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Contact Form Experiment
Yesterday, I saw this tweet from Smashing Magazine:
I took a look at the form, and I must say I was impressed too. Unfortunately, I was using TweetDeck on my iPhone… as a result, I didn’t see the contact form at all because the background image didn’t load very fast. That prompted me to post this [...]
New Window, No In-source Event
I was prompted by this Twitter post to cross-post an old blog entry of mine.
Having JavaScript events in-source binds you to whatever JavaScript method (and it’s signature) you’ve specified, not to mention breaking the tenets of Progressive Enhancement. When wishing to launch an anchor’s href into a new window while using a STRICT doctype, [...]
Creating Elements in JavaScript, (any good?)
I’ve been playing around with a couple of ideas for JavaScript methods, thought I’d get some feedback.
The following link is a code snippet in PasteBin that shows the methods and a quick test:
http://pastebin.com/f7b68ab19
Basically, the two I wrote and that I’m evaluating are:
Create Element
This method caches a created element instance in an array. In some [...]
Run Safari 3 and Safari 4 beta on the same Mac
I couldn’t find a blog post or comprehensive tutorial anywhere, but after a great deal of trial and error, I’ve managed to get Safari 3 and Safari 4 beta to run on my Macbook Pro at the same time. Most insisted you have to download WebKit… but you don’t.
It’s much easier than that, once you figure [...]
It’s BACK!
After a great deal of effort, blog is back… I’ve lost a number of posts, though, as well as my custom WordPress skin. I’ve also lost all of my non-database-stored work, (e.g. post images, whitepapers, etc). I’ll keep you posted as to when I’m back in business.
What a pain in the ass.
They let ANYONE drive these days…
This… guy… gave me a double-take as he was waiting at the Winstead’s on the Plaza. Thankfully I had my camera and could stop laughing long enough to take several pictures:
An Open Letter to a Car Thief
Someone broke into my car… a really ignorant person, who stole things you can’t even pawn.
Introducing Shandy
I’m a sucker.
I was driving to work Friday morning, when I stopped to take a left turn at Gillham and Rockhill. A black puppy was romping around a the top of the hill near the park, and as I came to stop, she ran up to, and then beneath, my car.
To make sure I didn’t [...]
PSD2HTML: Terrible Pricing for Web Development
I was absolutely disgusted by the pricing strategy at PSD2Web. Here are a few examples, and an explanation as to why the practice feels shady.
[PIC] iPhone Launch Security in Kansas City (funny)
Here’s a story I posted on Digg today… This was funny stuff.
As I was driving home around 12:30 AM, I passed our one Apple store to see who was waiting for “the big day.” When I saw the security guard protecting the precious stock from a videographer, a mother and half a dozen dedicated Mac [...]
