Sam’s random musings

Unobtrusive Control Tabs:

Ryan Johnson has created unobtrusive JavaScript tabs called Control Tabs.

The project uses Prototype / Scriptaculous. You create the tabs using standard
anchors and named elements, so it’s completely accessible to non JS
browsers.

So normally I do not like tabs in a web ui, I think it often is an indication that you don’t really understand what the user needs and build it around what they might want to see not what they will need

(Via Ajaxian Blog.)

Style-Say : CSS Style guide generator:

For a web designer, remembering the properties of all the CSS classes, IDs and elements that have been written, often over multiple stylesheets, can be a real task. Often developers need to keep referring back to their CSS to check the definitions, look at the properties and classes and find the right element. This is time wasted. Time that could be spent on more constructive endeavours.

This is a nice quick clean way to generate a style guide (it will be good for clients to see how their site will render when they add content)

Test Post from BlogMate!

When this is how you are greeted.

Happy Pi Day:

what are you doing to celebrate Pi day…

(Via Safe from the Losing Fight.)

Giggle of the Day: if Microsoft made vi:

Giggle of the Day: if Microsoft made vi:

As face says not quite safe for work, but funny! (you might have to be really really geeky to find it funny

(Via Mind-NOX.)

As days go by, I find myself getting more short tempered, and easily frustrated with the simpletons of the world. Careful, ask a dumb question and you might get a short reply…

Might have something to do with a pinched nerve which has reduced my riding to 0 and working out to 0, no stress relief and others will pay the price…

9 Laws of Physics That Don’t Apply in Hollywood:

Ant writes “Neatorama lists nine laws of physics that don’t apply in Hollywood (movies and television/TV shows). In general, Hollywood filmmakers follow the laws of physics because they have no other choice. It’s just when they cheat with special effects that people seem to forget how the world really works…”

Now this site is slashdotted but it is always a funny read…

(Via Slashdot.)