Ive been working hard trying to learn how to do what came so naturally and easy to me in jQuery in YUI and YUI-ext. I have been scouring the forums and the documentation. I can’t understand any of it. It just isn’t designed for a non-programmer. But I have no…
The jQuery team has announced that Jack Slocum is planning to release a 1.0 version of his impressive YUI-ext project and a plugin for jQuery. Jack Slocum is a force of nature in the JavaScript library community. Not only are his components feature-rich, but they are beautifully designed with a…
The trip was a comedy of errors from start to finish. Original plans: SFO to Dallas to Indianapolis then drive to New Albany Indiana (near Louisville). Return Friday.We get to the airport LATE as usual. They tell us, "Doesn’t matter. Indianapolis is closed. Don’t go to Dallas." We comply and get…
I installed Vista on Katie’s laptop and my desktop. We had to upgrade Katie’s ram because it was running SO SLOW at 1G, so we went to 1.5G. The installation was a pain in the ass. First of all, it wouldn’t let me upgrade from XP Pro to Home Premium. …
Alice (Katie’s grandmother) died this week. She was a feisty old woman. She would would have turned 100 this year. I remember so vividly he telling Ben at Christmas, "I’m a wrapper!!" and crossing her fingers in a gang sign. She told great stories like when the first car arrived…
I tried out Xinha 4 WordPress, but it didn’t quite work the way I wanted. I am unhappy with all of these editors. 🙁 Now I am trying Code Markup. It supposedely makes it so I can put in code snippets easier.
Using Script tags in WordPress is a pain in the ass. They have a visual tab and a code tab, but the code tab does some strange parsing. I want a REALLY code tab where I can type it in exactly as a want it. I now have to look…
I have lots of experiments for jQuery that I made years ago. I wonder if they are helpful to anyone. Feel free to use: http://www.commadot.com/jquery/
I have lots of experiments for jQuery that I made years ago.I wonder if they are helpful to anyone. Feel free to use: Directory removed
Ok, I FINALLY upgraded my WordPress 2.0.2 to 2.1. I was so scared of messing it up, but apparently it worked fine. I just followed the instructions. It’s got lots of improvements. I am pleased that it was so painless. The UI for the 2.1 release is pretty much the…
http://www.getfirebug.com/ This plugin is just awesome for Firefox. It does everything I want to help figure out how a page is put together. I suggest it for every developer out there. Other software stuff: Adobe Photoshop CS3 looks cool. I was playing around with it at Penny’s house. She is…
Some of the UX Designs I made for TurboTax are going live. I HAD temporary links. Some people at Intuit who shall remain nameless have objected to showing them. So I am going to make local copies and host them myself. The test is also delayed, so I will wait a little…
The three of them are doing great. Ethan is reading chapter books like The Hobbit! He is also doing 3rd grade math, like long multiplication. I taught him how to read a clock in one sitting. Jared is starting to read phonics books. Katie tells me the other parents think…
How awesome is this?!? It's a view of Microsoft Live that has a flyby photo of my house. Super resolution! This is way better than Google Maps!