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DM Blog 2013

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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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La Carnita

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I had been hearing about La Carnita's pop-ups on Twitter for almost a whole year but was never able to make it out to a single one. Now that they've settled into a permanent location on College Street, I was finally able to get a taste of their food and see what all the fuss was about.

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Diet and Exercise

Toronto, Ontario by

I came across this YouTube video, "23½ hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?", and thought I should share it on my blog...

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How to Use Tweet Entities

Toronto, Ontario 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

Toronto, Ontario 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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Salad King

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I've been a fan of Salad King ever since I was first introduced to it back in 1998. Normally I don't go to restaurants on opening day, but if I must, I know better than to expect a flawless experience.

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HTML5 Audio with jQuery

Toronto, Ontario by

In this post, I’ll go over the JavaScript used on DanielMenjivar.com, and as you’ve gathered from the title, I’ll focus on HTML5 Audio with jQuery.