HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE! Okay….so I’m just a little late. Matt and I celebrated the fourth 
with the traditional cookout with Matt’s family on Saturday, July 1st. My parents went out of town so Matt and I spent our Fourth of July going to see the Burgess Falls. The hike was really hot and exhausting, but the pictures were worth the pain. 
Monthly archives: July 2006
Burgess Falls
19Jul06Starting a blog (pt4)
15Jul06Tools of the Trade
New to the series? Then checkout parts 1, 2, and 3.
If you’re going to build a blog/website then you must be equipped with the proper tools. Makes sense, right? But how do you kind of tools to use and which ones? Well, that’s what this post is for. Enjoy!
Web Browsers & Extensions
Mozilla Firefox: First things first, you’ve got to have a good web broswer to do you work in. Firefox is the best, plus its free and extendable. I recommend installing web developer extensions to make it even better.
First, download the web developer toolbar. This toolbar is indespensible to a serious web developer. It allows you to easily view the page source, css, images. It has links to validation services, allows you to resize your browswer to see what your page would like like in 800×600 and other custom sizes, allows you to manipulate forms, outline tables, and many other wonderful features.
Next, get Colorzilla. If you ever wondered what color someone was using, then use this handy tool to find out. Colorzilla provides an advanced eyedropper, colorPicker, page zoomer and other colorful goodies. Continue reading
