I am on a huge Perl kick lately. I have been making tons of different perl scripts for many different uses. Some of them useful and some are just plain silly. In this post we are going to talk about making an easy script that will go out and check the pagerank of any site that you want. Then we will make the script run through PHP so we can display our result on a website. Read more »

When programming in Perl or any language that requires you to run it from shell it is often helpful to have two screens open at once. One screen for your editor and one screen for running the program. This is how most IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) are structured; however, since I love Vim and the Linux command line I use a program called screen to make my own IDE type setup. Read more »

Getting consistent margins in CSS across all browsers can be a pain. I have tried quite a few CSS clears but this one seems to work the best for me. The reason these come in handy is because IE, Firefox, and Opera all have different default margins and can cause weird formatting issues later on. This is why I usually include this on the first line of my CSS sheets. This clears out all the margin values so that I can set them later for a consistent layout across all browsers. Read more »

I recently made a purchase through Paypal (with my trusty paypal security key) and noticed that their forms really stood out. They had an effect on their forms that would highlight the row in which you are currently typing. I thought this was a very elegant use of ajax that really added value to the form. This is why I created my own version of it. Read more »