Image Rollover with CSS

If you’re a novice web designer or perhaps you haven’t had the time to brush up on CSS in the past few years and prefer of designing websites directly in a WYSIWYG editor such as Dreamweaver, then I’m sure you’re familiar with creating rollovers. I bet you’re also aware of the bulky javascript that ends up generating in your HTML file.

The image at left shows a completely javascript free rollover. It’s accomplished with just a few lines of code, 1 image containing both the normal and the hover state and a single pixel transparent GIF file which will act as place holder for the effect.

What is Web 2.0 What was Web 1.0 and What will Web 3.0 be

Version numbers are a funny thing. To developers they begin as Alphas, followed by Betas; all pre 1.0 releases. These initial pre-release terms aim to organize the development workflow through various testing phases of the project at hand, in order to satisfy a final 1.0 public release; Also known as a Golden Beta. To the general public, version numbers typically don’t appear until version 2 comes out. In other words, no one cares about a 1.0 release as a version, since there’s no prior version to compare it to. Take the Hummer for example, now at version 3, coin phrased the H3. The initial Hummer, now referred to as the H1, wasn’t marketed to the public as the H1 Hummer until Hummer H2 and H3 came out.

Squirrels Crack Me Up

There’s something about squirrels cracks me up. Their quick, frantic jittery reaction to sound reminds of Peanut’s reaction when my apartment’s buzzer is rang. It’s a loud annoying sound and Peanut runs around like a spaz. It’s rather fun sneaking up on them, and getting a few shots off before they start running up a tree in an odd winding pattern.

To Beard or Not to Beard

In the 29 years of my existence, I have never been able to successfully grow a beard. It grows in patches and fills up slowly. After a week it begins to itch and I end up looking homeless. Growing up in Poland, I remember the Chernobyl power plant disaster. Pisz, a small city that I grew up in was completely engulfed in this odd white powder. It literally looked like it was snowing in late spring. I remember waiting in line at the hospital, which handed out small plastic container filled with a red-ish colored medicine. My mom made me drink seconds. From what I remember, it tasted like cherry-flavored Robitussin; Absolutely disgusting.