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Safari Books Online offers access to over 3,000 technical books, videos and tutorials from O’Reilly, Peachpit, Cisco Press, Sams, Que, and Adobe Press. Normally this service costs $22.95 per month, but you can use this great resource though the Contra Costa Library for free! All you need is a library card. If you don’t have a library card you can [...]

If you’re on a tight budget and looking for the best deals in the Bay Area you should really check out the Frugal Find. Julia at the Frugal Find blogs about the best deals in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. She also shares Internet specials, freebies, and giveaways. Her site has an amazing searchable coupon database with over [...]

Walnut Creek restaurants plan to hand out free turkeys by Elisabeth Nardi Contra Costa Times Posted: 11/24/2009 02:10:36 PM PST Updated: 11/24/2009 04:46:42 PM PST Owners of 1515 Restaurant and Lounge and The Pizza Place in downtown Walnut Creek will handout 1,000 turkeys Wednesday to help those in need have a good Thanksgiving. From 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, anyone [...]

While some companies that you may go to work for have their own “corporate branding” already established, many small businesses will need to create their identity for print and online marketing materials. This article includes some of the top resources for logo design that I have found over the last month on Twitter and while visiting some of my favorite [...]

Many students have asked about learning Office 2007. We now have Office 2007 installed on 14 workstations in the classroom (all HP workstations). I think it’s a great idea to get familar with the new Office 2007 interface, but I still recommend that students learn Office 2003 first. Office 2003 is still the most commonly used Office Suite in industry [...]

Yesterday in class I mentioned the new CSS unit using CSS: The Missing Manual. This will be a required book for all new students entering the program and an optional book for students who are currently enrolled. I have to say that this is an outstanding book on CSS. It is an excellent introduction to CSS and also a great [...]

Got a new computer for Christmas? Are you worried about all the spyware horror stories you’ve read? You should be. I’ve heard varying numbers, but it’s said that putting an unprotected computer on a high-speed connection results in getting infected within a few minutes. I just read that the time is getting longer, but that’s not much comfort. By all [...]

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Yesterday I encouraged you all to read the article Fixing Browsers: Bugs and Hacks by Lorelle VanFossen. Lorelle was kind enough to share another article she wrote, Views of a Web Page. In this article, Lorelle describes in wonderful detail the testing process used when building a web page. The article discusses developing and testing for various screen sizes, handhelds, [...]