I’m starting work on a new website, and I’m downright tired of my old hosting company. Their tools are cumbersome, their plans are undecipherable, and the level of spam email I get from them is reaching impressive levels. I’ve watched as a variety of people, including the SOTC guys (Red, Tall, and “Fat”) have migrated from shared hosting, to dedicated hosting, to even larger dedicated hosting, and it just looks like a miserable high-effort experience to me. Read More »

Often I have the issue where I have files on one of my computers that I need but have no access to the computer right at the moment. Well I have found an easy to use solution for this problem, it’s called Windows Live FolderShare. This is a Microsoft website and desktop solution. Basically it lets you do three things: sync files between multiple computers, remotely access your computer files, and share files with others. I will explain these in more detail below. Read More »

Being a web developer is hard these days. From Flex to Silverlight and ASP to PHP, the choices of technology is almost endless, and a good developer needs to stay on top of all of it. Here’s a list of my personal favorite blogs related to web design and implementation that might help keep you on the top of things. Read More »

For everyone out there interested in Silverlight, I would recommend checking out the Sparkling Client podcast. Most of their casts are focused on Silverlight, but they do talk about other RIA technologies. Read More »

So I was doing my daily surfing yesterday and came across a blog article about bookshelves. Ordinarily I don’t care about bookshelves - or any kind of furniture for that matter, but the first image in the post caught my eye.

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Choosing the right colors for your project is sometimes a difficult thing to do, but getting them wrong seems to be one of the easiest things to do. To make sure you get your colors right the first time, we’ve compiled a list of some of the greatest online resources in color creation. Read More »

So what happens when you mix JavaScript developers and boredom? Apparently you get Super Mega Ultra Search. This seemingly useless conglomeration gives you the ability to search all the major search engines from the comfort of a single page. It even has Ask.com. I’m well aware that no one uses Ask.com, but we wanted four engines so the feng shui wasn’t all thrown out of whack. Read More »

Web Point Zero is the latest installment in our “let’s see what we can do with Javascript” collection of web sites. There wasn’t a lot of thought that went into creating this site. Being able to view multiple sites within a single page sounded neat to us - so we made it. Read More »