Remembering June, 2009

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Firefox 3.5 font-face | 30th Jun 2009

I could try to explain why the @font-face CSS feature in the new Firefox 3.5 is so awesome for web developers (and viewers), but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words: Firefox 3.0 (and other web browsers) vs Firefox 3.5. You no longer need a particular font installed on your computer in [...]

Who do you trust? | 26th Jun 2009

The following is the third post in a series entitled, “Securing your Email.” If you’re just tuning in and you’re not very familiar with words like “digital signature” and “public-key cryptography,” you may want to take a few minutes to read the first two posts in this series. After reading my earlier posts, hopefully you’ve [...]

Fixing the Holes | 24th Jun 2009

The following is the second post in a series entitled, “Securing your Email.” Throughout the post, I am going to be referencing an analogy about mailing a letter that I described in the first post of the series. If you’re not familiar with it, you may want to take a minute to read it. I’ll [...]

Please, Mr. Postman | 23rd Jun 2009

One of my friends has the following “signature” attached to all his outgoing emails: The materials in this message are private and may contain Protected Healthcare Information. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this [...]

Back to the roots of Firefox | 21st Jun 2009

I started using Firefox for pretty much one reason: it correctly interpreted HTML and CSS (the code that web pages are written in). When I was learning to design web sites in high school and college, Internet Explorer was annoying because it doesn’t conform to web standards set forth by the W3C. It was a [...]

Death by 100 Papercuts | 10th Jun 2009

The newly formed, Canonical-sponsored, User-Experience Team is already hard at work on their major campaign to improve the default Ubuntu experience with the Ayatana project. One of their big goals for Ubuntu 9.10 is dubbed “One Hundred Papercuts.” Canonical seems to be taking the constant criticism of the default Ubuntu experience to heart, and they’re [...]

WordPress 2.8 released | 10th Jun 2009

WordPress 2.8, codenamed “Baker”, was just released. It’s looking pretty sweet. Unfortunately I’ll have to wait a few days before I upgrade due to exams.

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