links for 2008-02-09 February 9, 2008 1 comment
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Six years of Oscar piracy data on all 186 nominated films from 2003 to 2008
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::selection pseudo element
jQuery Tool Tips, For & By a Javascript Noob December 18, 2007 2 comments
I’ve recently been using, and falling in love with, a Javascript library you’ve probably heard of - jQuery. So when I needed Tool Tip functionality for a project, the one thing I was sure about was that jQuery was the way to go. I tried writing some things myself and didn’t like the results. Then I tried a couple of different jQuery based Tool Tip plugins, which worked OK, but I knew they were cumbersome & supurfulous.
Job Description December 15, 2007 12 comments
I’ve been thinking about a potential short and sweet job title / job description for a personal business card that would convey the following:
- Semantic HTML
- W3C Valid HTML
- W3C Valid CSS
- Anti-wysiwyg, hand coding
- Cross browser, cross platform intricacies
- SEO optimized naming conventions & coding techniques
- Google friendly, user friendly URL structures
- Web Standards
- Usability
- Yada Yada
links for 2007-11-16 November 16, 2007
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It’s a cooler AND a scooter! Why would they ever discontinue this?
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Using Google Trends to discover the interesting stuff.
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There’s been a lot of Guitar Hero 3 play happening in the office. Cowbell Hero is more my speed.
links for 2007-11-10 November 10, 2007 2 comments
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“Advertisers never have access to who is seeing their ads, personal information about you, or even what social actions accompany their ads.” - At least not until an advertiser offers a ton of $$$ for it!
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The guy walking you through Leopard is a bit slow at times in this video, but you get a nice overview of the operating system.
Vote for Franklins Paine November 2, 2007 4 comments
Find the Franklins Paine entry on this skatepark fund raising contest page.
Lay down your vote for the last one in the list, “PAINES PARK PROJECT - PHILADELPHIA, PA”.
Good luck Phila, it’s always been an uphill battle.
Potential Harm 2 comments
I love this Internet Explorer security warning. Sure it’s generic, but it really makes a statement when you’re installing the Flash plugin:
“While files from the internet can be useful, this file type can potentially harm your computer…”
Oh - the irony!
Error or Instruction? October 30, 2007 3 comments
Here’s a screenshot of what Internet Explorer 7 displays when it can’t find the URL you’re looking for:
Oink No More October 26, 2007 4 comments
So now that Oink is gone and the record industry got back those 180,000 people, will we see sales increase over the next couple of weeks? I’m personally all for the argument that downloading music increases the chances of me making a purchase in the future. Wether it be opening my pocket to see the band live, purchasing their product, and/or spreading the word to others who would do the same.
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