CSS3 animation, absolute centering, align background-image right and bottom
I was playing with codrops dialog effects and learned the following: New absolute centering using flexbox Add css class for animation effect and remove it on animation end How to align background-image to the right and bottom Simple dialog effects pen
Stress at work
In the past when I was stressed out at work due to certain situations or people, I often swept it under the rug. Recently I started challenging myself to deal more directly with my emotions. Unresolved emotions hold on to me more strongly than perhaps normal people. It keeps me up at night and I’ve… Continue reading Stress at work
Guest Post: Breaking The Low Mood Cycle
Originally posted on CaptainAwkward.com:
Hello friends! It’s Elodie Under Glass here with a guest post on Low Moods. I particularly want to thank Quisty, Kellis Amberlee and TheOtherAlice for their kindly help in reading and editing this piece. It would not have existed without their care, support, compassion, and wonderful editorial abilities. They are…
Responsive Selection/dropdown idea
Placeholder text in selection/dropdown cannot be manipulated by CSS right now. Sometimes we’d like the placeholder text to change based on how wide the container is. Goal To allow the same HTML look differently based on the width of its container. So here’s an idea to generate a selection/dropdown via a list and allow the… Continue reading Responsive Selection/dropdown idea
Oracle query top N results order by
Why is oracle query with any pagination flavor always so whacky? Just wanted to return the top N results ordered by a field you have to do in MySQL:
Chrome Mobile Emulation in Action
Get latest updates on chrome emulation Step 1 Open a regular website in Chrome. Step 2 Right click -> Inspect Element to bring up the develop tools. Step 3 Click on the settings Icon Verify the mobile emulation is turned on under Appearances Step 4 Either hit the ESC button or this little icon to… Continue reading Chrome Mobile Emulation in Action
Screen scraping census baby name data with nodeJs, cheerio(jQuery) and promises
—->My Soure Code<—- Goal Screen scrape census baby names data for the 51 states and produce a single CSV file. These data are in html table via sites such as http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi post {state: ‘AL’, year: 2012} http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi post {state: ‘AK’, year: 2012} http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi post {state: ‘CA’, year: 2012} …. Script must translate all of the… Continue reading Screen scraping census baby name data with nodeJs, cheerio(jQuery) and promises
HttpFox helps filter http requests
Was looking for something for work that filters all of the requests on a page. Finally spotted the HttpFox plugin that pretty closely achieves what I need. Install the plugin and click on the tiny icon at the lower right of the browser. Once open, click on the start (to record requests) Load a page… Continue reading HttpFox helps filter http requests
How to Help Others Without Compromising Yourself
1. You can’t help someone who is not taking responsibility for helping themselves. Sometimes, no matter how much you give, the other person doesn’t seem to meet you halfway. It seems like the more you try to help them, the more they stay the same, or worse, regress. Maybe they have become so used to… Continue reading How to Help Others Without Compromising Yourself
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