For almost any webapp, it's critical to be able to enter dates. But how do you ensure that people enter them in the right format? How do you make it look good?

The easiest answer to both of these questions is to use a calendar object of some sort. This not only can look great and restrict user input, but at the same time it makes your webapp far more usable, as now users can select the date in a quick-click, instead of having to type anything in manually. (more…)

Basically, in this version of the old Tank Wars game, you're a baby who has found some gold and diamonds on the beach, and now you have to defend against pirates. Somehow this chubby little baby has figured out to fire a cannon – you just have to help him aim and power it.

Drop a comment and let us know what level you get to!
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I noticed today that Google has made a serious change in their effort to stop spam, particularly that of phishing emails. I use a hosted application that generates emails every time a specific action occurs. But all of a sudden today there were no emails. I checked my spam folder, and there they were.

I noticed something new about these emails: (more…)

So I recently got an email from someone on Craigslist, and needed to find out a little more about them. The email address gave me no information about who they were, where they lived, or who they worked for. I googled the address, but nothing valid came up. So I had to find a decent email address lookup tool. (more…)

I recently upgraded from a 22" to a 28" LCD monitor. I was thinking of going for 30", but there was such an incredible deal at TigerDirect on the I-INC 28" (iF-281DPB) that I couldn't pass it up. Nor could I justify spending an extra thousand dollars from only two more inches.

But the old adage has proven true – you get what you pay for! (more…)