Here is the accompanying CSS: /* Shadow box definitions */div.sbxouter {background-color: #eee;border: 1px solid #eef;border-style: none solid solid none;padding: 0 2px 2px 0;margin-bottom: 0.4em;}div.sbxinner {border: 1px solid #9cf;border-top: none;background-color: #fff;line-height: 1.2;padding-bottom: 0.3em;clear: both;}div.sbxheading {padding: 0;margin-top: 0;background-image: url(“./images/infobox_background.png”);background-position: top;background-repeat: repeat-x;border-bottom: 2px … Continue reading →

If you’re following this with a newsreader, you may have noticed some glitches last night and this morning as I’ve been playing around with the idea of publishing in advance. That is done by posting the files but setting their … Continue reading →

In contrast to the original version, published yesterday, here is the outline mark up for the box with the drop shadow: <div class=”sbxouter”><div class=”sbxinner”><div class=”sbxheading”><h2>Heading Here</h2></div><!– .sbxheading –>… rest of content …</div><!– .sbxinner –></div><!– .sbxouter –> The “cost” of the … Continue reading →

Last week, I was playing around with the appearance of the Intranet at work, trying to introduce a drop shadow effect without making the HTML or CSS involved in building the pages significantly more complicated. Here are the before and … Continue reading →

I’m still enjoying my new Palm PDA and finding more useful things to do with it. One observation is that, while it is a boon to be able to surf the web from a wireless handheld, a lot of websites … Continue reading →

Booting into my new Linux install this evening, I spotted that XFCE (my preferred desktop environment) has now got an animated loading graphic for the its Ubuntu distribution: a cartoon rodent running inside a rotating Ubuntu logo. It’s not quite … Continue reading →

This evening, I decided to upgrade my Ubuntu Linux install from 05.10 (Breezy Badger) to 06.10 (Dapper Drake). Unfortunately, my laptop is getting a little bit temperamental in its old age and tends to shut down suddenly if it gets … Continue reading →

I’ve found another useful Palm application – Handy Shopper. This is a database aimed primarily at helping manage shopping but also applicable to other ends. I downloaded it last night, took it on our shopping expedition and came away very … Continue reading →