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I've been doing some client-side stuff at work recently, and I'm realizing that I don't know nearly enough about some of this stuff. So, I picked up a book on jQuery, "jQuery: Novice to Ninja", and another one on CSS, "CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions". The jQuery book is pretty good, and a pretty easy read. I haven't started the CSS book yet. I'm somewhat chagrined to admit that I've kind of been "faking it" with CSS for the last few years. I've never actually sat down and read a book on CSS or taken a class, or anything like that. I know enough to get by, usually, but I definitely need to learn more.

Meanwhile, I've put off my attempt to get through any more ASP.NET exams for now. I'm just letting work needs dictate my independent study time. At some point, hopefully, I'll be up to speed on enough of the stuff at work that I can get back to the certification exams.

Oh, and as an example of how little I know about CSS, I really don't know how to style a div so these two Amazon link boxes will line up horizontally instead of vertically. If I messed around with it for an hour, I'd probably figure it out. But I should probably know how to do something like that off the top of my head.

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