Archive for March, 2007

I like to keep my links in my Rails applications that make AJAX requests degradable in non-JavaScript browsers so I often find myself doing this: link_to_remote ‘Show details’, { :url => { :action => ‘show’, :id => post.id } }, { :href => url_for({ :action => ‘show’, :id => post.id }) } This allows me [...]

The Singapore MRT has to be one of the best public rail transport systems in the world (I fancy the Tokyo train/subway system as well – the fare adjustment machine is one of those “since sliced bread” ideas), but they still have room to screw up in a Daily WTF-worthy way. This sign at Raffles [...]

The Favicon validator ensures that you have a correctly created favicon. If you’re wondering why your favicon works in some browsers but not in others (like IE), it probably has an incorrect format. I also learnt from validating my favicons that you can actually place more than 1 version of the favicon image into the [...]

Kevin has uploaded a video of my session on Google Video – it’s kinda grainy and really soft. I was at the 2nd WebSG (Web Standards Group Singapore) meetup (read about the recap of the meetup) on Wednesday (28 Feb 2007) where I hosted a short session on some Firefox tips. It’s all thanks the [...]

I saw a Lifehacker blog post today in my RSS reader on this Firefox extension, took one look at the screenshot, and went “Woooooow, give me some of that“. Aforementioned Firefox extension: Tab Groups extension for Firefox. As its name suggests, it allows you to group your tabs in, er, groups. Forget the verbiage, just [...]