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Iconic Icon Set Add On

August 13, 2010 PHP 0

I can’t begin to explain how much I really enjoy and am grateful for the Iconic Icon Set, I’ve used it over and over again and it continues to be a source of inspiration for me. Because I’ve made use of it so much I’ve found on several occasions that it was missing icons that [...]

HTML5 Video Explained

June 28, 2010 HTML 0

While working on a recent project I was faced with the task of embedding videos on a web page that would be compatible with the iPhone and iPad. It turns out HTML5 video is still in it’s infancy, but hopefully this article will save developers from the many headaches it provided me.

5 Steps to Cross Browser Compatibility

May 22, 2010 CSS 1

I spend a lot of time dealing with cross browser compatibility and it’s not fun (I’m looking at you Internet Explorer). But over the years I’ve developed a few habits that make the task a little easier and I thought I might as well share these tips with the rest of the world, so here [...]

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jQuery Textarea Expander Plugin

January 11, 2010 jQuery 1

Ok, I love Ballpark, but the thing that I’d have to say annoys me the most (aside from no time tracking) is the fact that line item descrption fields are so small.

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jQuery, Tables, & Show / Hide

November 23, 2009 jQuery 1

So maybe I’m just an idiot and this would be obvious to others, but it completely confused me for a large portion of the night, so I thought I’d share in hopes of helping some other unfortunate soul. The Problem I was using a jQuery function to show / hide elements, first on a table [...]

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My .gitconfig

November 15, 2009 Git 0

It’s no secret, I love Git (more and more every time I use Subversion, but that’s an entirely different story altogether), but one of the things I enjoy most about it is the fact that configuration options are made to be portable and because of that, easy to share. And while a configuration file may [...]

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Introducing The Most Simple Input Hint jQuery Plugin

August 29, 2009 jQuery 0

So I decided to release my input hint plugin for jQuery because I could never find one that was portable and well written. The plugin’s list of features include: the ability to specify the attribute the plugin uses to pull the hint from, by default the “title” attribute is used and it also clears itself [...]

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Introducing a New jQuery Plugin… “Variable Input Size”

August 10, 2009 jQuery 0

The “Variable Input Size” plugin simply resizes and input text box to fit it’s value. Useful for displaying fields to users in an easier to digest manner. This plugin was inspired by a post by 37 Signals where they implemented this idea in a new iteration of Highrise’s contact management page. I thought it was [...]

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