Jan
4
2010
Google is celebrating Newton’s Birthday today with a poppy javasript falling apple. Google recently added javascript to their homepage with the fade in / fade out of the text around the edges. Google usually adds cool graphics for holiday’s like Issac Newton’s Birthday but they have decided “what the heck,” we are already using javascript on the homepage, let’s add something else. I think it’s kind of delightfully tacky.

Comments | tags: apples, google, issac newton, javascript, newton | posted in Design, Web Development
Nov
4
2009
While Thickbox had its day, it is not maintained any longer, so we recommend you use some alternatives.
Comments | tags: javascript, ui, ux | posted in Web Development
Aug
26
2009
I really like the google image relinker script for greasemonkey, but sometimes when there’s a hotlink protection or something else funky, you just want the original google images link. i updated this greasemonkey image re-linker script so that it relinks the images, but also provides links to open the original link (both in a new tab, and in a new window)
Download the script:
google_image_relinker_v2_00.user.js.txt (rename to just .js)
google_image_relinker_v2_00.user.js (right click and save as)
Greasemonkey scripts can be used with chrome or firefox
Comments | tags: chrome, firefox, greasemonkey, javascript | posted in Web Development
Jun
18
2009
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Recently I was checking out some nice flash galleries and came across an effect that I really liked. I had a sudden urge to duplicate that similar effect but using my bread and butter (CSS and jQuery). I thought I’d share this and maybe some of you can find it useful.
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Comments | tags: javascript, jQuery | posted in Design, Web Development
Jun
12
2009
I use json_encode() a lot for AJAX calls. Teamed with
jQuery’s $.getJSON(), it’s too convenient
not to use. Unfortunately, json_encode() doesn’t come standard until PHP 5.2. To add insult to injury, most
current *nix distros don’t include PHP 5.2 in their official repositories yet.
So, if you’re using PHP4 download JSON’s json_encode and json_decode for PHP4 (which automatically degrade for PHP5, thus not breaking your app during an upgrade) here:
http://mike.teczno.com/json.html
http://mike.teczno.com/JSON/JSON.phps |
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Comments | tags: javascript, json, php | posted in Web Development
Jun
10
2009
so, everyone knows that Chrome is the fastest browser for running Javascript. But it is almost 4x as fast as FF2 for running jQuery UI elements. WOW!
Comments | tags: chrome, javascript, jQuery | posted in Web Development