In browsing through youngpup.net, I ran across this post, that illustrates the true worth of the PHP Manual (specifically the section covering Perl compatible Regular Expression Functions). I return to the manual time and again, always finding an answer to my questions. Often as not, I find a more efficient way to accomplish my task than I had in mind to begin with!
Archives for June 2004
The rule is perfect:
“The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. ”
Mark Twain
Em Widths
The Man in Blue has built a great resource for the Web development community: em Widths. Em is not the easiest measurement to visualize, but it is extremely useful in controlling the size of text relative to a base size, and in the concept of elastic design.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities…
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.”
Albert Einstein
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced…
“Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.”
Tom Robbins
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
“Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.”
Henry David Thoreau