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August 2004

It’s about time: internet, not Internet

Iv’e never quite understood why why were supposed to capitalize “Internet”, and wherever possible I’ve lowercased “web”, to the constant chagrin of copyeditors. So I’m thrilled that Wired has annoucned that it will no longer capitalize internet, web, or net. Why? The simple answer is because there is no earthly reason to capitalize any of [...]

Deleting locked files or folders

This isn’t really a “programming” tip, but it’s a little tidbit I’m glad to have found, having been plagued in the past with Files That Would Not Die. Corey Collins explains How to Remove “locked” Folders/Files on his blog: First, open a command window and go to the directory where the illegal files and folders [...]

Mozilla extensions

Here’s a cool thing I just discovered. Apparently you can add extensions to Mozilla and Mozilla-based products such as Firefox (my browser of choice) and Thunderbird (my email reader of choice). These extensions are items such as feedreaders and calendars. Haven’t poked around yet, but maybe I’ll download some themes…

Automatic browser redirects

Ever been to a page that says, “We’ve moved! You’ll be redirected in 20 seconds,” and then 20 seconds later (or thereabouts) a new page appears without your having clicked anything? Here’s how it’s done. At the top of your page, add a “meta” tag. This tag passes information about the page to the browser. [...]

Overriding Java’s base classes

> Hi Nicholas > > First I want to commend you for the excellent book. I was trying to run the sample on using Traversal on the DOM according to the DOM 2.0 recommendation. I am using Java SDK 1.4.2_03. I have attached the source code of the program I am using. I am running [...]