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Updating My Scheduler App with More CSS and JavaScript Goodness

May 1st, 2010 · View Comments · code, css, javascript, jquery

Remember the scheduler app that I wrote? It’s a tiny web app that doesn’t do much: You add a bunch of entries to a time slot, and it randomly picks an entry from each time slot. Essentially, you use it when you’ve got a lot of choices (e.g., scheduling volunteers to work at an event), and you’d like to have a random way of picking those choices.

Regardless of how simple it is, it was a perfect candidate on which for me to practice my JavaScript and CSS skills.

How do you organize jQuery code? How do you use CSS to make an intuitive UI? Those were the kinds of questions I tried to answer when fiddling with this web app. I’ll show you what I did to make it look cool and make it work the way I want.

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J-J-J-J-JR

April 20th, 2010 · View Comments · jr, music, names

My name’s JR. :)

My name’s been unusually relevant lately. Earlier this month, I was given a free round-trip plane ticket because of my name. (AirTran was celebrating their new service to Dallas by giving free tickets to people with the same name as one of three characters from the old 80′s TV series.) Free stuff is always sweet, and free plane tickets are even sweeter!

You may have also been hearing my name a lot on the radio. Some songs have a “Hey JR!” or a “J-J-J-J-JR” at the start of the song. Ever wonder why?

It’s because all those singers are connected to the record producer J.R. Rotem. So, thanks to him, you may get sick of the name “JR” after hearing it so much on the radio. :P

Here’s a playlist of some of the “JR” songs that have been on the radio recently:

Lol, sorry; slow news day, I know. :P

The War on Flash

April 17th, 2010 · View Comments · apple, flash, html5

I think you might already know who started it..

Just in case you didn’t know, there’s a war on Flash. Yup, I’m referring to that Flash: that Adobe plugin in your web browser that lets you watch YouTube videos and view flashy movie websites like Iron Man 2 and Avatar.

Flash is about 10 years old, and thanks to video and music sites, it’s become the ubiquitous plugin to use whenever you want to have some cool multimedia on your site. Unfortunately, though, it’s under attack, and one company in particular is hoping to kill it off for good.

The Web has changed a lot since Flash was born. Web browsers have changed, competition on the web has changed, and the way we use the Web has changed.

Apple isn’t allowing Flash development on any of its mobile products. In fact, Apple is discouraging people from using Flash and trying to convince people to stop using it altogether.

Well, since there’s a war going on, it might be nice to know why it’s going on and what it means for you as a Web user.

So, roll up your sleeves and dig in! I’ll try to be as neutral as I can, and I’ll try to make it easy to digest. :)

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