Nervous Breakdown

Archive for November 2006

Random thoughts from my mind (Part II)

Posted by: nervous on: November 24, 2006

Lucid Dreams
A few nights ago I had what experts call a lucid dream. I am not really sure it was the first time ever for similar experiences since I remember realizing I was dreaming before, but it was definitely the first time I was able to have total control on my actions and total awareness [...]

Enough with hacks

Posted by: nervous on: November 17, 2006

A couple of days ago at vitamin.com Simon Griffin posted an article about websites that break on the new Internet Explorer version 7.
He made an extensive research through the websites of 100 companies on the FTSE 100 Index in order to see the differences between visualization on Internet Explorer version 6 and version 7.
Bottom line [...]

Stuck

Posted by: nervous on: November 16, 2006

I can help but admit I am stuck.
After barely a month of so-so blogging I am having my first drought. I have a few arguments up my sleeve, but they are still in development. I keep having visitors from google searches about Nervous Breakdown and Fake Leather (its amazing how many search fake leather!) and [...]

Evgeni Malkin

Posted by: nervous on: November 6, 2006

I’ve been wanting to talk about Evgeni Malkin’s first hit on NHL’s ice since his debut, but later on, in respect for his ongoing streak, I decided to wait for it to end, in secret hope of never posting this ever.
The first six games with a goal isn’t that bad after all, I just wished [...]

Don’t replace tables with divs

Posted by: nervous on: November 1, 2006

How many times we’ve heard this phrase: stop using tables for layout, use divs instead?
This is the most common misleading phrase that can be told to a webdeveloper who still uses tables for layout.
Every standard-semantic acknowledged webdeveloper knows the downside effects of using divs as replacement for tables. Overuse of divs, commonly known as divitis, [...]