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JavaScript Writing

Future. Perfect.

I finished copy edits on my JavaScript Cookbook, which now enters the production process. The first half of the book focuses on the basic components of JavaScript, while the latter half gets into the more complex material. I touch on the basic JavaScript objects, such as String and Number, but also spend a considerable amount […]

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Just Shelley

Thirty years ago: Mount St. Helens

Thirty years ago I was living at my Dad’s in Yakima, going to college. That Sunday was a beautiful day, and Dad was outside in the garden as I was getting ready to go to work. I worked for a photographer, who had a studio in the Yakima Mall. I liked working Sundays. Sundays were […]

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Just Shelley

Car advice

OK, time to ask the auto gurus among you for some help. My car has had a relay clicking sound in the dash for some time (driver’s side, left of steering column, bottom part of dash). It occurs erratically, though lately it’s become much more frequent. The sound only occurs when I’m driving, and seems […]

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Burningbird Just Shelley

Misfeed

Just realized that my redirected feed was no longer being redirected. Though I haven’t been writing much, I have been writing at some of my sites. I’m also redesigning again, based on the work I’m doing creating an ePub theme and application for Drupal. Needless to say, the design is clean. Very, very clean. One […]

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SVG Technology Writing

Snowing

I’ve not been the best at keeping up with my writing at my various sites. I have been writing, though. I have a two-part article up at A List Apart: Using SVG for Flexible, Scalable, and Fun Backgrounds, Part 1 and Part 2. Though Microsoft still hasn’t implemented SVG in IE, with the company’s new membership in the […]