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Pimping my blog #2
After observing that most of my visitors (45% currently) use Internet Explorer, I’ve made a little modification so that they to can enjoy the <q> tag. A more detailed discussion and other solutions can be found at the List Apart site. I’ll only present in short my version. My version consists of two parts: a…
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Delaying the loading of elements in a web page
After listening to the latest Practical Webdesign Magazine podcast (I listen to every one of them as well as the Boagworld podcast, both being great podcasts), I felt the urge to write this post :). When you include many third party things in your webpage, the loading of it can be slowed down considerably if…
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The state of affairs in Romanian education
One of the regular podcasts I listen to is Casting From the Server Room. It’s guys who work in IT / SysAdmin jobs in the education (colleges, high-schools, etc). I usually listen for the technical content, but I can also catch a glimpse about the state of education in the US. Usually they complain, but…
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A little guess game
I was browsing through the Top 100 companies to work for 2006 published by the local version of the international Capital newspaper and it amazes me how unrepresentative it is. So lets play a little guess game. What’s wrong with the following pictures? (aside from the fact that they were taken with a cheap webcam…
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Economics, protecting the environment and Web 2.0
What do these things have in common? During the weekend I was at at a conference of economics (weird, isn’t it?) and one of the presenters talked about how we must look at the economics if we want to achieve a given goal, for example protecting the environment. For example currently the computer manufacturing companies…