QUOTE: Conan O’Brien

January 25th, 2010

All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
-Conan O’Brien

John Resig: JavaScript’s Chuck Norris

January 18th, 2010
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If you are familiar with jQuery you might know that John Resig is jQuery’s creator. He is a JavaScript genius and this blog post I found has a very nice set of jokes about him. If you like Chuck Norris and you know jQuery, you will find this very entertaining. Nice work Ben!
http://benalman.com/news/2009/12/john-resig-javascripts-chuck-norris/

2009: Year in Review

January 16th, 2010

Well I guess it’s about time I write about what has happened in the last 12 months. This past year has been the biggest year of changes in my life thus far. Here is the rundown:

Started January at IWU, my final semester of college, living off campus (since September 2008)
February 25th I joined Twitter
In February… read more.

jQuery 1.4 Released!

January 14th, 2010

Today, the jQuery team released the next version of their revolutionary JavaScript framework. Today is also the 4th birthday of jQuery although it has only recently (in the last year or so) become almost standard among web developers. jQuery has made developing in JavaScript fun again, for me, and hopefully you too.
You can read all… read more.

Enable Windows 7 “God” Mode

January 4th, 2010
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I’m not sure I like the name of this hack, but it is descriptive.
“I thought this was a joke when I read it, but evidently not. If you want a quick way to get to all the settings on Windows 7, GodMode is it. How?
Add a new folder to your desktop and name it… read more.

Traffic Light + Progress Bar

December 31st, 2009

What happens when you mix a traditional traffic light with a progress bar? The folks at Relogik created a concept that’s pretty interesting. Read about it here: http://relogik.com/eko.
What do you think? Do you think this would work?