Taking a work-related break to share a bit of code with ya’ll. It’s a JQuery filler-text function (or grey-out function). What’s that? It’s just something that’ll make it easy to put that replaceable grey text in a form field. The problem: I want to pre-load a text-field with a value, e.g. “User Name…” for some …
A good friend pointed out an amazing opportunity today. Seems something is dying and the people who were responsible for keeping it going can’t be reached despite tons of effort to get in touch. They weren’t really trying too hard anyway, there’ve been problems for over a year and it’s been gradually getting less and …
Those days when you want to take over the world… Read More »
I spent a couple hours wandering around campus today, seeing as it was the first sunny day in a couple weeks. I like doing that – it’s amazing how little I think when I’m working. Walking and thinking is energizing. Maybe because it lets me peek at the bigger picture. I heard about a guy …
Who is exerting themselves more: a person who runs a hundred miles or a person who drives a hundred miles? The “Status Quo” is set by society’s perception of what is commonly occurring. It is the status quo that businesses are being run, roads are being built, and people go about their lives. But, 10 years ago it was …
The Status Quo (And Why We’re Not Trying Hard Enough) Read More »
I’m learning about dealing with PHP’s lack of multiple inheritance. It was really driving me up the wall. I did come up with a solution for multiple inheritance in PHP, but I’ll explain why I don’t recommend using it. Along the way I learned a lot about multiple inheritance vs. composition in PHP. I’ll do …