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Eric Meyer on CSS

Eric Meyer on CSS 06/27/2004 10:06 AM

I read this book on the plane to and from Chicago. Eric Meyer is apparently a CSS God, although I hadn't heard about him before this book came out.

In the end, the book wasn't for me. If you're a CSS hacker of some repute, you're probably not going to get a lot out of this book. But if you've just started CSS and want to become such a hacker, this one is right up your alley.

The book is divided into "projects." In the beginning of each chapter, Meyer states what you're going to try and do, then walks you though every line of CSS to get there, explaining what you're doing along the way.

The idea is that you'll download the project files from the companion Web site, and follow along — changing the CSS as he writes, then refreshing your pages. This is a fantastic way to do it, and is perfect for the beginner who wants to see exactly what their changes produce.

Sadly, however, I was on a airplane at the time, which doesn't lend itself well to coding, and rather than completing long-winded projects, I was really looking for some wicked tips and theories to earn myself entrance to CSS Nirvana.

I did learn a few things. The chapter on fixed background positioning was good, as was the last chapter in the book, where he tries to take the layout of the book, and convert it into CSS for equivalent display on the Web. The best bits for me, it turned out, where the little sidenotes in the margins.

Don't get me wrong, this is a good book. I was just the wrong audience. He has another one — More Eric Meyer on CSS. Perhaps I'll try that one.

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More Eric Meyer

More Eric Meyer 04/14/2004 02:36 PM
Well since the cat seems to be out of the bag, More Eric Meyer on CSS is hot off the press and on its way to a bookstore near you. As a technical reviewer of the book (along with...

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Dan Cederholm

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Dan Cederholm 06/08/2004 04:25 AM
Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for Dan Cederholm .. I answered them

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Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Jon Hicks

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Jon Hicks 09/21/2004 10:25 AM
Ten Questions for Jon Hicks

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The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer

The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer 03/12/2003 07:07 PM
Russell Dyer talks to Eric Meyer, invited expert to the W3C's CSS Working Group, and author of O'Reilly's "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide."

Entrevista a Eric Meyer en WSG

Entrevista a Eric Meyer en WSG 05/01/2004 11:40 AM

Interview with Eric Meyer

Interview with Eric Meyer 01/23/2003 05:05 PM
What is the future of CSS and how complex is the learning curve for a web developer? Eric Meyer answers our questions.

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Simon Willison

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Simon Willison 06/01/2004 05:06 PM
Ten Questions for Simon Willison

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Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Molly Holzschlag

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Molly Holzschlag 06/21/2004 07:09 PM
Ten Questions for Molly Holzschlag .. interview with Molly on standards

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Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Keith Robinson

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Keith Robinson 04/27/2004 08:09 PM
Ten Questions for Keith Robinson

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Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Richard Rutter

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Richard Rutter 07/06/2004 01:45 AM
Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for Richard Rutter

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15-March-2003 -- The XML.com Interview:
Eric Meyer

15-March-2003 -- The XML.com Interview:
Eric Meyer 03/15/2003 09:42 AM
The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer -- "Meyer's most recent book, Eric Meyer on CSS has a totally different approach in...

Web Standards Group

Web Standards Group 01/05/2005 06:40 AM

Web Standards Group

Web Standards Group
http://webstandardsgroup.org/

The Web Standards Group is for web designers & developers who are interested in web standards (HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT etc.) and best practices (accessible sites using valid and semantically correct code). They aim to: a) Provide web developers and designers with a forum to discuss issues and share knowledge (via our discussion list and regular meetings, b) Provide web standards information and assistance to developers, and c) Promote "web standards" within the development community. They currently have 1244 members from 70 countries. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracerâ„¢ Information Blog.

Standards Group Gives Up on Microsoft

Standards Group Gives Up on Microsoft 09/10/2004 01:04 PM
The latest in the showdown between Microsoft and open-source vendors over the Sender ID SMTP authentication proposal? The standards group working to create a standard is backing away from Redmond and is now suggesting a hybrid alternative.

New Industry Group to Pen Bug-Reporting
Standards

New Industry Group to Pen Bug-Reporting
Standards 09/26/2002 02:48 PM
An unlikely alliance of vendors and security consultancies aims to release draft guidelines early next year for handling newly discovered security flaws

Group Seeks E-Voting Standards

Group Seeks E-Voting Standards 12/16/2003 05:34 AM
Election officials, voting machine makers, computer security professionals and voting activists meet to discuss ways to bolster confidence in electronic voting systems. Kim Zetter reports from Gaithersburg, Maryland.

