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Funny as hell. I must admit, that part about Internet Explorer is so true, but what are you going to do? It’s all part of the job description.

You never really know when you'll need an icon do you? Here is a set of free icons for use. They are licensed under Creative Commons license so you can use them for whatever. [ ]1 Sweetie | Free icon set

Ok, It's been a long time in the making, I'll be the first to admit. This is a blog by a colleague of mine who shall remain nameless. There are some interesting tips on saving money and some cute lil' rants. Check it out: Save Money.

Some more very basic information on image optimization. If you’ve had some experience with Photoshop or even just some basic image editor you can skip this. This is for the people who upload a 2.5 MB image and use HTML tags to “reduce the size”. Topics Covered: Reduce the Image Quality Crop Images Resize Images Image Optimizing Tools Re-Using Images Choose the Right Image Format

Not much more to say than, here's the link. Dan at WebDeveloperNow, has a nice lil' basic CSS run down for beginners. Skip this if you’ve had to hack together some stuff before.

Now I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a huge Flash advocate. I don’t like it for a lot of reasons: It’s heavy It’s not standard A lot of older browsers don’t support it. But guys, I think I fell in love: SWFUpload is one of the nicer Flash applications out there and it’s good because it has a few features that ordinary HTML uploads can’t give you.

I've stumbled upon a disturbing poll at About.com. How much is too much to pay for Web hosting? If it’s not free, don’t do it $2.01 per month $5.01 per month $10.01 per month $25.01 per month $50.01 per month $100.01 per month $200.01 per month $500.01 per month $1000.01 per month The results of this poll were somewhat alarming to me. 33% of voters said that a business should pick a free host.

What is a Content Management System? Here’s a little background. Lots of websites have dynamic content. Meaning, the content is located in a database, usually MySQL, and they are simply dumped into a web template when the page is viewed. That way, if you decide to change the structure or template of your website, the content need not be changed. You wouldn’t really have to mess with anything. Since you have one main template, a change in the template is propagated throughout all the pages because all the pages are created dynamically and use the same template.

Personally, beyond a simple Flash banner, I don't see much use for it in the web development world. Yes, it does have that coolness factor if you do it right. But the fact is that too many people do it wrong right now. My number one reason for not using flash is that it kills SEO. Well let's say that's my number two reason, number one: I can't really use it :).

Does your domain have skeletons in the closet? We know that there is a lot of domain parking going on out there. People simply buy up a ton of domain names, sit on them for a while and see whether or not they can make a quick buck off of them. When domains expire they then go back into the market and are up for sale again. What you need to make sure of is that the domain that you buy has not been involved in any shady business.