Category Archives: Projects
BigText Makes Text Big
I like shortcuts:
Also posted in JavaScript, Typography Tagged 3D Transforms, BigText, contenteditable, Flexbox, font-face, jQuery UI, Throttle
ALARMd is now on Github
In an effort to mindlessly copy what everyone else on the internet is doing keep current on the latest and greatest Source Code Management tools, I decided that it would be good practice to move my open source project ALARMd (as seen on Lifehacker) from Google Code to Github. Feel free to fork/contribute at your [...]
Maiden Voyage of the DOM Sailbloat
As many of you may already know, my day job includes managing a large and complex enterprise jQuery-based user interface component library. It’s used by all new web applications at the company, which boasts over an IT department of approximately 1500 people and hundreds of web applications. Needless to say, I get a fair volume [...]
Also posted in DOM, JavaScript Tagged Firebug, Firebug Lite, log4javascript, YUI Logger
The “24″ Clock on ALARMd
If you’re only using @font-face for titles and text, you’re missing out on a whole wealth of use cases that have yet to be explored. For instance, I created a very simple 7 Segment Display Numeric font to be used for a skin on alarmd.com and changed the color using nothing but CSS to create [...]
ALARMd Unix Time Format for 1234567890 Day
In honor of 1234567890 day, I’ve added the Unix time format to ALARMd. Hit Options, then the Clock Format tab to change to Unix Time. Enjoy!
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Scare Your Visitors with this JavaScript Gravatar Plugin
Here's a use case. An unregistered visitor visits your blog, and decides that your content is so good that it merits a comment! Congratulations, you've fooled them! But since they're leaving a comment, why not show them a preview of their gravatar?
Also posted in JavaScript Tagged Gravatar, jQuery
ALARMd is a Google Code Project
I received a request this week to participate in development of the internet alarm clock I developed awhile back called ALARMd. It has gone through two major revisions, and my interest in contributing additional source code to the project is waning. I’ve got other projects. So, I’ve decided to publish it to Google Code. I [...]
Raging Netflix Queue, a Google Chrome Extension