This post illustrates how to use jQuery getJSON() method to load JSON data using an HTTP GET request. Two prepared examples, easy to understand if you are a jQuery beginner. The first example is a simple Twitter search and the second one is a simple Flickr search.
If there is no word to explain yourself, then make it up, or in the case of math, make up new symbols. Microsoft researcher, Byron Cook, may have found a way to finally stop the “hourglass” on PCs or “Rainbow pinwheel” on Macs. In his new equation he finds a workaround to effectively stop the glitch when a computer gets stuck on a line of code. More on Wired.
Seriously guys, another redesign? Facebook is notorious for pushing redesigns every few months and while it may sometimes keep things fresh, it’s also extremely annoying.
See what I mean @ Techcrunch.
Here is an extremely simple trick that it seems a lot of people are unaware of.
Have you ever needed to find something on a website but for some odd reason the web designer/developer decided that a search bar was not important? Maybe you found something once upon a time or read a great article and now cannot find it. Enter Google. If you didn’t already know, Google can do A LOT more than just search the web. One of these added functions is that Google can search a specific website. Let’s say you want to find all the posts about coffee on the Techcrunch website (my favorite beverage and my favorite website). You could simply type “coffee” in Google and get all of the 4 billion results which don’t help one bit, or maybe you could get a BIT more clever and type “coffee on techcrunch” where you might get 1 or 2 results.
OR, you could do it the way Google intended and type this “coffee site:techcrunch.com” and get these results:
The trick is to use the “site:” command. Whatever comes after that command is where google will search. So if you wanted to search Ebay for a Mickey Mantle rookie card you could type the following: Mickey Mantle rookie card site:ebay.com
Pretty cool eh? I’ve been using this for a long time now but it came to my attention that this was not common knowledge…well there you go.
I have been seeing a lot of dirty/cluttered code lately and wanted to write a short tutorial on how to clean up that code simply and correctly.
First I wanted to address the fact that these are still no-no’s:
These are common issues that I have been finding A LOT lately in source code. Understandably, Wordpress templates are a different beast and it’s a bit more difficult if you don’t know what you’re doing, but in standard CSS/HTML - created pages, these simple fixes should not be overlooked.
Check out these pages for more on how to clean this stuff up:
Nick Là is a great web designer and blog host. His site, WebDesignerWall has definitely given me some insights into the craft. This blog post, 5 Simple but Useful CSS properties, is a great example of why Nick is not only a good designer, but a good blogger. Instead of a “50 ways to improve your site” type of post (that I’ll never take the time to sift all the way through) Nick has taken 5 simple CSS properties that ALWAYS get overlooked and shown how to use them easily and effectively. Check it out.
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