Monthly Archives: January 2009

Internet Explorer 8 still rendering on as 7 in Intranet (local) editing

In IE8, Tools > Compatibility View Settings > Uncheck “Display intranet sites in Compatibility View”. Although this may come as a surprise for you, Microsoft does has a point doing that. In large organizations like governments, intranet applications that date … Continue reading

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CSS Tables – The Limitations

Oh, CSS, you’ll never give up do you. So, think again, float is not dead. How’s that? First off, take a CSS table for layout. Secondly, realize that, in a table, there is no way to seperate table blocks, except … Continue reading

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CSS Tables – The Next Best Thing Since Ice-Cream

If your a new web developer, you’ll be amazed at how logical today’s world of the web can be. Learning CSS tables firsthand in CSS would be dream-like; I envy future students. But for modern web developers, for the few … Continue reading

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The Truth About Your Battery

OpenSUSE 11.1 is amazing. I just installed it on my sister’s old laptop and it came up to me with this dialog; Apparently, despite being 100% charged, by battery’s capacity was at only 42%, indicating a broken or aged battery. … Continue reading

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Anime: Changing Artist Halfway

I was listening to The Third and uppon listening to 13, it seemed to me the drawings were awkward, making the characters look fat. So, I did a comparison with past and future episodes, and to my delight, it’s the … Continue reading

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Output Power is Everything

Besides Signal to Noise ratio, of which you can really only hear the differences when listening in extremely quiet environments, that is, perceiving more noise on a device than another (yes, this is no audiophile trip, you can really hear the … Continue reading

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The Future of Smartphones – It’s computer history all over again

During the 177th TWiT, John gave out an analogy about the smart phone market I thought was just brilliant. It’s probably the best take on the Smartphone future I’ve ever heard, so I’ll explore on its contenders right now. PC … Continue reading

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Audible – Not DRM-Free but Excellent Customer Support

The other day I came about to a small surprise. I format computers a lot so a lot of my licenses have to be re-activated with a new OS counted as a new computer. Unfortunatly, Audible only allows a maximum … Continue reading

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DSD Applied to Video – Beyond the Pixel

DSD is somewhat Ironic (What is DSD) because its process is quite literaly immitating the analog signal. But in audio, much to the contrary of video and imaging, this is the best thing to do. In imaging however, the saying … Continue reading

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The confusing world of Newlines – Why your text file may have become a single line

If you’re in the web business, you’re bound to have come across the phenomenon of opening your text file and have it appear completely on one line or in some kind of giberish. While a lot of it can be … Continue reading

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