I've been writing some scripts to display large directories of images in HTML in an automated fashion and not infrequently the static HTML generated ends up not matching the underlying images on the server. I could generate the pages on-demand,...

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I saw your answer regarding how to modify a Google search box to only look through a specified subdirectory on my site (see Search only subdirectory in Google) and it's interesting, but where's the actual code? I need something I...

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I've seen a number of different sites where you can drag a link onto your bookmark bar in a browser and then have that bookmark act as a tiny little program that grabs and sends specific information. I want one...

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Amazon.com's jumped on the wagon, and Meebo has too: they automatically give you a different version of their site if you're browsing from an Apple iPhone. I want to do that too. How the heck do I detect that a...

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I notice that about two weeks ago your site changed subtly, Dave. Before, I'd click on "POST" to submit a comment and then wait and wait while it processed. Now it's still as slow (sorry!) but as soon as I...

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I've noticed that on some of the more slick Web 2.0-style Web sites, you can click on the text description adjacent to a checkbox and have it act as if you'd clicked on the checkbox itself, just as you can...

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I just attended a "barcamp" event in Denver [see BarCamp Denver] and was a bit baffled by one thing that they started talking about: what the heck is 'wikispam'?...

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I'm really upset. I was just visiting a competitors Web site and found out that they had links to my FAQ pages, but when you clicked on the links, their "frame" neatly wrapped my content, which made it seem like...

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