BT joins WiMAX standards group

BT joins WiMAX standards group 04/27/2004 07:15 AM
Telco gives wireless tech the thumbs-up

Network Associates joins standards group

Network Associates joins standards group 05/11/2004 12:13 PM
As part of the Trusted Computing Group, the security software company aims to work on open standards for technologies designed to protect data and networks.

Wi-Fi group intros standards support
stamp

Wi-Fi group intros standards support
stamp 05/26/2004 05:56 AM
From 'try mode' to tri-mode

Group completes new RFID technology
standards

Group completes new RFID technology
standards 06/14/2004 05:53 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - Radio frequency identification (RFID) standards group EPCglobal Inc. said Monday that it has finalized its first global standards, promising to help speed companies' adoption of RFID technologies to improve supply chain operations.

W3C Launches Patents and Standards
Interest Group

W3C Launches Patents and Standards
Interest Group 12/19/2004 03:26 PM
2004-12-17: W3C is pleased to announce the relaunch of the Patent Policy Activity. The new Patents and Standards Interest Group (PSIG) is chaired by Don Deutsch (Oracle) and Daniel J. Weitzner (W3C) and is chartered through 1 December 2007. The PSIG is is a forum for W3C Members and Invited Experts to discuss policy issues regarding the implementation of the W3C Patent Policy as well as new patent-related questions that arise which require action or attention from the W3C Membership. (News archive)

Free Standards Group To Standardize
Linux

Free Standards Group To Standardize
Linux 09/14/2004 07:34 AM
Internetnews.com - Tue Sep 14, 10:38 am GMT

Next Anti-Spyware Group Pushes for
Standards

Next Anti-Spyware Group Pushes for
Standards 06/05/2005 10:58 PM
The newly formed Anti-Spyware Coalition, run by the Center for Democracy and Technology, aims to develop definitions for "spyware" and "adware," and to advocate industry best practices.

Group Looks to Forge Anti-Spam Standards

Group Looks to Forge Anti-Spam Standards 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
A new anti-spam research group tackles what is becoming an increasingly problematic unsolicited e-mail issue.

Web standards group outlines core
principles (ZDNet UK)

Web standards group outlines core
principles (ZDNet UK) 09/03/2002 11:37 AM

Standards group scuttles Microsoft
e-mail proposal

Standards group scuttles Microsoft
e-mail proposal 09/13/2004 04:13 PM
The Internet Engineering Task Force decides that the software giant's gift horse could be a Trojan horse.

Microsoft hurls money into media
standards group

Microsoft hurls money into media
standards group 07/19/2004 11:44 AM

Standards Group Airs Business Process
Spec

Standards Group Airs Business Process
Spec 11/13/2002 12:01 PM
BPMI releases the final draft of its Business Process Modeling Language specification, and also airs the first public draft of the Business Process Modeling Notation specification.

New backers join data center standards
group

New backers join data center standards
group 11/18/2003 11:20 PM
CNET Asia Nov 18 2003 10:21PM ET

Rights group questions trade mission to
China

Rights group questions trade mission to
China 09/21/2004 12:52 PM
Sympatico Sep 21 2004 5:04PM GMT

Borland Joins Global Standards Group,
Refreshes Java Tool

Borland Joins Global Standards Group,
Refreshes Java Tool 08/13/2004 11:37 PM

Participants requested for XML financial
work group (E-Business Standards Today)

Participants requested for XML financial
work group (E-Business Standards Today) 06/10/2002 03:27 PM

OASIS standards group updates board,
names tech team (Internet Week)

OASIS standards group updates board,
names tech team (Internet Week) 08/26/2002 08:32 AM

IETF starts work group instant messaging
protocol (E-Business Standards Today)

IETF starts work group instant messaging
protocol (E-Business Standards Today) 11/13/2002 01:02 PM

Working group publishes last-call draft
on XML-Signature XPath filter
(E-Business Standards Today)

Working group publishes last-call draft
on XML-Signature XPath filter
(E-Business Standards Today) 06/26/2002 01:00 PM

Google’s Library Project: Questions,
Questions, Questions

Google’s Library Project: Questions,
Questions, Questions 01/03/2005 07:10 PM

RIP Russ Meyer

RIP Russ Meyer 09/22/2004 12:04 PM
Xeni Jardin: Russ Meyer, the filmmaking legend responsible for such sexploitation atrocities masterpieces as " The Immoral Mr. Teas", "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!", and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", has passed away at age 82. He lived a long life, full of glamour and boobies. All of us should be so lucky. Fleshbot, naturally, has more: Link. Rest in peace, Mr. Meyer. (thanks also to Caines, Jean-Luc, and others who suggested).

