CSS-centric JS
This probably isn’t news to anyone deep in JS/CSS land, but I thought these notes may be handy for someone who’s still figuring out the best way to approach some problems. There’s a temptation, I...
View ArticleYUI Get.script Manager
I threw this together for some extra-curricular activities at work. Figured someone may find it useful. I put it under a BSD license, so feel free to do what you want with it. yGetMan is a simple queue...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With Ads
Ads drive me nuts. Not for the reasons it drive some people nuts — as long as they’re not intrusive, I don’t mind. I don’t regularly use AdBlock, though I do use ClickToFlash in Safari for various...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Flapping Crane Site
The new version of Flapping Crane is up, along with a strange video to commemorate it. You’ll notice that Pete mentions a new web site and says “2008”. Yup, been working on it for that long. Longer,...
View ArticleAbstraction
This paragraph in an Ars article made me snort: First the C guys can’t imagine writing in assembly anymore, but C++’s vtable dispatch is still just too slow to consider. Then the C++ guys look back...
View ArticlelocalStorage
I’ve been making plenty of use of localStorage in javascript apps lately. It’s a very simple way of storing data in the browser that can persist across sessions. If you want to learn more about it,...
View ArticleUltra Update 2010
I’ve been really slacking on Flapping Crane skits. It’s really all my fault. I’ll try to turn that around this week. We have a bunch of good ones queued up. And by good, I mean awesome. And by awesome,...
View Articlehighlight.js
I’ve been working on a little bit of javascript in my spare time. The New York Times has recently employed a bit of code that allows you to highlight sentences or paragraphs using a hash in the story’s...
View ArticleSteve Jobs
Everyone knew that the resignation of Steve Jobs was imminent. But it’s still sad. Last weekend, while rearranging upstairs bedrooms to prepare a nursery for our son (he’s due in less than 3 months!),...
View ArticleThis Blog’s “Design”
I really, really dislike this blog’s appearance. I hate the layout, the fonts, the titles, everything. There are a few things standing in the way of me changing it: Not worth the trouble: almost no one...
View Article
