Posts tagged "technology"

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DM Blog 2013

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:08:29 -0500 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

I've changed my blog's design several times over the years but I hadn't noticed that it's always been in December/January every year. This time, I decided to rewrite everything from the ground up – here are a couple features that I added...

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Omnibot 2000

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:15:59 -0400 ✻ Calgary, Alberta (51.048233684823494;-114.06316520402525) by

In my family, Omnibot 2000 is a metonym for my determination, or some would say, my stubbornness. I wanted one, and I wanted it bad – I was relentless.

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When Backups Fail...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:15:14 -0400 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

Two weeks ago when I was working on an arrangement for a client, my computer crashed and I lost my file. How could it be that I had not one, but three backups, and all three failed me?

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Show or Hide a Sidebar on iPad Based on Orientation

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:33:48 -0400 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

If you look at this site on an iPad, the sidebar is shown or hidden based on the device's orientation. There's two parts to making this work...

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Michelle on DM Blog

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:03:39 -0500 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

After spending a couple hours getting a new installation of WordPress set up for Michelle, I decided to just create a new user for her on here instead of creating a whole new blog...

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Animating Rotation With jQuery

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:15:49 -0500 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

All I wanted to do was start with an image centered on the page and then move it to its final position while shrinking it and rotating it. The only problem was the rotation part...

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WordPress Tag Cloud with Post Counts

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:42:38 -0400 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

One of the things that has annoyed me about WordPress for a long time is the inability to display a post count next to each tag in a tag cloud. Here's the code I came up with to accomplish this.

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How to Use Tweet Entities

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:25:32 -0400 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

On my sites, I'm using the URL entities to display long URLs in a shorter, more visually appealing way; hashtag entities to make hashtags clickable links; user_mention entities to make usernames clickable links; and media entities to display any linked photos right on the page...

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HTML5 History API

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:04:39 -0400 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

When re-designing my music site, I wanted to make sure that visitors could bookmark and share the original URL of the page without any appended #hashes. This was perfect for HTML5's History API.

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Math – Left to Right

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:47:37 -0400 ✻ Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by

A long time ago I started forcing my mind to do math from left-to-right instead and I've found that not only is it much faster, but it's also much easier.