As much as I appreciate seeing video of rare and unusual creatures, the films coming from the Japanese marine biologists come with a high price tag. Earlier, they captured a giant squid on a hook and we got to see a giant squid in action just before it died. In the last few weeks, scientists […]
I finished the book draft today. I don’t remember ever being so tired when I’ve finished a book, previously. Perhaps it’s the cumulative effects of all the words written, code samples created, proofs read, edits made, reviews read with trepidation. Next week I need to review the errata for the Learning JavaScript book, so those making the […]
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Edwards Responds
Edwards responded to the criticism of Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan: The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts personally offended me. It’s not how I talk to people, and it’s not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, […]
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Grilled Cheese
I like my cheese sandwiches grilled, with slices of bread and butter pickles. Or with ham on sour dough. I spent the day completely tearing apart my bedroom/office, moving tables around so that I have my PC laptop on one side of my TV and my Powerbook on the other. With the DVI to HDMI […]
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Breaka de web
I finally uploaded chapter 7 for the reviewers, and was it a difficult chapter to do. The topic has to do with breaking the web with Ajax, putting it back together again, and what are known as ‘single-page’ applications. After thinking on it for days, and looking at some extraordinarily torturous ways of patching together […]