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FreeXenon BLog has moved...

2008-10-10T08:54:00.006-05:00

All right People the FreeXenon BLog have moved to a permanent Domain Host and is at www.FreeXenon.com. This BLogger account will no longer be updated. For more updates move yourselves on over to www.FreeXenon.com.

Moving to a New Home...

2008-10-03T14:25:00.002-05:00

FreeXenon.com will be moving to a permanent home that will use a domain host so we do not play this little redirection game. Yea!

Cross-browser Keypad Support for Prototype?

2008-04-11T14:09:00.003-05:00

I am currently working on a project that is using the Prototype script library and it seems that the character detection routines do not detect the numbers typed into a keypad on Internet Explorer. Grrrrr.... It, of course, works fine on Firefox.

Notes and Java/Javascript/XHTML Resources?

2006-06-22T08:41:00.000-05:00

At work we have a Lotus Notes/Novell based Infrastructure sitting on top of Windows Servers. We have a developer that that does a lot of Notes application design and from what I have seen Notes Scripting and working with the canned widgets can be rather frustrating. I am wondering if anyone out there knows of any good Java/Javascript/XHTML development resources for Lotus Notes Applications. I

It's the End of CSS hacks as We Know It...

2006-05-17T11:17:00.000-05:00

P.I.E.'s article"CSS Hacks and IE7 and the oh so popular post on the IE Blog "Call to action: The demise of CSS hacks and broken pages" has made me think and desire to post what I have been thinking about all of this. I have also read various posts referring the the later and a common theme I am hearing is stop hacking your CSS because IE7 is coming. I do not ascribe to this thought at all.It

I'm Still Alive

2006-04-27T19:29:00.000-05:00

I'm still alive, but still very busy at the moment. My wife and I are buying a house so that is still in the works. I have 3 related articles that I am working on when I get the time: Header Tags and Title Element both of which are related to "Usage of the Link Element", and then Thinking About Web Development Correctly. I'm still alive and very busy. Thank you for being patient.

Geeky and Humorous MP3's

2006-04-27T19:18:00.000-05:00

Are you a Code Monkey or Web Standardsista, well there are songs out there for you. These are quite entertaining."Code Monkey Like Fritos" by Jonathan Coulton pays homage to Code Monkeys every where; without which the world would end. All hail Code Monkeys! "Hands to Boag" is a love song about Web Standards set to "Raise Your Hands" by the '80's band Breathe. If you love Web Standards like I do

May 7th, Day of Angels

2006-04-17T09:25:00.000-05:00

Siete de Mayo; Dia de Angeles; May 7th, Day of Angels - a new holiday started by .... Me. =) Why?? You Ask... To celebrate the Angels in my life. Find the Angels in your life... the people who have lifted you up when you have fallen, those who have given you strength when you were weak, those who have given you hope when all is lost - and thank them... Show them that their support made a

Happy International Women's Day

2006-03-08T09:34:00.000-06:00

To all of the women out there "Happy International Women's Day" We do not have it here in the US. My wife is Belarussian and it is a really big holiday there in Belarus and in the Russian Fedaration, and therefore a big holiday for me! It is kind of like Valentines Day for the Significant Woman(en) in your life and then a Sweetest Day for the others. Flowers, Candy and a really nice dinner for

Error while creating a PDF from a Publisher File

2006-01-06T11:53:00.000-06:00

I was trying to convert a newsletter in Publisher format to PDF as I have done in the past, albeit not with my Windows XP box or the new version of Adobe Acrobat (7.0) and I received the following error:%%[ ProductName: Distiller ]%% %%[ Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: show ]%% Stack: (') %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%% %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF

Tim Berners-Lee Blog

2005-12-16T09:12:00.000-06:00

News from the ever so informed Anne van Kesteren is that 'The Father of the World Wide Web Internet', Sir Tim Berners-Lee, now has a Blog.I apologize to the DIG people and possibly to Ryan Lee for contributing to the 'Slash Dot Effect'. Good luck guys and thanks to the crew there at DIG. I hope that they do not have problems.

