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href="/blog/2008/02/04/getting-element-dimensions-a-follow-up" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Getting element dimensions: A follow up</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 4, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/06/torn-between-two-lovers" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Torn between two lovers</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 6, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/07/how-to-markup-blog-comments" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">How to markup blog comments?</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 7, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/09/pc-magazine-my-yahoo-given-4-5" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">PC Magazine: My Yahoo given 4/5</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 9, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/09/can-text-nodes-receive-events" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Can text nodes receive events?</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 9, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/10/new-site-feeds-please-update" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">New site feeds &#8211; please update!</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 10, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/12/the-mysterious-wii-remote-javascript-api" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">The mysterious Wii remote JavaScript API</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 12, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/14/learning-to-program" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Learning to program</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 14, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/16/more-opera-weirdness" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">More Opera weirdness</a></h3> <p class="byline 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href="/blog/2008/02/21/writing-for-how-people-read" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Writing for how people read</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 21, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/24/book-review-pro-javascript-design-patterns" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Book Review: Pro JavaScript Design Patterns</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 24, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/02/28/thoughts-on-html-5" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Thoughts on HTML 5</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">February 28, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/03/does-safari-s-clipboarddata-actually-work" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Does Safari's clipboardData actually work?</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 3, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/03/big-day-for-the-web" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Big day for the Web</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 3, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/09/ie8-goodies-and-baddies" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">IE8 goodies and baddies</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 9, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/17/the-dreaded-operation-aborted-error" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">The dreaded Operation Aborted error</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 17, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/19/yui-2-5-1-released-including-cookie-fix" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">YUI 2.5.1 released, including cookie fix</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 19, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/21/the-great-safari-keypress-debacle" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">The great Safari keypress debacle</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 21, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/22/falling-in-love-with-the-ie8-javascript-debugger" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Falling in love with the IE8 JavaScript debugger</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 22, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/22/changes-in-safari-3-1-for-windows" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Changes in Safari 3.1 for Windows</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 22, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/22/big-company-or-small-company" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">Big company or small company?</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 22, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/03/31/the-web-could-be-heading-for-another-dark-age" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">The Web could be heading for another dark age</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">March 31, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> <div class="post-head astro-3IOAXW6H"> <h3 class="no-margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"><a href="/blog/2008/04/05/all-sizzle-and-no-substance" class="astro-3IOAXW6H">All sizzle and no substance?</a></h3> <p class="byline astro-3IOAXW6H"><i class="astro-3IOAXW6H">April 5, 2008</i> </p> </div> </div><div class="post-blurb margin-bottom astro-3IOAXW6H"> 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