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Is it really that !important?

Written on 16 Apr, 2009 at 1:00 in CSS, Featured | viewed 1,909 times | Comments

Earlier I took a look at the cascade in CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). There was mention of the !important setting in style sheets, but let’s take a closer look it what it does. Using !important basically tells the user agent to... (Continue reading)

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What is so Cascading about Style Sheets?

Written on 13 Apr, 2009 at 1:00 in CSS, Featured | viewed 1,157 times | Comments
What is so Cascading about Style Sheets?

There were times when I wondered why style sheets were referred to as CSS. Why Cascading? Style sheets may have three different origins: The author: These style sheets are defined by the person who writes the document. For instance, in HTML, the... (Continue reading)

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How to avoid losing your data

Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 20:18 in A pile of notes, Featured | viewed 1,940 times | Comments
How to avoid losing your data

With most operating systems, people have the tendency to install the OS on the same drive or partition where their data will be stored. The problem with this approach is that, if something happens with the operating system and the... (Continue reading)