I lead teams at the intersection of strategy and design. Autodidact. Polymath. Barbecue acolyte. I start fires (the good kind).
Every so often the desire to rip all of my CDs to my computer takes hold. Usually half way through the process something forces me to start over. I’ve started the process three times now and am seriously considering a fourth. The songs I ripped (this time via Windows Media Player) haven’t been normalized which isn’t too big a deal unless I have a playlist with a lot of albums on it. Which I am prone to build.
Ahh well…
I consider myself pretty well-versed in the use of CSS, the browser issues associated with it and the ways around those issues. But every time I read something from Eric Meyer I learn something. He is a master.
Eric Meyer on CSS contains an amazing amount of knowledge explained through 13 projects. Though the work details some CSS which isn’t currently supported, the details are practical and lay a good foundation for the use of the technology. Most of the projects do render beautifully on IE 6 and Netscape 6, and I have incorporated many of the tips in this site and others I work on.
There is a great companion Web site as well which provides errata and all of the code detailed within the book.
If you are responsible for Web-based user interfaces this is a must have. One note, this book won’t teach you CSS/DHTML, it assumes you have the basic knowledge of the technologies and their use. It is labeled “Intermediate – Advanced”.
I’ve been using PHP for a good while now, but my learning has accelerated of late as I have been able to utilize the language in several projects. As per usual I am picking it up in bits and pieces to solve problems. One of these days I will have time to sit down and attack the language full on.
Yeah right…
As always, Ambrose does a great job of teaching while telling a story. Though I have never been very interested in “Cowboys and Indians”, this dual-biography has ensnared me. I must admit that my knowledge of American history in the period between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I is much lighter than it should be. This is the first book I’m reading to change that fact.
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This is a compendium of the sagas of the Norse. This is one of those few books that I am happy to have received by mistake (okay okay, I forgot to send back one of those book club mailers). It is a very different point of view for me. Though I have always thought vikings were interesting, I’ve had no historical or cultural perspective on their lives. This book lays out many of their beliefs and morality as the stories unfold.