jQuery Wins (flawless victory) May 27th, 2008

This is really no secret to anyone who has worked with me, but I must publicly admit my love for the lightweight javascript library. For those of you who haven't used jQuery yet, let me explain why its better than sliced bread. It's simple, intuitive, simple, widely supported, simple, ...

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Happy Back to Work Day! May 27th, 2008

Safe HTML Truncation May 26th, 2008

Many times us programmers have to take some dynamic text and make an excerpt out of it.  We do this for a number of reasons, but the most common, to save space on the page.  We just want to lure the reader in with 300 or so characters then have them click through to see the rest of the story.  ...

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1.9 Miles to Freedom May 26th, 2008

At the turn of 2008, Erin and I were fairly certain we were going to pack our bags by February and be on our way to a new life in Denver.  Plans change, as they always do.  There was a reason Denver wasn't happening.  We narrowed it down to that we needed a change in venue.  Our apartment in ...

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A Boy Named Blue May 24th, 2008

Making Clean Strings May 22nd, 2008

With clean web 2.0 standards being kept, SEO concerns at an all time high, and user experience being more important than ever, the web is not a place to cut any corners. One thing that users love to see is meaningful names, both in URLs and in files. Wordpress has made this ever present with ...

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Crissy Spivey - Portfolio May 21st, 2008