To set alpha blending for an object (i.e. image), add the following lines to your css file (first line for IE6+, second line for Mozilla Firefox.
| filter:alpha(opacity=70); -moz-opacity:0.7; |
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IE and Firefox Alpha blending (CSS)
Configuration Settings Section (.NET)
This was posted in Development on May 24th, 2009
When running multiple web applications, you may want to store settings in a global configuration file. To make things easier to read, configuration settings may be stored in application specific section blocks. In this tutorial, I will show you what to add to the web.config and how to use the settings in your web application. This is applicable to asp.net 1.1.
Getting Things Done
“Getting Things Done” or “GTD”, according to Wikipedia, is a action management methodology thought up by David Allen. The core principles are:
- Collect. Gathering and storing “information”.
- Process. Review collected information, i.e. in an email inbox.
- Organise. Assign labels to the “information”, i.e. follow-up, hold.
- Review. Check tasks and reminders daily to keep on track.
- Do. Organisation should not take much time; mostly you should be working on tasks.
My Favourite Applications
This was posted in Software on May 24th, 2009
There’s plenty of software out there that you can use for free. I try and keep what I install on my machines fairly limited. Here are my Top 5 (in no particular order) favourite open source / free software that I use from day to day.
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Windows XP to Ubuntu
This was posted in Software on May 24th, 2009
Sometimes you just get fed up with Microsoft Windows. You may feel this way because it isn’t behaving the way you want, or you simply don’t want to pay through the nose for an Operating System.
One day I decided that I didn’t really need Windows XP on my Dell Laptop, and installed Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron – just to see what it was like and whether it would be compatible enough.
Joomla & MoWeS rocks!
This was posted in Software on May 23rd, 2009
You may be thinking about having your own website, but don not know whether to write your own site, or to invest time in setting up some third party software like Joomla or Wordpress. I have had many different sites in the past, from static html content to dynamic data driven site, but in the end had decided that Joomla was the best package for me. Maybe after reading this you’ll give Joomla a go (and I’ll point you in the right direction in order to try Joomla out, without any need for web hosting or installing anything onto you pc).
New Site
This was posted in General on May 22nd, 2009
Due to problems with my old web host – I’ve moved to a different hosting company and have created a new template. I’m tweaking the design at them moment (and having lots of fun doing it!).
Unfortunately IE6 isn’t playing nice 
– means I have to do everything twice! If you want to see the site in a proper web browser; use Firefox!!!
