iPod your BMW Friday July 30th
The first seamless integration of iPod and automobile. Very nice ! Check the site or the promotional site.
I’m currently considering getting a Bimmer, all I’ll need after that is the iPod 
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Look Mom, No Tables! Thursday July 29th
If you’re still using HTML table to make your web page layouts, you should start looking more into CSS. Douglas Bowman article “Throwing Tables Out the Window” talks about the benefits of using CSS over HTML Tables on one of Microsoft’s web page.
Here’s the introduction of his article :
With the CSS waters thoroughly tested by many sites that have taken the plunge, it’s time for us to start cheering from the water below, coaxing and encouraging those who haven’t yet jumped in, to make that jump. There’s no longer any reason to use tables for layout, nor …
Can Your Site Survive Firefox?
Yesterday I talked about the browser FireFox as a user point of view, but what about the Web Designers? Cross-browser compatibility isn’t a think from the past and the popularity of FireFox will probably make you sweat a bit more 
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Here’s a quote from Brian Livingston’s article “Can Your Site Survive Firefox?” :
…you shouldn’t let IE’s current dominance lull you into testing your site’s compatibility only with that one browser. Even one of Firefox’s harshest critics, Michael Horowitz, says the new browser will get big fast. “I would think at least 10 percent” of Web surfers will be using …
Is Firefox the next revolution? Wednesday July 28th
For those of you who are wondering what is FireFox, well it’s a free and open-source web browser based on the Mozilla codebase. Euh? Still clueless? Then go take a look at this FAQ.
That said, are the browser wars back?
Well not quite, Internet Explorer still has 95% of the browser market share. But since virus like Download.Ject could now infect Internet Explorer users, there’s a lot of people thinking about alternative. I’m hearing more and more people around me running away from Internet Explorer or at least using it …
Windows XP Home vs. Professional Edition Tuesday July 27th
Ever wonder what’s the difference between Windows XP Home Edition and the Professional Edition ? Then take a look at
Paul Thurrott’s article. It’s an old article but it explain the Pro features that aren’t in Home Edition, it can even enlighten you on some feature you weren’t aware of.
Un arbitre abat un entraîneur Monday July 26th
Que ce soit au football, au baseball, au basketball ou au soccer on a tous déjà crié après un arbitre pour avoir fait un “mauvais” appel, non ?
Et bien la prochaine fois pensez-y deux fois avant de critiquer un arbitre, car aujourd’hui un arbitre sud-africain a abattu un entraîneur qui contestait sa décision.
Ci-dessous un extrait de l’article :
Un arbitre de soccer sud-africain a tué un entraîneur et blessé deux joueurs qui avaient contesté sa décision de mettre un carton jaune à l’un des joueurs de l’équipe durant un match, a annoncé la police dimanche.
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L’arbitre, furieux de voir sa …
Ideas for Improving a News Web Site Thursday July 22nd
Searching for new ideas to improve your News Website or even your Blog Website take a look at Steve Outing article “Checklist for Building the Ideal News Web Site“.
Quote from Editor & Publisher of who he consulted for these ideas :
Here’s a list of ideas for how news sites could do things differently. Some of these notions are mine (based on years of covering this industry as a journalist, researcher and occasional consultant); others come from top consultants and academics who I’ve enlisted in this advice-fest. (I avoided asking people who currently manage or work at online-news operations; …
Soccer Moves Wednesday July 21st
I know that the Euro is finish, but if you want to pratice cool moves check out this guy’s video. The music from the video is also good, so if you know the artist let me know.
By the way what a surprise the Euro 2004 was ! I was voting for Danemark, ya I know, but hey they had a good team and they made it to the quarter-finals .
For those who didn’t follow the Euro, Greece won against, the local team, Portugal. Maybe Portugal can win at the Athens 2004 Olympics against the …
On a marché sur la Lune, il y a 35 ans Tuesday July 20th
Saviez-vous qu’aujourd’hui ça fait 35 ans exactement que l’être humain a marché sur la lune.
Quelques liens intéressants sur cette journée :
PHP 5 and MySQL Licensing
After months of release candidates, PHP 5.0.0 is finally out!
Bellow is a list of interesting links that talks about the new features of PHP 5 and the controversy licensing of MySQL :
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