Michael Jackson, 50, dies after suffering a cardiac arrest

Still hard to believe this, but I learnt this evening that Michael Jackson has died! First Farrah and now Michael on the same day. This is a sad day.

Whatever has been said and thought about Michael over the last few years, no one can deny his music has touched us all in some way.

From me, I can only say "Thank you Michael, for the great music you gave us all for many years".

Farrah Fawcett, 62, dies after 3 year battle with cancer

Today, I am shocked and sad to learn that Farrah Fawcett has died after a 3-year long battle with cancer.

Rest in peace Farrah.

JQuery and PHP | Drag and drop

Check out this useful code; using JQuery to enable drag and drop, but it also uses PHP to store the order state into the database. Look here for more info:

http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/dynamic-dragn-drop-with-jquery-and-php/

Louise Cliff - model

Great look from model Louise Cliff, see more of her work here:
http://louisecliffemodel.com/

Cool form validation

Here's some nicely executed form validation using JS, check out the demo here:

http://tetlaw.id.au/view/javascript/really-easy-field-validation

Nick Vidler : Photographer

Good work from Nick Vidler, check out his work here:
http://www.nick-vidler.com
http://www.purestorm.com/profile.aspx?id=Nickcv

IE8 and IE7 compatibility mode

If you are experiencing problems with IE8 rendering a website correctly, then you may find that forcing the browser to use IE7 compatibility mode may be the solution.

I recently tried this on a website and it works; simply add the following code into the header:

meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"

NB. the opening < and the closing /> have been removed to allow posting.

This code will force IE8 to run in IE7 mode even if the browser is set to run in IE8 Standards mode.

JQuery Tools : the missing UI library for the web

Here's a great supplement to JQuery, and it's only an additional 5.8Kb! Check out the website, and in particular, the demos page.

Click here to visit the JQuery Tools website

Internet Explorer tester software

For all you web developers out there, a friend recommended some software which allows you to test your web pages in several flavours of Internet Explorer.

It's called IETester, and is free to use. Click here to visit the website.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Favourite icon

If you're looking to add a favourite icon beside the domain name in your browsers address bar, then this works for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox:

Simply add it between the HEADER tags in your web pages (between the < and > characters)

link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="images/favicon.ico"

Note:
For some reason the ico file must go into the 'images' folder for it to work; anywhere else and IE doesn't show it.

Photoshop tutorials for digital photography

Here's a great selection of tutorials for any digital photographer - everything from how to change the colour of hair to adding eye make-up, great stuff so be sure to check some of these out.

Click here to go to the tutorials

I really like this chaps photography - stunning work:

http://www.richardbakker.com/

Canon EOS 5D Mark II .MOV files and VLC Media Player

If you use VLC Media Player to view HD videos recorded with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the playback is jerky, then this may fix your problem (works for me and many others judging by feedback in various forums):

Quote:

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback is too slow

You can speed up the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback by disabling loop filter for H.264 decoding. To do this go to Tools -> Preferences... (set Show Settings to All) and Input / Codecs -> Other codecs -> FFmpeg and in the drop-down box for Skip the loop filter for H.264 decoding change it to All. Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

Wonderful photographer - afashionshooter

Love this photographers work, simply stunning.

Click here to visit www.afashionshooter.com

Oh, and here is more of his work...

A better bounce card

The classic better bounce card by Peter Gregg...



- Youtube link