• Using jQuery's Proxy() Method In Event Binding And Unbinding

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:56:00
    Yesterday, I explored the use of jQuery's native event management in the creation of object-oriented publication and subscription (pub/sub) functionality . In order to do this, I had to make use of jQuery's new proxy() method that allows function callbacks to be executed in the context of an object instance rather than a DOM node (which is typical ... ead More raquo;

  • Video: Merlin Mann – Inbox Zero

    Updated: 2010-08-31 15:26:26
    A Merlin Mann talk about the importance of getting your inbox to zero as well as strategies for dealing with high volume email. Related posts:YouTube Quick Tip – Play videos in high quality Apple Video – PC to Mac Basics

  • Powering Publish And Subscribe Functionality With Native jQuery Event Management

    Updated: 2010-08-30 15:50:00
    Let's face it - jQuery's native event management is straight-up awesome! Between multi-type binding, name-spaced events, proxied callbacks, and function-specific unbinding, there's not much that it can't do (and do well, for that matter). Without a doubt, it's better than any event management that I could write. As such, I wondered if I could use the native jQuery event management to power publish and subscribe (pub/sub) functionality within my Javascript applications. ... ead More raquo;

  • Node Knockout Creation: DropNode

    Updated: 2010-08-29 22:50:50
    Just wraped up the weekend of participating in Node Knockout and my teams creation, DropNode is now functioning out in production letting people with bleeding edge browsers share all sorts of files and binary files with their friends and family. So i thought it’d be a good time to reflect on the experience but first [...]

  • Using jQuery To Bind And Trigger Event Handlers On Detached DOM Nodes

    Updated: 2010-08-27 23:00:00
    Often times, we use jQuery to bind event handlers to DOM nodes that are children of the current document tree. When we do this, jQuery stores the event handlers in the given node's "events" collection . These bindings remain in place until they are explicitly unbound or ... ead More raquo;

  • Saturday Hackathon: Client-Side MVC - The Wrong Way

    Updated: 2010-08-27 16:23:00
    Over the past week, I've heard a number of people talk about various hackathons, hack days, pitch days, and general all-night coding adventures. I've never attended one of these events and I have to say, hearing about them makes me more than a little bit jealous. I understand that a majority of the fun that people get out of these things is due to the fact that you have so many people together doing the same thing. But, I'm an impatient man and I believe that the next hackathon in my area is ... ead More raquo;

  • jQuery Selectors - The Firebug Plugin Inserts A Hidden DIV Element

    Updated: 2010-08-27 15:04:00
    Last night, I was testing out someone's jQuery queue() and dequeue() code and I had a bug that was just driving me crazy; no matter how simple I made my test, my queued callbacks kept firing twice. To give you some insight into how simple my code was, take a look at this demo: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> ... ead More raquo;

  • AJAX Requests Get And Set Cookies Like Any Other HTTP Request

    Updated: 2010-08-25 17:03:00
    Sometimes, people ask me how to handle session management within an application that makes AJAX requests. A question like this can mean many different things; but often times, after a little discussion, I discover that this question is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what an AJAX request actually is. Because we are so used to the request-response life cycle, there is something almost magical about an AJAX request that runs in parallel to the page processing; heck, I use them all th ... ead More raquo;

  • Flash Papervision error loading resource because of Mime type

    Updated: 2010-08-25 09:27:00
    , , , : Shaun Mccran My digital playground Home About Me Portfolio Projects Gallery Xbox 360 Contact 25 A U G 2010 Flash Papervision error loading resource because of Mime type Posted By Shaun Related Categories : Server management Flash I've been working on a flash project for a UK charity for the last few days , and one of the more random issues that the flash files have thrown up is being unable to load Papervision 3D resource files . If your flash applications have issues loading dae files , or you are seeing HTTP Error 404 File or directory not found error messages then this blog entry is for you . The problem with loading dae files is that IIS web server does not understand the file Mime type for the dae extension . There are two potential fixes for this issue . The first is to add

  • Well That Was Easy

    Updated: 2010-08-25 06:17:42
    Spent some time working on a little app tonight and we needed to import users from one app to another. We decided we didn’t need any real fancy schmancy authentication… if the user says that their email address is foo@example.com then we’ll believe them and let them participate! The 3rd party app had an internal url [...]

