rene.schmidt^webtech

Heise online reports WordPress is going to clean up the plugins dir because plugins “suck” and that — despite this fact — is has become a constant in the web because large blogs such as Smashing… Read on ››

I use Polipo as a caching web proxy for my VPN and for some simple anonymizing. It’s a great software. One thing bugs me though: when censoring User-Agent, as intended, it does not send a User-Agent header. But:… Read on ››

Every now and then colleagues or customers ask me whether I can do PayPal transactions with them. Unfortunately, I can not. Let me explain: Until some 7-8 years ago I had been a happy PayPal customer with a positive… Read on ››

I like outsourcing work to other freelancers when I am short on time myself. Over the time, I am often asked the same questions again and again. Obviously it is time for an “Outsourcing freelance jobs” FAQ.… Read on ››

I have made a rough review of Facebooks Like button memory footprint. Since every like button sits in an iframe I am assuming that this would have a heavy impact on a browsers memory footprint. Web developers should… Read on ››

In my humble opinion, the upcoming CSS Level 3 Media Queries are one of the major improvements in web development.Yesterday I have implemented those in my web site so that it adapts to various browser window widths.See… Read on ››