ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

Year: 2007

CSS – Max width help

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Trying to keep things simple, sometimes I use the 'max-width' and 'min-width' properties of CSS. Makes it simple if you are letting someone upload images to a site for you. For example, blogCFC has a slideshow function. Here's an example. Ok.. so you've got this slideshow and you are letting someone else upload the images or create totally new slideshows.. … Read more

Site of the Week: WikiHow

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I just had to share this site as the….. Site of the week!!! Say hello to… The WikiHow. wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual. With your contributions, we can create a free resource that helps people by offering clear, concise solutions to the problems of everyday life. wikiHow currently contains 15,674 articles written, … Read more

Computer Locked up?

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Everyone’s seen it… You are surfing the web or working on a project for work when…. Everything Freezes up! AAAAARRRRGGGG… (no, this isnt an ad for Geek Squad!).

What caused it? Spyware? Virus? Cheese? It’s really hard to tell. Lots of things can cause the dreaded “Freeze”. After cursing furiously, you reboot and continue your work..(if you were a good boy/girl and actually saved it!?) But what caused it????

When this starts happening, think about what may have changed lately.. Did you:

  • Install a new program?
  • Remove and old program?
  • Click a mysterious Pop-Up?
  • Add a new piece of hardware?
  • Upgrade your memory?

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Friday Funny – A Little Late… oops

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This was meant to be the Friday Funny for last Week…. But it's a little late… hmmm, sorry… It's not hilarious but it'll have to do… This came to me in an e-mail from my friend Laurie.. Enjoy. 19 WAYS TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LEVEL OF SANITY At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point … Read more

New Year Update Reminder

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Just a quick reminder to everyone out there… It's a New Year … (Yippeeeee!!!) If you're still doing it by hand, don't forget to update the Copyright Dates on your web sites. If you're doing it automatically.. Good for you!! Keep up the Good work. Just check to see that it did what it was supposed to do. If you … Read more

Site of the Week: My German Class

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This week's “Site-of-the-Week” is .. Something completley different! Ever want to learn another language? German perhaps.. Well this site is for you! This is the most enteretaining “Learn to Speak” site you'll find on the web. MyGermanClass.com This site is maintained and created by Clark Shah-Nelson. Clark Shah-Nelson is a Colorado-licensed German teacher living in Brooklyn, New York. He has … Read more

Simple Pop-up: Fuel

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Weird title, huh?! Well, last time I showed you all the code I like to use for Simple pop-up Windows. Really simple and easy to use. This window is useful when you are displaying product details, Biographical details etc. Really, anytime you are returning a list and you want to save space on the main page. To Fuel this window … Read more