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August 30th, 2011
Basic Command Line Tools
A collection of basic command line tools and operations. Curated for a curious co-worker.
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July 16th, 2011
CSS3: An All-CSS, Image-less Play Button
How to make an all-CSS play button without the use of images or sprites.
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July 15th, 2011
CSS3: Using Transform to Make a Cube
A simple example demonstrating how to leverage CSS3 transforms to draw a cube.
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May 23rd, 2011
How to Contribute to a Project Hosted on GitHub
Some quick instructions on how to contribute to a project hosted on GitHub.
git, github, notes -
May 11th, 2011
How to Make Testable Private Functions in JavaScript
A controversial trick to publicly expose private functions to unit tests.
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May 04th, 2011
Challenges and Innovations in Nonprofit Web Design
A quick overview of the Philly Tech Week panel regarding nonprofits’ unique online needs and the challenges.
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March 19th, 2011
JavaScript Design Patterns
My notes on Addy Osmani’s Essential JavaScript & jQuery Design Patterns.
design patterns, javascript -
February 14th, 2011
Installing phpsh on Mac OS X
My notes and instructions on installing Facebook’s phpsh on Mac OS X.
howto, php, phpsh -
February 03rd, 2011
Simplified Find/Replace From the Command Line
A simple bash function to execute a find/replace on multiple files from the command line.
bash, terminal -
January 18th, 2011
Rails: Setting Up a Dev Environment
My notes on the first session in Trevor Lesh-Menagh’s Introduction to Rails workshop series.
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December 09th, 2010
How to Exclude Files from SVN commits
I made a bash function that provides a quick and easy way to include/exclude files from a Subversion commit.
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November 01st, 2010
A Basic Overview of the Surround Plugin for Vim
I’ve been using this recently at work and finding it pretty helpful when hand-editing HTML and XML.
notes, vim -
October 26th, 2010
How to Set Up a Git Repository on Webfaction
A few notes on how I install Git and set up a repository on my Webfaction account.
git, notes -
July 11th, 2010
Improved Terminal Color Scheme on Snow Leopard
How to customize Snow Leopard’s Terminal to use the IR Black color scheme—something I seem to forget with each new Mac.
notes, terminal -
March 26th, 2010
Quiet Logger: HTML5 WordPress Theme
A simple HTML5 Wordpress theme typeset in Baskerville.
HTML5, Open Source, wordpress -
March 19th, 2010
Typeface Design
A home-made typeface.
typography -
February 28th, 2010
OurPhiladelphia.org Launched
Gabriel Farrell, Cecily Anderson, and I launched Our Philadelphia for our client, Common Cause.
django, Open Source -
February 28th, 2010
New Site
An updated design, a new domain, and a Wordpress-powered back-end.
wordpress