Well, for as much news as their was yesterday, there's the same size vacuum today - there's just not much out there, but here's what I did find:
Over on HotWired's WebMonkey this morning, they have a new article that talks about Making PDFs with PHP, PDQ. They tell you how to get the PDFLib software installed and compiled into PHP as well as how to create a simple PDF file with some limited content. Making PDF files with PHP is really a neat process - and the results can often look much nicer than a standard web page output, just because you have more control over layout and images and such. And the PDFLib software is getting better and better all the time (they're up to version 4.0.2 now). Thanks to ikazuchi for the link.
Now, I know how much advertising is the bane of every web user's existence, but I saw one of these types of ads the other day, and I have to admit, it was pretty dang cool. These drop-down ads are the type of ad that display as maybe a 700x100 banner for 5 seconds, and then when the page is fully loaded, they expand to 700x350 for a couple of seconds and then collapse back up. Once they've collapsed however, you still have the option to expand them again with the help of a button ingeniously titled "see more" or "expand" as this new article from DevArticles.com explains. They show you how to make your own drop-down, alsong with some other scripts that help you manage the ads and add more to the list. The cool part is, obviously, the Javascript code for the expand/contract process.




