Monthly Archives: September 2010

Clearing OpenCart Sample Data

I’ve been dabbling around with OpenCart lately after needing to take a much needed break from Magento. One of the things I needed to do was wipe out all of the sample data which was added during the initial setup … Continue reading

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JavaScript Design Patterns

For those who are interested, I’ve started cataloging some of the design patterns common in modern JavaScript programming. For those of you who have been following me for some time, you’ll recognize this as an evolution to a post series … Continue reading

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High-performance JavaScript: Why Everything You’ve Been is Wrong

I’ve been going through some old videos from the YUI podcast. This is an old one, but a good one. via Joseph Smarr: “High-performance JavaScript: Why Everything You’ve Been on Yahoo! Video.

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Cache on Delivery

Epic hack for mining memcached data. Well worth the 20 minutes of digestion time. Cache on Delivery View more presentations from SensePost. via Slideshare.

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Blueboxing, Revisited

I just had one hell of a nostalgic moment after watching the two videos below on blueboxing. Steve Jobs has a wonderful way with words, but the most notable quote in this video is clearly: If we hadn’t made Blue … Continue reading

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Falls from the South Rim

More Yellowstone awesomeness.

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FCC to Developers: Push Us Forward

The whole Gov 2.0 initiative is nothing short of magical to developers like me. I mentioned previously about the MTA’s recent change of heart so it should be clear that this kind of news really makes my day… The United … Continue reading

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Traffic Jam

Sorry for going dark, but as all of you know, there are only two reasons for me doing so: intense work and travel. As you can see below, there wasn’t much work going on. This is what a traffic jam … Continue reading

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WordCamp NYC 2010

WordCamp NYC 2010 is officially on the calendar this year and I’m looking forward to spending some time my fellow bloggers and developers. WordCamp NYC 2010 will bring together the New York community of WordPress-loving web publishers and developers the … Continue reading

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Ultracompressing JavaScript and CSS

Just read about an incredible way to compress JavaScript and CSS using PNGs on Sitepoint today. This hit everyone’s radar from the recent 10K Apart contest where a few contestants used this to cleverly circumvent the size budget. You can … Continue reading

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