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Posts from May 2006

Using Mac OS X Color Picker as a stand alone app

I was just about to post this as an open question, when I actually scrolled in the google results and found this handy tip:
Make the Mac OS X Color Picker into an application
That just makes the handy Mac OS X color picker that much better. Now I don’t need textedit open just grab hex [...]


Browser bugs - onblur and onfocus with IFrames

Getting onblur and onfocus to attach to Iframes in IE and Firefox/Mozilla/Gecko…


An Open (Love) Letter to Taco Bell’s Crunch Wrap Supreme

McSweeney’s is pretty much the perfect site for fridays.
The second your tortilla met my lips, I knew there was no turning back. You had it all! In one compact package, no less. You had the flexibility of a flour tortilla, the firm crunch of a corn tortilla, the freshness of lettuce and tomatoes. Your patches [...]


Packing up for the Ajax Experience

Well, almost everything is packed for the flight out to SF for the Ajax Experience tomorrow. I’ve got MarsEdit freshly installed, so hopefully I’ll be able to keep up with the sessions and do some decent summaries for ajaxian. I see that San Francisco is supposed to have a high around 70 with [...]


Mac OS X Browsers and Shortcut Keys

Since switching to the new macbook last month, I’ve loved getting to know Safari and Camino. Safari has the insane speed going for it, and Camino has the power of the Gecko engine with MacOS style. Lately I’ve been using Firefox for all first-iteration development work and Safari for all general browsing. [...]


Kathy Sierra, the Shangri-La diet, and common sense

Kathy Sierra recently blogged about her positive experience with the Shangri-La diet (no link love from me). I love Kathy’s blog, her books are great, and she is a great presenter. But she should stick to mind hacks and learning theory instead of advocating diet books.
While, I commend her on success in losing [...]


Ruby on Rails for Java Programmers - Wisconsin User Groups

Tomorrow I’m presenting in Milwaukee and Wednesday in Madison on “Ruby on Rails for Java Programmers”. Its going to be a what I hope is a fair comparison between Rails and Java web development, highlighting the sweet spots for Rails and areas where its not currently the best choice.
After these two talks, I think [...]