  • Overriding Internal ColdFusion Component Variables With Method Arguments

    Updated: 2010-08-24 16:30:00
    One of the many cool things that Elliott Sprehn talked about in his CFUNITED 2010 presentation was the fact that ColdFusion component variables could be overridden using method arguments. After I saw this, I tried to experiment with this concept on my own. At first, I could not get it work. Elliott's presentations were all done in C ... ead More raquo;

  • Announcing DNN Pulse

    Updated: 2010-08-24 15:17:29
    The Accidental Geek One Geek's Journey Search Sign in Home Subscribe Going Mobile with DotNetNuke Announcing DNN Pulse Aug 24 Overview Last Wednesday night we kicked off the DotNetNuke Mobile Hackathon in St . Louis . 160 The focus of this hackathon is developing applications that span the DotNetNuke and mobile application space . 160 Participants have until the 6PM CST on August 25th to submit their entries . 160 As we mentioned at the user group meeting , we have been working on a community application that allows DotNetNuke users to stay connected even when they are not in front of their computer . 160 Starting today we are distributing the source code for DNN Pulse on the DotNetNuke . Forge DNN Pulse is being built with Appcelerator Titanium and takes advantage of Xmlhttprequests ,

  • Using Dynamic Keys In ColdFusion 9's Implicit Struct Creation

    Updated: 2010-08-23 15:54:00
    At CFUNITED 2010, I attended Elliott Sprehn 's presentation, " I Bet You Didn't Know You Could Do That With ColdFusion ." In his code samples, I saw something that I had never seen before - he was using quoted-keys in his ColdFusion implicit struct creation. In ColdFusion 8, this definitely causes a parsing error at compile time. But, ... ead More raquo;

  • Guide to getting SCUMMVM working on Android 2.0 and higher devices

    Updated: 2010-08-20 14:52:00
    , , , : Shaun Mccran My digital playground Home About Me Portfolio Projects Gallery Xbox 360 Contact 20 A U G 2010 Guide to getting SCUMMVM working on Android 2.0 and higher devices Posted By Shaun Related Categories : Mobile Android Applications Android I didn't even know that there was a SCUMM Lucas Arts game engine from the early 90's emulator for the Android platform until I read a blog post by Justin Carter http : www.madfellas.com where he mentioned he was playing with . it It takes a little bit of tweaking to get running on Android 2.0 and up devices , and all the useful files aren't in the Android marketplace , so here is my short guide , with links to getting SCUMMVM running on your Android . handset There are a few steps to this , and you have to do them in the right order , as

  • DotNetNuke Mobile Hackathon–St. Louis Edition

    Updated: 2010-08-20 00:23:17
    . The Accidental Geek One Geek's Journey Search Sign in Home Subscribe Announcing DNN Pulse DotNetNuke Mobile Hackathon–St . Louis Edition Aug 19 Last night we held the kick-off for the third in our DotNetNuke Hackathon series of events . 160 Now that the user group meeting is over and the UStream event is through , we can focus on building some really exciting mobile applications for the actual Hackathon . 160 The following schedule lays out the timeline for the remainder of this : event Deadline for : Entries Aug . 25, 6 p.m . U.S . Central UTC 6 Voting Commences : Aug . 27, 9 a.m . U.S . Central UTC 6 Voting : Ends Aug . 31, 6 p.m . U.S . Central UTC 6 Winners Announced : Sept . 1 We left plenty of time so that anyone who wants to participate has enough time to come up to speed on

  • Musings on the Red Dead Redemption ending

    Updated: 2010-08-19 23:03:00
    , , , : Shaun Mccran My digital playground Home About Me Portfolio Projects Gallery Xbox 360 Contact 19 A U G 2010 Musings on the Red Dead Redemption ending Posted By Shaun Related Categories : General Interest XBox360 Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm an avid gamer , I love gaming , I get properly involved in the story , the setting and the characters . The latest offering from Rockstar is a very fine example of modern storytelling , it is also a very good example of where the modern games industry is in comparison to the other major media channels Books , film and TV I've read a few negative reviews of the last section of this game , and having just finished it I thought I'd document my spin on it , be warned though , if you haven't finished Red Dead Redemption this article may spoil

  • Node.js STL Mailing List

    Updated: 2010-08-19 03:58:10
    Just wanted to get this out there. As I mentioned previously we’re going to hold the first node.js meetup in St.Louis tomorrow night and plan to continue holding them every third Thursday of the month. I’ve created a nodejs-stl google group for it and will make announcements on future meetings plus discuss potential topics and [...]

