Category Archives: work
Coherence for testing
I often write about the work I create, and sometimes write about the tools I use to create it, but I have never told you how I integrate my Mac with our Windows office (small O). What is the right … Continue reading
Equal Height Columns
There are no CSS hacks that can get equal-sized columns, so I wrote this tiny bit of Javascript to do the work for you. Simply add a class of “column” to any <div>s and their heights will match when the … Continue reading
MacBook Pro Plus™
It’s amazing! The MacBook Pro that Vuture bought me is incredible. The whole machine flies (not literally, obviously) and running Windows in real-time alongside OS X is such a boon. If you have the money, I would definitely recommend that … Continue reading
More prototype
Earlier I wrote about prototype and script.aculo.us. I’ve been using it even more at work, and really, really like it. Who wants to write document.getElementById(“searchbox”); when you can write $(‘searchbox’);And Ajax; how could it be easier to make an Ajax … Continue reading
Prototype and script.aculo.us
The prototype javascript library is one of the most brilliant, time-saving tools a web developer can use. It’s so easy to use this in conjunction with script.aculo.us to create some user-friendly “drag-and-drog reordering elements with auto-save” to a page. I’ve … Continue reading
Ruby on Rails on Chopter
For years now I’ve had chopter.com, the domain with nothing to do. We have collectively decided at work to try Ruby on Rails for a bit, so I have enabled RoR on chopter to see what it can do. I’m … Continue reading