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“The Art & Science Of CSS” free download from SitePoint

sstringer — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:42:24 +0000

(via @goatlady's tweet:) For the next 14 days, one of SitePoint's most popular books, "The Art & Science Of CSS," is available to download for FREE. The promotion is designed to get you to follow SitePoint on Twitter, but you can enter your favorite spam catching email address to get the download for free, too. Click here: Twitaway Free Offer [NOTE:] In fact, at the moment, the email signup is the only way to get the download link. Twitter spanked SitePoint for sending too many DMs with links, so following them won't do you any good at this point (unless you just want good karma points).

phpMyAdmin Turns 3.0

sstringer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:26:01 +0000

The venerable and invaluable rent a car bulgariaphpMyAdmin has turned 3.0! Cosmetically, the tool looks pretty similar to 2.x, although some refinements have been made. Under the hood, phpMyAdmin now requires PHP 5.2+ and MySQL 5.0+. A new range of features are largely esoteric (IMHO) and are enumerated here. Download phpMyAdmin 3.x from the phpMyAdmin Project [...]

Webmaster Jam Session $50 Discount Code

sstringer — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:28:16 +0000

The Webmaster Jam Session '08 is coming right up (Oct 3rd and 4th) in Atlanta. If you haven't signed up yet and are thinking about going, don't hesitate. For the money, this is the best web development conference out there. I went last year and got a ton out of it. Read the full post to get $50 off your registration.

43folders Meta List on Productivity

sstringer — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:34:00 +0000

Okay, this is more for me than for you, my dear reader, but if you're struggling with any productivity-based problem, 43folders is the place for you. Here are some crucial meta links:

What Sucks? Looking for specific answers to what sucks for you today? “My email sucks.” “My attention management sucks.” “My compulsive web browsing sucks.” “My lack of resolve to put my art first sucks.” “My procrastination sucks.” “No, seriously. My procrastination really sucks.” “My fiddling with ‘productivity systems’ sucks.” “My to-do list sucks.” “My blog sucks.” “My band’s stupid website sucks.” “My meetings suck.” “My PowerPoint presentation sucks.” “I suck.”

Google’s Chrome Browser

sstringer — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:48:24 +0000

Google have announced the release of a free, open source browser called Chrome. The good news is that it's based on Webkit, so, in theory, this means that support will come easily for Web Developers. Rather than regurgitate the details of Google's announcement here, head on over and read it for yourself. I, for one, am intrigued. Link: Google's Chrome Browser Announcement

Tutorial: Launching MAMP Silently on Startup

sstringer — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:04:09 +0000

MAMP is a great tool for running and managing a development server when you require more than the basic PHP configuration included with Leopard. However, getting the web server to run typically involves launching MAMP, entering your root password, and quitting MAMP. This tutorial walks through the simple steps needed to launch MAMP silently on startup so that you do not have to enter your root password every time.

Integrating the iPhone SDK Simulator into Dreamweaver

sstringer — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:43:56 +0000

Are you doing iPhone development on a Mac? Do you use Dreamweaver as your IDE? If your answer to both questions is 'yes,' then try this simple tip.

Adding a $PATH environment variable in OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Terminal

sstringer — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:20:35 +0000

One thing that will inevitably come up when setting up a web server using MAMP on OS X Leopard is the need to add the PHP and PEAR binary paths to the Terminal $PATH variable. Fortunately, this is dead-simple. Read this tutorial to learn how to accomplish this simple task.

Dreamweaver CS4 Public Beta

sstringer — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:00:21 +0000

The Dreamweaver team has been hard at work since the launch of CS3 to bring you...drum roll please...CS4!

Sick of Spam? Let Google Manage Your Domain’s Email For Free [Updated]

sstringer — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:08:56 +0000

Here's a scenario: your client is hosted on a shared or dedicated server and is running their domain's email through Postfix and Spam Assassin or, worse, the built-in email provided by the host. Your client complains constantly about the amount of spam that they get even though you put all that gee-whiz email address obfuscation code on their site. What's a neck-bearded web developer to do? Well, did you know you can run your domain's email through Gmail for free? That's free as in beer, kids.