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Text-Overflow Ellipsis CSS Support in Firefox 7

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:58:51 -0400

This is huge… Firefox 7 adds support for text-overflow: ellipsis

Something so simple, yet huge. This has been missing for ages.

Read more on the Mozilla Developer Network

Bank Simple Demo Video

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:03:00 -0400

Bank Simple’s demo of its web app kinda rocks.

Elegant UI. Natural search. Smart tools. Good info aggregation. Simple to understand. Looking forward to using it.

Check it out here: http://ow.ly/6BiaE

PHP 5.4 Traits

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:25:00 -0400

PHP 5.4 adds traits - a means of mixing in behaviors from multiple sources. Think multiple inheritance with some twists to make it manageable.

Check out this example
http://code.atavisticendeavor.com/using-traits-in-php-54
Or this post showing off some of the sugar:
http://simas.posterous.com/new-to-php-54-traits

What’s your Ninja name? Katoteshikumei

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:00:08 -0400

What’s your Ninja name?

Katoteshikumei

Top 10 Mobile Web Dev Javascript Frameworks

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:35:00 -0400

If you’re doing front end web dev today perhaps you’ve experienced challenges getting your Javascript framework of choice behaving just right on mobile platforms. Fortunately there are mobile optimized Javascript frameworks available. They are optimized for touchscreens, lightweight, cross-platform and leverage HTML5 and CSS3 and give you the edge to get your mobile web apps to market efficiently and effectively.

Check out Top 10 Mobile Web Development JavaScript Frameworks

HP's Big Pivot

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:29:00 -0400

HP exited the tablet market today. But is Apple’s dominance with the iPad too intimidating for competitive innovation?

No. It’s not. HP was prepared to take on Apple. But with the changes in leadership and lack of organizational motivation at HP, their heads and hearts aren’t in the game anymore.

Instead, today HP made a very public business pivot right in front of our eyes. They’ve recommitted themselves to focus on data and enterprise, and are poised for a heads up battle against IBM & Oracle, the new home of former HP CEO, Hurd.

Checkout the TechCrunch Article: HP To Apple: You Win.

PHP, Python, Perl & Ruby Side-By-Side

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:24:02 -0400

Check out this side-by-side comparison of PHP, Python, Perl and Ruby. Pretty awesome.

http://hyperpolyglot.org/scripting

Installing NodeJS 0.4.6 on Ubuntu 10.04

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:42:22 -0400

morgancraft:

The time has come to update my nodejs and as I was updating the docs for my project for other developers figured I’d post the instructions as well.

required ubuntu packages
sudo apt-get install g++ curl libssl-dev apache2-utils
cd into node directory package
wget http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.4.6.tar.gz
tar -xzvf node-v0.4.6.tar.gz
cd node-v0.4.6.tar.gz
./configure
make 
sudo make install

Happy Spring!

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:31:23 -0400

Happy Spring!

Photo

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:52:29 -0400

Are you originally from or do you have family on Arrakis (Sietch Tabr specifically?)

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:12:59 -0400

Yes. My family dominates Arrakis, and I am the controller of the spice. I control your destiny.

Are you originally from or do you have family in Ohio (northwest OH specifically?)

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:07:42 -0400

No! We’re all from the northeast back a few generations and a few have spread to other areas of the country, but none in Ohio to my knowledge.

3D Video Without Glasses. And you’ll have some super...

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:09:00 -0400

3D Video Without Glasses.

And you’ll have some super strong eyelids too.

(BTW, this is fake - all done with CGI - see the making of video here)

Cloud Computing on Amazon Web Services with Rightscale & PHP...

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:55:00 -0400

Cloud Computing on Amazon Web Services with Rightscale & PHP Talk Tonight by @neuropunks at NYPHP User Group Meeting

This is a recording of the talk I posted previously.

ilovecharts: In 2010 we ditched our cable TV. Here’s how we...

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:22:23 -0400

ilovecharts:

In 2010 we ditched our cable TV. Here’s how we replaced it with online content.

We’ve begun the process to. HBO, Showtime, etc are a sticky issue so far. :-/

Cloud Computing on Amazon Web Services with Rightscale & PHP...

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:13:00 -0400

Cloud Computing on Amazon Web Services with Rightscale & PHP Talk Tonight by @neuropunks at tonights NYPHP User Group Meeting

Watch the live video here on this page tonight at 6:30 PM EDT

This event has passed. You can watch a recording of the presentation here.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and...

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:27:36 -0400

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. -Theodore Roosevelt

“Love Potion #9” … I’ve got one lucky dog!

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:29:00 -0400

“Love Potion #9” … I’ve got one lucky dog!

Search Programming Book Examples With codefetch{

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:12:00 -0400

Search Programming Book Examples With codefetch{:

Pretty slick.

8 Awesome Photography Effects & Techniques You Should Learn

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:01:00 -0400

8 Awesome Photography Effects & Techniques You Should Learn:

Some good ones in here. I really enjoyed learning about and trying the Bokeh effect.