General Stuff

Creating a Reusable Ajax Driven Dialog

Dec 19, 2006Comments

Jack Slocum is back at it posting a great example of using YUI to create a reusable Ajax driven dialog. The example is an Image Chooser and Jack goes through the process of creating the app.
The post goes over the important parts of the code behind the image chooser:

How does it work?
Adding the Toolbar
Initializing [...]

Tagbulb a Tag Search Engine

Dec 8, 2006Comments

Tagbulb is a search engine based on searching tags from various sources like Flickr, YouTube, Magnolia and others with a pretty decent interface.
It’s a YUI-based implementation, but I do not like that from the main search it takes you directly to the image search and then you have to choose from the other content types [...]

Digg’s Design Copied - Website Redesign

Dec 6, 2006Comments

Website Auction Hub has launched a redesign of their website. If you don’t know, Website Auction Hub is all about websites and domains for sale.
I’m not too amazed by the redesign. As a matter of fact, I’m a bit turned off by it. When you first get there you may find yourself [...]

Sorry, I’ve been sick

Dec 6, 2006Comments

Hey Everybody,
Sorry for the low number of posts these past couple days. I’ve been quite under the weather and yesterday could barely make it off the couch. After loading up throughout the days on Tylenol Severe Cold and Nyquil at night I’m feeling some better today… at least enough to be mobile! [...]

Ajax Tabbed Browser

Dec 4, 2006Comments

Brandon Phillips shows us an Ajax Tabbed Browser. With the release of IE7 it looks like non-tabbed browsers are a thing of the past. Why wouldn’t they be?
Brandon says that people constantly on the go could use the service to access tabs from anywhere. My bet is that people who are constantly [...]

Civil Defense Logo Replaced after 67 Years

Dec 1, 2006Comments

The Civil Defense logo (show to the right) has been replaced by an Emergency Management Logo. 67 years is a good run for a logo. The National Emergency Management Association called the CD insiginia “a relic from the cold war”.
The creator of the original logo in 1938 was Charles T. Coiner, the art [...]