  • DotNetNuke 5.5 release

    Updated: 2010-08-18 20:03:43
    The Accidental Geek One Geek's Journey Search Sign in Home Subscribe DotNetNuke Mobile Hackathon–St . Louis Edition DotNetNuke 5.5 release Aug 18 I am happy to announce the release of DotNetNuke 5.5.  Since we first released Localization support in DotNetNuke 3.0, we have known that the story was not complete . 160 With DotNetNuke 5.5, I am pleased to say we now have full localization support . 160 This was one of the main features that we laid out in our DotNetNuke 5.x vision at OpenForce 2007 and was the last major feature missing from our original roadmap for the 5.x platform . 160 Content localization in DotNetNuke 5.5 will allow you to easily manage your web pages in a primary language and then utilize translators to keep the content synchronized in multiple secondary languages . 160

  • Node.js Meetup This Thursday, August 19th

    Updated: 2010-08-18 14:42:59
    Just a quick reminder that tomorrow night (August 19th) at 6pm will be the first ever Node.Js Meetup fo the St.Louis Area. So far we’ll have Peter Griess giving a presentation on Web Workers while I’ll give a brief introduction to npm. In addition to that we should have room for a few lightning [...]

  • Using Named Callback Functions In Javascript Methods

    Updated: 2010-08-16 16:14:00
    After learning that I could use named functions within self-executing function blocks in Javascript , I was curious to see how else named functions might be used. For instance, can they be used in the creation of closures? Cl ... ead More raquo;

  • Using Named Functions Within Self-Executing Function Blocks In Javascript

    Updated: 2010-08-16 15:25:00
    This is just a quick tip that I recently picked up from watching Paul Irish discuss 10 things that he learned from the jQuery source code . It was a couple of weeks ago, but I don't believe that this tip was actually something in the jQuery source code; rather, I believe it was just something that he demonstrated in one of his explantations. Any ... ead More raquo;

  • links for 2010-08-16

    Updated: 2010-08-16 14:01:12
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  • links for 2010-08-14

    Updated: 2010-08-14 14:00:56
    Index : AnnounceMedia (tags: STLCompanies) Usability Testing | Interactive Advertising Agency | 4ORCE Digital (tags: STLCompanies)

  • ToJava() - A ColdFusion User Defined Function For Complex Java Casting

    Updated: 2010-08-10 16:32:00
    ColdFusion is a typeless language; and, when we reside in the ColdFusion world, this is a beautiful feature that none of us really have to care about. But, from time to time, we have to dip down into the strongly-typed world of Java that lies just below the surface. At that point, going from lose ColdFusion data types to strict Java data types can be a bit of a headache. ColdFusion comes with a function - javaCast() - that is supposed to make this transition easier; and, most of the time it d ... ead More raquo;

  • Adding a Blu-ray Player to Your Harmony Remote

    Updated: 2010-08-07 19:24:00
    , , , : Shaun Mccran My digital playground Home About Me Portfolio Projects Gallery Xbox 360 Contact 07 A U G 2010 Adding a Blu-ray Player to Your Harmony Remote Posted By Shaun Related Categories : General Interest Gadgets I recently purchased a Blu-ray player and the picture on my TV has never looked better . I suspect that at some point , many of you will replace your DVD player with a Blu-ray player like me . So , I wanted to share with you the steps on how to add a Blu-ray player and to your Harmony remote using Logitech Harmony remote . software The first step is to add your Blu-ray player to your Harmony remote account . To add your Blu-ray : player Launch the Logitech Harmony Remote Software and login to your account Click on the Devices tab Click on Add Device We currently don't'

  • Show & Hide Content jQuery Tutorial

    Updated: 2010-08-05 01:15:46
    There are numerous JavaScript tutorials that show you how to toggle (show/hide) a section of content. Many of these tutorials are excellent. However, something I’ve noticed about a lot of these tutorial’s and plugin’s, is some of them don’t degrade gracefully when JavaScript is disabled—meaning [...] Show & Hide Content jQuery Tutorial | Brightscape | Copyright 2006-2010

  • Make Flash Sites iPhone & iPad Friendly

    Updated: 2010-08-04 14:30:43
    An excellent blog post detailing ways to make your Flash site user–friendly on the iPhone and iPad (or in fact any other device devoid of the Flash plugin). As an SEO I don’t recommend building Flash sites in the first place. But if you must—aim [...] Make Flash Sites iPhone & iPad Friendly | Brightscape | Copyright 2006-2010

  • Sci-Fi Short Film: The Raven

    Updated: 2010-08-04 01:00:52
    Chris Black possesses a power that could lead to the destruction of the current regime, and they will stop at nothing to destroy him. Related posts:“Free: The Future of a Radical Price” by Chris Anderson available online for free

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