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Sew your own Tux penguin

ChiliJoe — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:47:01 +0000

This site provides free (as in Freedom) ‘executables’ that make it easy to sew your own soft-toy Tux — the Linux penguin. They have sewing patterns and a community to sew your own soft toy or stuffed Tux.

If you’re looking for a cute gift to yours truly. Look no further.

Man gets $15000 Christmas present for leaving car unlocked.

dugger — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:44:26 +0000

Depressed and dejected, an anonymous donor left an engagement ring with a note reading: “Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now. Merry Christmas to you.”

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Parenting humor at its best

ChiliJoe — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:12:24 +0000

“Tim Bete is to parenting as Michael Jackson is to the music industry — he’s won more awards than anyone can count, he’s amazing at what he does, and most of all, he’s hilarious, too! The world needs more people like this guy!”

– Scott Sevener, editor-in-chief, Just Laugh magazine

Link to best-of archive. Free email subscription.

Google Fixes IE; M$ Thanks Them

dugger — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:08:05 +0000

Google this week rolled out a fix to mitigate the risk from a newly discovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer that puts users of Google Desktop at risk even if they are running a fully updated system. Microsoft developers thanked Google for their work and say they are working on a patch for IE.

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Defining CSS Constants Using PHP

dugger — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:05:14 +0000

Tyler Hall has come up with a clever way to streamline edits for CSS constants (same styles repeated in different ids and classes) using PHP.

What’s more interesting though is the activity in the comments. It turned out that suggested technique has a security hole at the time the story made it to the front page of digg.com, in which the author has arrived at a pretty good tip. I’ll make it point to remember that too. ;)

Another interesting technique pointed out in the discussion is the CSS-SSC work by Shaun Inman. Thoughts by Eric Meyer.

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Nice webdesign showcase

dugger — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:40:43 +0000

DarkEye is a new breed of “living” web design showcase. You’re in control: you rate, review and submit sites that instantly appear in front of thousands potential users. DarkEye is what you make it so start experimenting today.

Very cool indeed.

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Top 10 custom JavaScript functions of all time

ChiliJoe — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

A very nice list of the most used JavaScript functions! A must read!

Pretty cool site design too (best viewed in Firefox)!

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Hundreds of Free Textbooks on one website

ChiliJoe — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

This is a collection of free textbooks from around the web. The site is non-commercial, easy to browse or search, and has links to hundreds of free books and educational sites in a variety of subjects. Users can leave reviews of the books in the registration-free comment fields.

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