Many thanks to everyone who I met last night at the Australian INFront meet at the Civic, Sydney. It was great to meet up with everyone and also put names to old and new faces. Take care and keep in touch, Fredy. :)
Loggin into FTP via a browser
A way of loggin into an FTP site using username and password ::: ftp://username:password@ftp.server.com/
Top 10 list of OS X wares
A useful Top 10 list by Steve Watkins on some Indispensable OS X Wares that make things easier and increases the experience of using Mac OS X ::: www.lowendmac.com/practical/02/0409.html
Radmin v2.1 Vs WinVNC(3.3.3 R9)
What is Radmin? It is a viewer similar to VNC, but contains a variety of extra features including greater security and FTP support and works predominantly in Windows. Here is an interesting page comparing Radmin v2.1 Vs WinVNC(3.3.3 R9) :::
www.radmin.com/products/tests/default.html
The 13th Australia Online Survey
The ACNielsen.consult 13th Australia Online Survey ::: http://survey.consultco.com/s/au?refid=ni_ausit
Mac OS 9.2.1 Docs & Software downloads
A link to the Mac OS 9.2.1 Documents and Software available for download from the AppleCare Knowledge Base website :::
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html
Uche Ogbuji on The Languages of the Semantic Web
A “New Architect” article by Uche Ogbuji on The Languages of the Semantic Web ::: www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=2453/new1020218556549
Everything on VoiceXML 2.0
Everything you wanted to know about VoiceXML 2.0 ::: www.w3.org/Voice
What is XML Path Language or XPath
What is the XML Path Language or XPath? Here is a copy of the W3C Working Draft dated 16 August 2002 (3 days ago) ::: www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xpath20-20020816/
Adobe Glossary of Typographic Terms
The Adobe Glossary of Typographic Terms
Nasa on WEP security in Wireless LANs & 802.11
A nice article by J C Welch on how NASA overcame the security problems imposed by WEP in Wireless LANs and 802.11 ::: www.workingmac.com/inetd/50.wm A working paper of the article is located here.
US company holds exclusive rights to JPGs
Visiting Zeldman.com I came across this article of a US company holding the exclusive rights to the use of JPGs. Their rights are currently applied to client only (recieving) the JPG format, eg. browsers, pda, mobile, etc. not the broadcast rights or transmission of the JPG format, although they are pursuing the acquisition of broadcast rights also. ::: www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26272.html
What is EM and EMS size in fonts?
A definition of EM and its plural term, EMS can be found here ::: www-2.cs.cmu.edu/
There is an excellent website which shows clearly EMS font sizes in CSS and also comments on the Pro’s and Con’s of using EMS sizes in styles. :::
http://www.amherst.edu/~wwjarnag/code/learncss/ems.html
Specifying fonts in EMS size
A useful page in specifying type in EMS size::: www.hpaa.com/css1/emsnpercent.html
Owen Briggs’ resource site on typography
A useful resource on typography for the web. This page by Owen Briggs is excellent in describing the big and subtle differences of using pixel sizes, ems or points on type and how they render in the multitude of browsers and platforms.
www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/font.
The page has useful links to charts showing type as rendered on the platforms and browsers.