HTML 5: don’t get too excited yet

Yes, it’s finally coming.  The last official release of HTML was in 1999 (yes, you read that right, 10 years ago) at version 4.01.  At long last, the W3C* is almost finished with the specifications for a new version.  Pay…

CSS Part I: Why you need them

scary words–> CASCADING STYLE SHEETS! <–scary words Are you scared?  Cowering in a corner?  (Okay, I suspected you weren’t.)   How about uncomfortable?  A teeny bit? If you’re a regular user of CSS, you probably think I’m a bit nuts. …