I am dabbling in software development with the GRAMPS (Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System) project. It is a genealogical database building program that is available for Linux.
I got involved with the developer group after struggling to make my genealogy site look great. The markup techniques were outdated or wrong and nothing had an […]
I stumbled upon the character references for some characters specific to Czech and Slavic languages. I just updated my character code site accordingly. All of the new additions are part of the Latin Alphabet with Accents section. Lots of letters with hacheks, consonants with acute accents, Ů, and ů.
HTML CHARACTER CODES
I just stumbled across the free FlowPlayer Flash player for embedding videos in a web page. I can’t imagine a more simple solution. It’s just one SWF file and some specific markup for putting it to work on a web page.
Let me know if there is a friendlier open source solution out there. This seems […]
Well, it’s not perfect. I think my big mistake was not going with the more expensive NVIDIA video card. Actually, I’m fairly certain that any problems I am having have everything to do with the video card: ATI Radeon HD 2400. On the whole it’s exactly as advertised. Following are some things that I feel […]
Being a freelance Web Designer & Developer is a good career if you are trying to work full time on Linux and open source software. However, you still have to be compatible with your clients’ source files and backups. This means using Photoshop to build layouts or at least slice up the layouts that you […]