http://chrismatthias.com A blog about web design and my life stories. For the most part. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:17:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Facebook added a "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" beneath their advertisement blocks this week. As a user, this is great because I can hit thumbs down on the singles/gay ads I keep seeing (even though I'm listed as interested in Women) and hit thumbs up on technology/advertising ads that ... http://chrismatthias.com/2008/07/16/thumbs-up-to-facebook-for-ad-relevance/ I've been a proponent of steadily phasing out IE6 support but too many of my clients (and their at-home usability testers, hah) have IE6 inadvertently installed on their machines. You don't know how many times I walk a client or friend through Help > About Internet Explorer and ask ... http://chrismatthias.com/2008/06/10/time-to-drop-designing-for-ie6/ This lesson is geared toward a small business owner who has a web presence and a Google account. You can add a floating, ever-present Google Talk chatback badge to your site to your site in minutes that will let your website visitors ask you any questions they might have ... http://chrismatthias.com/2008/03/27/add-google-talk-chatback-badge-to-your-site/ I've just recently had to convert an existing website into a Wordpress site for a client. The good news was that on the whole, they wanted their existing site design to stay as close as possible while giving them the ability to add news, images and videos to their ... http://chrismatthias.com/2008/01/02/wordpress-theme-for-designers/ I was doing a little Googling of myself this afternoon and found this bizarre video. It seems a bit too coincidental, honestly. Watch the video here. http://chrismatthias.com/2007/11/14/killer-coincidence/ The long awaited release of Radiohead's follow-up to Hail to the Thief (2003) was on my iPod (and in my ears) 3 minutes after it was released to the world. 3 minutes. I didn't have to wait in line at a Best Buy in the morning or wait for the ... http://chrismatthias.com/2007/10/10/radiohead-fans-have-collective-mushy-moment/ I'm going to assume in this post that you have some experience coding XHTML/CSS and you can implement or hack up Javascript and you desperately want to start your own web marketing business. I'm also assuming that you plan on starting your web business on your own, for the most ... http://chrismatthias.com/2007/09/05/how-to-start-your-own-web-design-business/ So I got Xbox 360 last weekend on the day that I was supposed to house sit for my lovely friends Nancy and Richard. It was perfect since they have a 60-inch plus HDTV in the entertainment room. Sweet... I could envision hours of punch drunk game playing. ... http://chrismatthias.com/2007/01/23/hijacking-your-laptops-wireless-connection-with-xbox-360/ Well, you've got a few months to actually read this since Lost is on hiatus AGAIN, but the folks over at IGN have brought to light the top 50 loose ends on the show. And to this, I say, "Only 50?" Check it for yourself because I didn't ... http://chrismatthias.com/2006/12/01/top-50-loose-ends-on-lost/ I just got done developing a very simple website for a local pizza and Italian restaurant. Very simple and affordable for our client. Check out King's Pizza and let me know what you think. Let me know if it looks funny and what browser/OS you are using. http://chrismatthias.com/2006/11/30/website-fit-for-a-king/