: SHE SPEAKS
As announced here before: "The apple of Apple's eye: Ellen Feiss" in her first interview
And finally in serious news:
THE SOFTWARE BEHIND DUB-YAH
Industrial Technology and Witchcraft reveals
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