Beta tests announced of mortgage
industry XML standards (E-Business
Standards Today)

Beta tests announced of mortgage
industry XML standards (E-Business
Standards Today) 07/23/2002 05:15 PM

Cult film-maker Russ Meyer dies

Cult film-maker Russ Meyer dies 09/22/2004 12:12 PM
Legendary cult director Russ Meyer, the man behind 1960s hit Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, dies in Los Angeles.
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Rodenator

Rodenator 03/06/2004 01:57 AM
The Rodenator -- which we at first mistakenly thought was produced by Russ Meyer industries, to our short-lived delight -- injects a stream of easily-ignited...

maxwell

maxwell 06/12/2004 10:58 AM
Initial Release of maxwell-0.5

Jones, Maxwell Negotiate

Jones, Maxwell Negotiate 06/17/2004 11:35 AM
Research hints at how tricky predicting the outcome of unsolicited deals can be.

Tories blocked Maxwell inquiry

Tories blocked Maxwell inquiry 09/22/2004 08:57 PM
Ministers in John Major's Tory government secretly blocked an inquiry into the death of tycoon Robert Maxwell.

Jones Seals Maxwell Deal

Jones Seals Maxwell Deal 06/21/2004 10:57 AM
Nearly three months of negotiating and bickering ended for $11 million.

I've got it -- it was Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies in Orkney with a power line!

I've got it -- it was Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies in Orkney with a power line! 03/19/2005 02:56 AM
"I had to give a statement. I offered them coffee and asked them if they would like to try some swan terrine but I think they were rather horrified. That was a mistake, wasn't it?" The Queen's composer wonders whether he should rethink his thrifty attitude towards accidentally acquired food.

CIA's spy tools make Maxwell Smart's
look like toys

CIA's spy tools make Maxwell Smart's
look like toys 05/26/2004 02:51 AM
USA Today May 26 2004 6:55AM GMT

Grocer Fred Meyer expands entertainment
business online

Grocer Fred Meyer expands entertainment
business online 12/22/2003 06:32 PM
InternetRetailer.com Dec 22 2003 5:03PM ET

Video mashup of Russ Meyer + Hoodoo
Gurus / Persian Rugs

Video mashup of Russ Meyer + Hoodoo
Gurus / Persian Rugs 09/24/2004 11:08 AM
Xeni Jardin: Following up to this week's sad news that sexploitation auteur Russ Meyers has passed away (Link), BoingBoing reader Richard Crepeau says, "Thought I'd spread the word about a Hoodoo Gurus side project called the Persian Rugs. One of their videos uses Russ Meyer clips from Mondo Topless. A nice hybrid between garage rock and camp."

On their website, the band says:

"Music and sex go very well together. For proof, just take a look at the video for the Persian Rugs' new single 'Be A Woman'. The band and director Todd Sheldrick have created the perfect setting for the band's 60's Punk-inspired Primal Rock: strippers and cavemen collide in a 21st Century psychedelic garden of eden. (...) The Rugs got in touch with famed 60's director Russ Meyer, the maker of such films as 'Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'and Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls' (the latter a direct influence on the Austin Powers movies) and asked for permission to incorporate footage from one of his cult classics, 'Mondo Topless', into their new filmclip. Russ asked to hear the song first, [and] loved it (...)

Link to "Be a Woman" *.asx video in low and hi-res, contains megadoses of kitsch nudity (and shots of vintage '60s electronic equipment). How did those ladies make their humongous breasts do that stuff on rhythm? Weighed down by all that eyeliner, no less?

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Cult
film-maker Russ Meyer dies

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Cult
film-maker Russ Meyer dies 09/23/2004 03:14 PM
Cult film-maker Russ Meyer dies .. dead! .. RIP

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"Area 51"

"Area 51" 04/18/2005 04:45 AM

Area Code Map

Area Code Map 01/07/2004 03:17 PM
Ever wonder where some area code is? Google is pretty helpful with that, but I also stumbled across this remarkable labor of love; pretty well anything you could possibly want to know about area codes, with exhaustive mapping, all on one page. And there’s a related page on how new area codes get worked into the system—for a real thrill, scroll down and read the section on Overlay.

