I completely forgot about this mIRC script I made back in 2000, but apparently I was ahead of my time. I wrote a crowdsourcing script before there was crowdsourcing. The script was very simple, query it with !hme <name of show> and the script replies with how many episodes it thinks are in the show.…
Read More Blast from the Past [2000] my !hme scriptI typically just use uneval() to figure out what’s inside an array/object, but what about when it’s large and heterogeneous? I wanted to find a version of php’s print_r() for JavaScript. Here is link to the Original Version of dump() I based mine off of: www.openjs.com/scripts/others/dump_function_php_print_r.php When I tried it, the first thing I noticed…
Read More print_r() for javascriptI started writing my “Secret Stash” php script as a simple DirectoryIndex skin and evolved it to a full-featured entity of its own. My client needed an aesthetic way of showing their assets. Previously, they would either send them to an open directory on their web server, or write a new HTML page every time…
Read More Secret Stash scriptI am addicted to making Greasemonkey scripts. I started making scripts to help me in an online game I play, but now I make them for many other sites. For my clients, I have made Greasemonkey scripts that can: scraping data for import into spreadsheets/databases adding AJAX to a site that didn’t support it before…
Read More Greasemonkey ScriptsFor a year, I was REALLY into making widgets. I’d would still be making them if they ever fixed the bugs I reported and got the performance of the widget engine better. My self-hosted homepage for my widgets was here, while my approved widgets are hosted on the official site. There is one secret widget…
Read More My Time with Yahoo! WidgetsTried White Gummy – delicious+ Red Gummy – delicious Strawberry Shortcake – pretty good Want to Try Pink Starburst Orchard Oasis Peanut Butter and Jelly Skittles Raspberry Dreamin’ Pineapple Dreamin’ Apple Pie Not sure if my Jamba Juice knows about Fruity Pebbles Push Pop Bluetopia Sourpatch Kid Now and Later chocolate gummy bear Blue Gummy…
Read More Jamba Juice Secret MenuHaving gone through these three frameworks, I’m going to say something I wish other review sites said: For each purpose, there is a “best” framework. It all depends on context. The Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) If you’re building a rich web application from scratch, YUI will have very thorough tools to do anything you…
Read More nano review of JavaScript frameworks (YUI, jQuery, moo)My Windows Vista Home Premium installation was on one of the Seagate 7200.11 drives with the bad firmware, so I’ve been trying to do something about it for a while now. This weekend I used SelfImage to copy my installation from one drive to another via my windows XP machine. After 12 hours of waiting…
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