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Why I prefer jQuery over YUI

While at work, I was trying to find a way to easily do server side pagination without writing all the lovely logic myself. Due to some constraints, I am unable to use more high end framework such as JSF and struts. Which in a way I believe is a good thing. I would have more… Continue reading Why I prefer jQuery over YUI

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CSS Frameworks

I write my CSS from scratch and I know enough tricks/hacks to pull out most of all what I want to accomplish. Although I’ve always heard the yahoo YUI project and understand what its reset css achieves, I never knew there are so many other CSS frameworks out there. Hidden pixels has listed a great… Continue reading CSS Frameworks

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sIFR 3

sIFR lets you use your favorite font on your websites by cleverly working with Flash, JavaScript and CSS. I saw it used in the Bella theme. I don’t know how compatible it is for all browsers but I might just try it out in my future themes 🙂

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WordPress widget

Man, I cannot believe how long I’ve been putting off implementing widgets for wordpress. I really want to be able to use those nice widgets although I don’t like the way some of the default ones are styled but I still think it will really make theme creation a lot easier. Here’s a tutorial on… Continue reading WordPress widget

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Free Web Design Vectors

Very nice collection here. I like this desktop wallpaper site. Other geeky finds: Chrome’s process model explained Javascript in Chrome fancy zoom in jQuery scrum cheat sheet Cappuccino (desktop apps in web browsers) Awesome photoshop brushes Chrome indexes your bank accounts bubble breaker game in 100 lines of pure javascript code Sexy alert box (written… Continue reading Free Web Design Vectors

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Dodo's Text Counter

I needed a text counter at work. I searched around trying to find a jQuery plugin that fits the bill but I didn’t find anything. So I wrote one myself. Check it out 🙂 It should be pretty flexible. Requires jQuery Define the maximum of characters the user may input May be applied to one… Continue reading Dodo's Text Counter

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another reason why I love foobar2000

I’ve been using foobar2000 as my media player for quite some time. It’s lightweight, highly customizable and uses little resource. Today while I was listening to some soothing music, I remembered back then I had a CD player that had a sleep function where you can set a timer to have it automatically turn off… Continue reading another reason why I love foobar2000

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twitter and pownce

Thanks to daynah. I now belong to two more these online social networking sites: pownce & twitter. Hey, you can watch a video on twitter even. pownce is prettier and better written and gives you more control but less popular than twitter. Talking about great tools for online stalking. It’s scary but it makes me… Continue reading twitter and pownce

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Dodo's Picklist

I needed a pick list script at work. I looked around and found a jQuery plugin but it didn’t do all I wanted so I modified it. I thought I’d share my final results with you. I will contact the original author to see if he wants to include my changes to his version as… Continue reading Dodo's Picklist