B-17 and B-24 back in the Bay Area!

B-17 and B-24 back in the Bay Area! 05/11/2004 05:00 AM
This is most excellent! The Collings Foundation's B-17 and B-24 are going to be at Moffett Field this week (13th-18th). That's right next door to work. Like last year, which I missed, there will be ground tours for $8 and if you pony up $400, you get a 30 minute flight. (I think they were $300 last year?) I'm very, very tempted. Besides, I believe the $400 is tax deduction. Anyone else planning to go--either to walk through or...

Bay Area UFO Expo

Bay Area UFO Expo 08/19/2004 02:38 PM
Tighten up your tinfoil beanie thong and lock up the kryptonite -- The 6th Annual Bay Area UFO Expo happens August 28-29 in Santa Clara, California.

Hot new reports on UFOs, ETs, Abductions, Encounters, Crop Circles, Earth Mysteries, Conspiracies and more! We wish to welcome all new-comers and for those who have been with us before, we want to thank you for your continued support. Joining us again this year with hot new data about Mars and the mysterious Coral Castle is Richard C. Hoagland who, in addition to his lecture, will give two amazing workshops. Jordan Maxwell, our guest of honor for the weekend, will share his knowledge on the ET presence dating back to the ancient world and it's implications for today's world.

Link (Thanks, Captain Todd Lappin!)

New: Panopticum Area FX 1.0

New: Panopticum Area FX 1.0 05/20/2004 10:03 AM
Panopticum Area FX is an Adobe After Effects plug-in that provides three filters for affecting parts of an image.

Orkut Bay Area Map

Orkut Bay Area Map 02/18/2004 10:49 PM

I know that Orkut is a tired topic already, but here is a map from DataWhoreHouse showing distribution of Orkut members who exposed their general location on Orkut (via Scoble and Liz at Many2Many).  Hmm, no, I didn't have to pay to get layed.

Mostly what I expected except Silicon Valley looks like Death Valley for some reason.  A bug?

Want a job? Move to Washington, DC
area.

Want a job? Move to Washington, DC
area. 04/09/2004 04:11 PM

According to this Washington Post article, the unemployment rate in the DC area is the lowest in the nation.  In the well-educated Maryland and Virginia suburbs unemployment is between 1.6 and 2.2 percent, ridiculously low compared to the national average of 6.6 percent.  Best of all the standards for working hours and difficulty are set by the federal government.  A doctor I talked to said that she went to work for the Food and Drug Administration:  "It felt like a 2-year vacation compared to working in a private practice.  The funniest part was that the people who worked there complained about how hard their jobs were."

Want a job?  Go East Young Man!

Study: S.F. Area Has Most Wi-Fi Hot
Spots (AP)

Study: S.F. Area Has Most Wi-Fi Hot
Spots (AP) 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
AP - The San Francisco Bay area is the nation's top market for wireless Internet hot spots, according to a new study sponsored by Intel Corp.

New MSDN Support Area

New MSDN Support Area 09/08/2004 11:51 PM
Discover MSDN's new comprehensive guide to online support and troubleshooting resources for developers.

I bet your computer area doesnt look
this bad!

I bet your computer area doesnt look
this bad! 07/10/2004 06:11 AM

My wife and I have a office in our house. It was originally designed to be our dinning room. When we moved in it was thrown together quite haphazardly and we ended up being back to back. As we spent so much time in the office we got our acts together and re-arranged the furniture so we could look at each other and it's quite organized. But the picture that is referenced in this link I think a can of Gasoline and a Match would be the solution to this mess. [Worst Home Office Period]

Bay Area hip hop jargon glossary

Bay Area hip hop jargon glossary 04/19/2004 12:15 AM
Former BoingBoing guestblogger and Business 2.0 editor Todd Lappin points us to an online glossary of hip-hop and gangster language that is regionally specific to the San Francisco Bay Area.

The list includes terms which are now part of the broader lexicon of American popular speech (like "cabbage," "cheddar," and "scratch," all of which mean money). But I found plenty of terms in here that were new for me. For instance: "Dipped in Butta sauce" (Hella fitted, g\'d up, creased up from tha feet up), "Burners" (a cellular telephone that is being used illegally), and "Fedex" (an individual that delivers quick money). Link

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