There is a certain charm in using a single variable to store a bunch of boolean flags. Binary is convenient because it is all 1′s (true) and 0′s (false). The part I don’t like is assigning variables to each position … Continue reading
Why No Cookies? I wrote a web application that is primarily used by university students. Students use it primarily from their school’s computer labs, libraries, and in their classrooms. They rarely access the application from their own computer. The most … Continue reading
I’m a fan of using CSS frameworks. Two in particular have come in handy; Blueprint and the 960 Grid System. I like the CSS framework for a couple of major reasons: Greatly reduce cross-browser frustration with visual elements Make it … Continue reading
I needed to update a set of records in the database where a “code” column followed a specific format: prefix_shortname_number As it turned out, there were a bunch of entries that I did *not* want to update that followed a … Continue reading
One of my challenges (as evidenced by my epic fail with Project52) has been to maintain a list of things to do and getting them done. I’ve tried a number of online services such as remember the milk (RTM), Todoist, … Continue reading
Now that I’ve been using VIM (GVIM, to be exact) for the last few months exclusively as my code editor, I’m finally becoming comfortable with the some of the more common keyboard commands. For example, I was editing an unordered … Continue reading
I’m currently developing a website for scheduling a volunteer group. (I’ll announce that in a separate entry). For this particular project, I chose the following: CodeIgniter PHP Framework Blueprint CSS Doctrine ORM jQuery/jQuery UI jQuery Calendar Plugin I’m going to … Continue reading
jQuery has a feature that allows you to assign arbitrary data to DOM elements by way of the data storage methods. I ran into a scenario today where this feature came in very handy. Here is how the process works: … Continue reading
I’m trying to find a better theme for my blog – I’m too lazy to design my own, I suppose. Update – I’ve *chosen* a theme. I like this one
For me, “deciding” to start/stop doing something as a resolution for the New Year is far different than actually following through. The good news is that I’ve found a way to better motivate myself. How do I do it? I … Continue reading
