Just a quick tip, since I spent a good hour figuring this out recently. PHP has no native way of doing an interactive password prompt, when running as CLI If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

It seems like it was just yesterday when Myspace was the rave. Users could customize their own backgrounds, add music and videos and write on each others’ pages. Yet with the rapid growth of Facebook and now Twitter , it seems that Myspace has just been left in the dust If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Many programmers are passionate about their text editor. They will spend longer choosing the optimum font and color scheme than they would decorating their house. An editing font is a very personal choice and, given the hours spent at the screen, it needs to be something the programmer is comfortable with. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Icons have been used in design since, well, since design began. From the hieroglyphics on the pyramids of ancient Egypt to the orange RSS icon now gracing so many web sites, icons have been used in both print and in web design for the same purpose — to draw the eye quickly to important parts of the document or web page If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

In looking back through some emails, I found an email from Soh in October 2008. It was a very nice message introducing himself, saying he has enjoyed CSS-Tricks, and that he was just getting into blogging and if I had any advice. This is what I said: My best advice If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Even the best of us creative types struggle with what I like to call “designer’s block,” staring at a blank canvas in your favorite graphics editing program for hours. It can be downright difficult to find inspiration when starting a design from scratch. I have often found that one great source of inspiration are Photoshop brush sets If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

I first met Jeff when he emailed me in early March of this year introducing himself as a High School Web Design Teacher at Damascus High in Maryland. He told me he makes his advanced students subscribe to this blog! Jeff is passionate about teaching and web design, and I wouldn’t be surprised if his 4-Year curriculum at Dasmascus was the best in the country. As part of the Advanced Web Tools class, Jeff brings in speakers from the professional world to talk to the students If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Consumer demand for bandwidth will start to exceed supply from as early as next year according to a new report from Nemertes Research. Internet traffic is growing at around 60% per year, and that does not include the expected exponential rise in demand from India and China. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

There are a number of posts out there with collections of really cool and unique business card designs. Some of my favorites are CreativeBits , CrazyLeaf Design Blog , and Daily Poetics . If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Collis Ta’eed is the kind of guy that every web designer with a little entrepreneurial spirit wants to be. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!