Turns out WordPress tries to make your posts look a little better by swapping out all normal quotes with smart quotes. That’s great for typography, but really bad when you’re posting source code like I often do on here. Trying to run pasted code with smart quotes in it will bring PHP down [...]
Found a quick little JavaScript trick that lets you edit page content from within FireFox. Copy and paste the following into your address bar and press enter.
javascript:document.body.contentEditable=’true’; document.designMode=’on’; void 0
Everything on the page becomes editable. Sure, it doesn’t affect the file on server. But once you’re done you can save the resulting [...]
I’ve always found it annoying that tabs don’t, well, tab in textareas on HTML pages. To be fair, they do what they’re supposed to and move on to the next field. But for a web app I’m working on I needed a way for the tab key to insert a tab.
Since the Script.aculo.us wiki seems to be down at the moment, and I don’t have enough experience with it to code it without the manual, I went out searching for a PDF manual. They’re a touch outdated, but I found a site that has a PDF manual and for script.aculo.us available for downloads. [...]
As much as I think I’d enjoy starting a podcast I doubt I ever will. I just don’t like the sound of my voice enough. But, if I were to fire one up this post on Performancing.com titled A Beginner’s Podcasting Guide has links to all sorts of things to consider before plugging [...]