Access Keys

2005-12-15T08:50:00.000-06:00

Access Keys have once again found its way onto the GAWDS mailing list, as it does at least once a year , and surprisingly John Foliot has not thrown his hat into the ring. John, co-founder of WATS.ca, is one of the most vocal proponents against implementing accesskeys in their current state of support in modern browsers and I do agree with him, but I do see the value in their use in a

Wikis and Dreamhost

2005-12-01T09:55:00.001-06:00

Wikipedia is a great resouce that I use all of the time and a post on ArsTechnica got me thinking about uses for Wikis. I am thinking of recommending the use of one where I work. We are the MIS department for a County Government and shared resources, fixes and information may be useful if stored and maintained via a Wiki instead of a Lotus Notes Database.What are your experieces using Wikis and

The Possible Futures of the Internet

2005-11-29T10:24:00.000-06:00

Here are some links to possible futures of the internet:Internet 2Semantic WebIPV6Planet LabIf you do not know about them you may want to familiarize yourself with them. These may not impact you now, but they might in the future. It is good to have an idea where the world, specifically the internet, might be going.If you have comments or experience with any of these please leave a comment or

Using Search Engines: Basic SearchingEasing your Computer Experience

2005-11-25T18:14:00.000-06:00

This is one of a series of articles that are aimed at Easing Your Computer Experience. Comfortable computer use is something that takes time and unfortunately can end up with a lot of frustration for people who do not live and die by their PC (or Mac or Nix box or whatever else), as these people will already, most likely, know these topics. These articles, tutorials, or mini-tutorials will be

Usage of the Link Element

2005-11-20T09:50:00.000-06:00

The element provides context by providing links to other pages in the collection and shows how they are related to the current page. Here is a quote fron the HTML 4.01 Spec that is echoed in the other specs and I have emphasized the important part:This element defines a link. Unlike A, it may only appear in the HEAD section of a document, although it may appear any number of times.

Free Xenon is Here

2005-10-24T09:25:00.000-05:00

This is a not so temporary BLog set up until I can find a more permanent solution. It will also take me quite some time to create a new theme for the BLog as I have many other projects that demand my attention such as designing the site for my mothers' insurance agency. I will be adding links and other content as I go.The previous articles that I have posted are the articles that I have written

CSS Fonts and Font Sizing

2005-10-24T08:53:00.000-05:00

We have had some issues about fonts and font sizes. I though I would give some information regarding this.Font SizesThis odd 100.01% value for the font size compensates for several browser bugs. First, setting a default body font size in percent (instead of em) eliminates an IE/Win problem with growing or shrinking fonts out of proportion if they are later set in ems in other elements.

Blurring the Lines of Separation

2005-10-24T08:05:00.000-05:00

There are several layers to web development and that the Layers should be, as a rule, kept separate. I read the recent A list Apart article named JavaScript Triggers that stated the following:Technically, adding this information to the class attribute is possible, but is it allowed to use this attribute for carrying information it was not designed to carry? Does this violate the separation of

Lorem Ipsum and other such non-sense...

2005-10-23T07:57:00.000-05:00

I am updating the site to include some more useful links. Here are some links about Lorem ipsum: Description and Ungreek's Differring Source (Lorem Ipsum) Generator. More than you ever wanted to know about the correct usage of abbr and acronym courtesy of Lars Holst. To top it all off we have a little bit about what the heck this scroll lock button is on our keyboards...

Robots, Spiders, and other Crawlers... Oh My!!

2005-10-17T16:07:00.000-05:00

Robots are automated programs spawned by search engines to find and index content. Each search engine has it's own robot, which are sometimes referred to as spiders, that (usually) leave a customized User Agent String to identify itself to web servers. Here are example user agent strings found on our server logs: Googlebot/2.1+(+http://www.google.com/bot.html) // Google's Spider Mozilla/5.0+(

CSS 2.1 Specificity Calculation

2005-10-13T09:56:00.000-05:00

There has been a round of posts that show how to calculate CSS 2.1 Specificity for a given rule to determine which style takes precedence on Molly.com, Malarky. There is also some info on HTML Dog, Meyer Web, and Juicy Studio as well. It is not common to have problems with this. I have only had confusion regaurding sepcificity for a given style once or twice, so it is something that is nice to