The Archives / June, 2007

The Roots: Game Theory
Almost a year ago The roots came out with Game Theory – which in my opinion has quickly become one of the best hip-hop records of all time. I'm not a huge hip-hop fan, and I don't claim to know the full extent of the scene. But I do know good music when I hear it, and this is damn good music.
June 07
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Custom page titles and more with Rails
Here's a quick tip to get custom page titles and more with Rails. From the view. Like it should be. The key to how this all works out in the end is how Rails' templates are rendered.… Read More
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Using TextMate’s TODO bundle
If you use TextMate, you should really think about using the TODO bundle more often. It's a pretty simple, low-maintenance bundle that adds tremendous value to your code.
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On grid design
I've heard the term "grid design" more than I've seen the color blue around the web this year. Why such a resurgence of such an ancient technique? But more importantly -- why doesn't… Read More
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Exit with grace
One of the most common actions in javascript functions is checking if certain browser functionality is available before executing the function. Here's a common pattern you'll see...
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Organix: Launch
It's been a long time coming, but version 5.0 of Warpspire has landed. This version code-named "Organix" -- inspired by the most excellent album by The Roots took far longer than… Read More
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Hacking Markdown: Classes on the <code> element
For the redesign of my site, I decided I wanted some sexy code-highlighting. For a number of reasons I rejected most PHP-based solutions, the driving reason being accessibility… Read More
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Truncate with fashion
One of my biggest pet peeves is lazy-truncating around the web. With a couple of lines of PHP and a little bit of
substrlove, you can cut down long sentences to a… Read More -
Point of view
It's funny, for the first time in a long time WWDC didn't generate a strong vote of positive or negative. It kind of sparked both. We have the comings and goings of Safari, the… Read More
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