latest puppy photos
haven’t shared photos of bubo and misty for while 🙂 misty’s sneaky attack! video (862kb)
new theme "pure"
omg thank you beccary SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH for making me this theme. i worked hard to put it up as soon as i got it 🙂 i love it so much. my mind has been on programming forever. no brain cell left for graphic. this is great for a change. YAY 🙂 click here if you… Continue reading new theme "pure"
return to top link without bookmark
i saw this on leslie’s site. i never thought of it before. the conventional way to do a “return to top” link is create a bookmark with: at the top of the page and then use: to link it. well there’s an easier way. this only works if you want to return to the very… Continue reading return to top link without bookmark
congratulations andy!
today’s andy’s last day at his old job – auto technician for iowa city toyota shop. monday he’s gonna start a new desk job as a customer service for toyota financial (headquarter) with a pay raise and lots more benefits. i’m so proud of him ^_^ welcome to cubicle life XP. you get wonderful deals… Continue reading congratulations andy!
separate template from code
when you do serious coding, it’s always a good idea to separate your layout design (template) from your logic code. i’m at the beginning stage rebuilding dmb. one thing i want to do very badly is to get rid of all templates in the database. every time i load a template right now it causes… Continue reading separate template from code
new plan for dmb
thanks shi for being so sweet and supporting. maybe i’m being too pessimistic on dmb’s coding. yes it is inefficient but it’s still curable. if i re-plan the whole thing from database design to layout design (javascript, css) with all my knowledge i can probably improve its performance by 200%. and shi told me another… Continue reading new plan for dmb
critical mass
when a codebase gets so large and unmanageable, that it’s impossible to work with. Of a software product, describes a condition of the software such that fixing one bug introduces one plus epsilon bugs. When software achieves critical mass, it can never be fixed; it can only be discarded and rewritten. yes that’s how i… Continue reading critical mass
multi-page form submission trick
someone asked on my board how to use an email script for a long form that expands into multiple pages. leslie gave me an idea which i played and got it working. it’s very cool 🙂 You basically just make *fake* pages with javascript and div layers. the script is from alexking and i put… Continue reading multi-page form submission trick
kawaiiness’ layout
wee i had so much fun coding for rellie’s layout. my first time to use a few new css tricks. the layout as you can see is coded in tableless css with valid xhtml 1.0 strict and css. the content is always centered. for the links that look like image map, i used this css… Continue reading kawaiiness’ layout
dodos threaded comments for wp 1.5
OMG what a pain! yes i’ve already upgraded my domain to wp 1.5 and i spent the past 5 hours writing how to add the threaded comments back for v1.5. it’s easy for myself to add it back; i just kept my old index.php and my old wp-comments.php. if you want to do that, DO… Continue reading dodos threaded comments for wp 1.5
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