March 2005 Blog Posts

Rounded corners without images!

I read a great article written by Alessandro Fulciniti, linked by this MSDN blog this morning. The technique uses a combination of CSS and JavaScript of all things to create the effect, so it's not enough to just declare a given element. You'll need to name the elements, then call the new JavaScript functions to round out those elements. All in all it adds little overhead, and best of all you save the hassle of all of those rounded images in different colors! The function lets you specify which element to round, whether you want...

Wireless Home Automation

So I'm browsing for new technology items and I come across this link about the Zigbee protocol. This has me interested. Yet another variant of 802.x, this time 802.15.4. It's another standard like Bluetooth and the soon-to-be-released Ultra WideBand (supposed to be USB unplugged). Of course, that just makes it yet another wireless standard. Its claim to fame is inexpensive hardware, low power consumption, low data-rate, and security. They claim incredibly long battery life -- up to 1000 days! This is mostly due to the ability of the devices to sleep most of...

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