Edith Frost » coding http://edithfrost.com Roller-skating enthusiast Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:22:25 +0000 en hourly 1 If you say “CSS” fast enough, … http://edithfrost.com/if_you_say_css_fast_enough/ http://edithfrost.com/if_you_say_css_fast_enough/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:30 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/if_you_say_css_fast_enough/
  • If you say “CSS” fast enough, it sounds like you’re saying “thank you” in Chinese. Things that make you go “hmmm”… #
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/if_you_say_css_fast_enough/feed/ 0     Blueprint: A CSS Framework http://edithfrost.com/blueprint_a_css_framework/ http://edithfrost.com/blueprint_a_css_framework/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 19:49:57 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/blueprint_a_css_framework/feed/ 0 Faster blogging, better coding http://edithfrost.com/faster_blogging_better_coding/ http://edithfrost.com/faster_blogging_better_coding/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 06:59:37 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/?p=3131
  • Learning Markdown, not that there’s much to learn. Installed the plugin for WP, now checking to make sure it’s not screwing up older posts. #
  • “Bluish Bells” live in Toulouse… http://tinyurl.com/5o3xtr #
  • The internet is lots of fun today. Just uploaded my old demos album to Last.fm. Might as well. http://tinyurl.com/59jchq #
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/faster_blogging_better_coding/feed/ 0     Valid XHTML YouTube embed code generator http://edithfrost.com/valid_xhtml_youtube_embed_code_generator/ http://edithfrost.com/valid_xhtml_youtube_embed_code_generator/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 18:41:03 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/valid_xhtml_youtube_embed_code_generator/feed/ 0 Markdown Syntax http://edithfrost.com/markdown_syntax/ http://edithfrost.com/markdown_syntax/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 17:34:55 +0000 edith Documentation at Daring Fireball

    ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/markdown_syntax/feed/ 0     Google Doctype http://edithfrost.com/google_doctype_an_encyclopedia_for_web_developers/ http://edithfrost.com/google_doctype_an_encyclopedia_for_web_developers/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 19:00:00 +0000 edith An Encyclopedia for Web Developers

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    ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/google_doctype_an_encyclopedia_for_web_developers/feed/ 0     As Wesley would say… http://edithfrost.com/as_wesley_would_say/ http://edithfrost.com/as_wesley_would_say/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:59:15 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/?p=3095
  • Collapsing margins and broken box models suck a capuchin monkey’s musty ass with Hoisen sauce! #
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/as_wesley_would_say/feed/ 0     Learning (more) CSS http://edithfrost.com/learning_more_css/ http://edithfrost.com/learning_more_css/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:22:39 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/?p=3093 Awhile back I started thinking I ought to sharpen my skills in web design. At first I thought I should learn PHP, so I started a book on that, but abandoned it when I realized I really needed to backtrack a bit. So I started one on Javascript and guess what, I abandoned that one too for being just an eensy bit over my head. I knew I had to shore up my knowledge of HTML and CSS, which sucks because that’s supposedly what I know best! I’ve been using HTML for frickin’ 15 years but I’m self-taught, and only ever really learned what I had to.

    CSS - The Missing Manual book coverSo anyway, pride be damned. Now I’m working on a book that’s way more up my alley: CSS: The Missing Manual. I kinda knew a lot of this stuff already, but CSS has always been a weak spot for me. I do write valid XHMTL nowadays, but I’ve been stuck in “transitional” mode for too many years. But now I’m really knuckling down and learning how CSS works, how to separate the content from the style. Hopefully that’ll be reflected on my site one of these days. (Don’t look at the code! It validates, but it’s a mess to look at.)

    This book is really really good. It explains CSS from top to bottom, and hammers it in with tutorials where you have to work on your own computer using mocked-up sites they’ve provided. There are a lot of intricacies to CSS that I never knew about. I’m about 1/3 through the book now, and really want to make it to the end for once in my life!!

    ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/learning_more_css/feed/ 0     NoCruft Code http://edithfrost.com/nocruft_code/ http://edithfrost.com/nocruft_code/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:59:45 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/?p=3086
  • @nata2 & friends posted a fine new coders wiki. Check it next time you have to make a for loop in 21 languages. http://nocruft.com/wiki/ #
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/nocruft_code/feed/ 0     Art and Science! http://edithfrost.com/art_and_science/ http://edithfrost.com/art_and_science/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:59:51 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/art_and_science/
  • Meteorites for Sale (via Unreal Real)
  • Reading "Javascript Demystified". Seems a good place for me to start: I’m aiming to be a real coder when I grow up, not just a markup hag. #
  • Skeezix Coloring Book
  • Apparently in my version of Javascript, 2 plus 2 always equals 22. That just makes me mad. #
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/art_and_science/feed/ 1     Now you know I’m online 24-fucking-7 http://edithfrost.com/now_you_know/ http://edithfrost.com/now_you_know/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:59:28 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/now_you_know/
  • I’m getting better at making forms. Again! In 14 years of HTMLing I’ve only had to make a few of them so it’s hard to retain that know-how. #
  • Hymn to the Fallen
  • Google Talkabout: Google Talk chatback (via Harper)
  • I just added Google Talk chatback to my website. I’m not into idle chatter though, so it might bug me after 5 minutes. We’ll see. #
  • Record Runner
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/now_you_know/feed/ 0     Internetting http://edithfrost.com/internetting/ http://edithfrost.com/internetting/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:59:39 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/internetting/
  • Looking for a lifestream plugin for WP that’ll pull my twits etc. into the db, which I’m currently doing by hand. Most of them just cache. #
  • @jennatar: That’s one of the ones I’m looking at, yep. :-) Also WP-Autoblog & WP-o-Matic #
  • @jennatar: works for me in GReader. #
  • @jennatar: the url google decided to use is like so: http://tinyurl.com/2l6wn7 #
  • @jennatar: view source? perhaps your browser isn’t set up to directly view rss feeds #
  • @jennatar: How come I can see it then? maybe run it through a validator #
  • No progress on the lifestreaming thing, but I do have nicer pagination! I’m going with a lateral approach, heheh. #
  • Can raccoons open windows? Because one is trying to do that right now, dammit. #
  • I have a new friend who’s a fabulously talented mosaic artist. Check it out. http://flickr.com/photos/ca… #
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/internetting/feed/ 0     If the shoe fits http://edithfrost.com/if_the_shoe_fits/ http://edithfrost.com/if_the_shoe_fits/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:59:59 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/if_the_shoe_fits/
  • How to Write a WordPress Plugin
  • Adding Administration Menus « WordPress Codex
  • If Jeanette Sliwinski Goes Free, That Would be Insane (via Chicagoist)
  • (I’m a dumbass.) #
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/if_the_shoe_fits/feed/ 0     Hacking WordPress http://edithfrost.com/hacking_wordpress/ http://edithfrost.com/hacking_wordpress/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:59:31 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/hacking_wordpress/
  • WordPress Plugin Generator. Cute.
  • Morning Recordings – The Welcome Kinetic (via So This Is What The Volume Knob’s For)
  • My WordPress category hackMy WordPress category hack


    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/hacking_wordpress/feed/ 0     Optimistic math http://edithfrost.com/optimistic_math/ http://edithfrost.com/optimistic_math/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:59:53 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/optimistic_math/
  • I bought "Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes." What that title means: Don’t read it now! Wait a little bit, THEN read. For a very long time. #
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/optimistic_math/feed/ 1     db repair, levenger love http://edithfrost.com/db_repair_levenger_love/ http://edithfrost.com/db_repair_levenger_love/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:59:08 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/db_repair_levenger_love/
  • Oh dear, my rss feed is saying I’m posting everything on December 31 1969. WTF? #
  • Thinking I can’t use TwitterTools, at least not to pull in RSS and create new posts automatically. Seems to be screwing up dates and GUIDs. #
  • Search and Replace in WordPress MySQL Database (via Lorelle on WordPress)
  • I got my Circa notebook and I love it! I noticed a broken tooth on the inner plastic cover thingy; they’re graciously sending me a new one. #
  • I’m done moving into my note-bwallet! Amanda (@swatymyers) would understand the satisfaction. I’ll be using this every day, all the time. #
  • Levenger Circa Zip Folio Compact
    • ]]>     http://edithfrost.com/db_repair_levenger_love/feed/ 0     htaccess and unfortunate icons http://edithfrost.com/htaccess_and_unfortunate_icons/ http://edithfrost.com/htaccess_and_unfortunate_icons/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:59:59 +0000 edith http://edithfrost.com/htaccess_and_unfortunate_icons/
  • Ugh. htaccess and mod_rewrite are straining my brain something awful. I need to get better at regex, I shoulda had that down cold years ago. #
  • It may be dawning on me that the Twitter plugin I’m using is generating funky dates. Need to roll my own, but that’s a huge can’o'worms. #
  • I just blew my occasional allowance for luxuriousness. It’s a Levenger Circa Zip Folio, size compact, in eggplant. Yay! Can’t wait for UPS. #
  • F’book says (with a broken-heart icon) that a friend went from being "in a relationship" to "single". Am I to post condolences on his wall? #
  • How To Add WordPress 2.3 Tags To Your Current Theme
  • mod_rewrite Cheat Sheet
  • Goodbye (to the Chicago Reader production staff)
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