March 2009
24 posts
Neat article layout →
Almost feels like a user guide, although I have no idea what they’re saying!
An Open Letter To Umlaut →
tarts:
Dear Umlaut, You think you’re so damn cool, huh? Just hanging out, chillin’, above all those vowels. You’re all, “Ooh, look at me, I’m a chic umlaut. I make girls’ names look modish, like Zoë and Chloë, and I rock with strung out ’80s metal bands!” Well, guess what? You’re only an umlaut if you’re modifying the pronunciation of a singular vowel, like in “Führer” or “über.” If you’re...
patio →
vonsydow:
Good looking, but very stripped down, todo app.
Thank you! Precisely my intent.
I love character encoding!
I’m interested!
marco:
Tonight’s goal: Make a simple PHP class.
Input: a URL pointing to an HTML document.
Output: a UTF-8 version, regardless of what encoding it’s really in.
Sounds easy, right?
Nope. Because some pages specify encoding via HTTP header, some specify via meta tag, some specify both but they disagree, and some don’t specify at all. Sometimes, the encoding is...
Future web / love sounds
Excellent. [Edited down for reblogging’s sake.]
langer:
I received some rather predictable criticism after mentioning that our site was dropping support for IE6. I was even called an asshole along the way (though, by reblog association, so was Marco, so I guess that puts me in pretty good company). While there are any number of reasons why someone might think I’m an asshole, this is not...
Not quite sure what to make of this. →
UPS' local customer center number
They won’t give this out, ever, but just in case you, too, get screwed over by UPS with packages going missing, shady drivers, and the like, give them a call!
718-706-3055
I'm testing SMS integration for pat.io
If you’d like to test, I’ll set you up!
YES! WRTI Philadelphia on my iTunes radio.
The impetus behind patio →
Why I built my latest side project, patio.
At a Drokick Murphys concert
pile:
It’s awesome
Holy. Shit.
What do you know about estoppel?
When will all the tech incest stop?