December 2009
4 posts
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canvas to vml →
want to use javascript to create images and graphs with html5’s sexy <canvas> element? cool, but internet explorer doesn’t support it? slap this canvas to vml converting library in your head. done.
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mini ajax →
mmm, a tiny (1.8 kb tiny) ajax javascript framework. a perfect replacement for jquery if all you need is a set of shortcuts for form serializing, get-ing, and post-ing.
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sync coda, espresso, textmate across multiple...
if you don’t use dropbox, the multi-platformed, cloud-backed-up, version-tracking storage-and-sharing application, you are most likely a) uninformed or b) an idiot. it’s one of those ‘how did i live without it’ kinds of things.
recently i started unlocking a new batch of syncing/redundancy potential through the process of creating symbolic links, which are aliases that...
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gruber's url regular expression explained →
regular expressions (aka regex) are very handy for defining patterns to look for when searching through text. without instruction on the matter though, they can look as cryptic as hieroglyphics. take john gruber’s liberal, accurate regex pattern for matching urls =>
\b(([\w-]+://?|www[.])[^\s()<>]+(?:\([\w\d]+\)|([^[:punct:]\s]|/)))
alan storm does a nice job dissecting the regex...