I got into CSS-based design sometime around 2002-2003 and have wasted literally hundreds of hours of my life dealing with various CSS and browser-compatibility issues. Back then we had far fewer tools at our disposal so the process of testing was a lot more tedious. Over the past 5 years I’ve picked up some tips and tricks that have made my job 100 times easier.

» Continue reading “3 CSS Coding Tips That Will Save You Hundreds of Wasted Hours”

Finding Cheap Flights with AirDig

Here’s the scenario. You’re sitting down to look for a cheap flight from New York to San Francisco two weeks from now. You’re smart so you go to Kayak, put in your airport and dates and wait for the fares to pop up. You also know that there’s no such thing as a sure bet in the airfare game.

» Continue reading “Airfare Search Simplified - Announcing Airdig Public Beta”

Welcome to the Colbert Platinum section of AU Blog. Today we’re gonna talk about flossing your riches with the hottest new status symbol - crazy expensive ccTLD’s. (And maybe, just maybe - before we’re done here.. we’ll all be wearing gold-plated diapers.)

Here’s a little known fact: Ethiopian Domain Names are the Crystal of ccTLD’s.

Yes, we’re talking about the .com.et ccTLD.

It belongs to Ethiopia - and apparently it’s the Crystal of Domain name extensions.

» Continue reading “Bling out your Domain. Go Ethiopian.”

This is a pared down list of county code TLD’s that allow foreign registrations.

This is in contrast to country specific TLD’s that place restrictions on who can register them such as citizenship in that country (ex: .eu - must have official presence in the European Union to register)

(via Wikipedia) » Continue reading “A List of County Code TLD’s that Anyone Can Register”

I just downloaded the preview version of Wordpress 2.5 and have been playing around with it this afternoon. It’s a major upgrade and I’m really pleased to see all the new features.

» Continue reading “Wordpress 2.5 Preview: Sweet!”