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Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Jan 23rd
Alright, it’s finally out. The famed 3.6 that will have a tremendous CSS3 support and all that other crap 
If you have it, check out my CSS3 tutorials to see how it works on backgrounds, border and opacity, and other border properties.
I’m running Mozilla 3.6 right now, so let me tell you what I think about it:
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Bit.ly API and adding URLs to your MySQL database
Dec 21st
In my last tutorial, I’ve touched on how to use the to.ly API and how to make automatic “Tweet it” buttons with a relevant message.
Well, this can get problematic if with every page refresh, your server sends out a request to the to.ly server for a short link. Pretty soon, you’ll be getting “Too Many Connections” and you’re screwed. Just like I was, so here’s an idea. How about we store those links in a database….automatically?
You see, it’s much easier to create a script that will request a shortlink, adds the link to the database, and then just call it up whenever you need it. It works perfectly well on my quote site. Basically, whenever you create a website with get-requests, tons of pages, and all that. You can use the following script to make it all work, automatically (again).
CSS3 Lesson 2: All About Borders
Dec 3rd
Okay, I’ve noticed some REALLY cool stuff on CSS3 online, so I thought to myself, how about I make my own experiment and teach you all about how to use this stuff?
Here are a couple of resources I’m using to learn about CSS3:
I’ll start with the topic that everyone is concerned about. BORDERS! Okay, why are borders so important? Well, In the Web 2.0 design standard, it’s all about opacity, rounded corners, shadows, and everything else that’s just super awesome looking. I’ve already explained the rounded corners and opacity previously. So, I’ll skip that part. If you’re this far, you should probably learn the basics about CSS standards of borders and the markup.
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Google Dashboard?
Nov 5th
Ah, so google came out with yet another feature. Some time ago, I talked about the Google Social Search that was in its developmental stage. Well, Google just came out with its new Google Privacy Dashboard. It’s another step for Google to become more transparent and less, mischievous. Read about their Google Privacy effort, it looks like they’re really trying. More >