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Email Spambot Buster

Dennis — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:06:26 +0000

Did you ever have an email address that you posted on a web site “stolen” from a damn spamming company, then have tons of spam sent to that address? Doesn’t that suck?!

If you have, then you’ve probably either removed the email link or tried protecting it with some method of tricking these “spambots”.

I just posted an article called Email Spambot Buster. It describes a great way of safely displaying an email address on a web site. It is accessible, uses progressive enhancement, and adds a couple neat bonuses.

Open Web Coding Job in CA

Dennis — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:06:58 +0000

The company I’m working for in California (Redwood City, Bay area) is looking for a web developer/coder with skills similar to mine: XHTML, CSS, DOM scripting, AJAX (preferably Hijax), and web accessibility. We’re getting a web application up to speed with web standards and web accessibility and there’s a lot of work! It may be contract to start, but I’m sure it pays well.

If you are skilled in the areas listed above, and you are interested, please send me a message at dlembree at g mail dot com. Serious inquiries only. You must have at least a few years experience.

Updates on My Vanity Page

Dennis — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:02:16 +0000

I am gradually getting my relatively new vanity web page (www.DennisLembree.com) up to par. First, I got some solid XHTML Strict content going and some basic CSS complete. I half-jokingly added quite the web 2.0-looking “logo” of my name at the top of the page. I then added the open/close effect the Profile section (using the DOM of course), and added my updated resume.

Today I’ve added some de.licio.us and Flickr content from my accounts. It was basically a matter of using each site’s tools and modifying it a bit.

Sometime in the future as time permits, I will add more visual appeal to the page.

Interviewed Christian Heilmann

Dennis — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:28:48 +0000

Ross Johnson and I interviewed Christian Heilmann this morning for the Web Axe podcast (will be posted soon). Chris is a leading expert on DOM scripting and has published many articles and just published a book. The interview begain at 8am sharp, 1pm his time in the UK. We had a bit of a scheduling problem because of the 5-hour time difference and the fact that his laptop got stolen. We used Skype, which worked great, except Ross was cut off just after the interview was over, thankfully because Ross was the one recording it. It was a pleasure speaking to Chris, who’s a very valuable part of the web community, and a nice guy as well.

Note: the Chris Heilmann interview podcast is now live.