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Links of Interest (August 25th 2008 Through September 28th 2008)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

jQuery and Microsoft: When Microsoft started adding some of the often requested features to their ASP.NET AJAX Client API they realized that jQuery (my personal favorite javascript library) already did what they wanted. Rather than reinvent the wheel Microsoft will be shipping the standard, as-is jQuery with full intellisense support in Visual Studio.
Tags: microsoft, jQuery, ASP.NET, javascript, Visual Studio,
The Creative Process: “For me, ideas stream through my head at a frantic pace. I feel like a bear trying to grab a salmon. If my paw misses its target, that salmon is gone for good. I don’t dwell on it. I just lunge for the next salmon.” Scott Adams (Dilbert) discusses ideas, and how he sometimes forgets he’s already used them.
Tags: memory, Scott-Adams, Dilbert, creativity,
Tip: Using a background image on an image: Using CSS to create layered images (with a fun animated example). Simple but effective.
Tags: webdesign, HTML, CSS,
Fresh Out – PDF Version: Free fun little mini-comic from Natalie Metzger. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll really want some cookies! Ready for printing.
Tags: Natalie Metzger, free, mini-comic, comics, cookies,
Sizzle: John Resig has a new selector engine: Ajaxian brings word that John Resig is working an a new Javascript selector engine, which is expected to replace the one in jQuery. So far it’s less than 4k (but it doesn’t support IE yet). “4x faster in Firefox 3, 3x faster in Opera 9, 1.5x faster in Safari 3 than the other major JavaScript libraries.”
Tags: John Resig, javascript, CSS, jQuery, selector-engine,

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Links of Interest (April 10th 2008 Through April 22nd 2008)

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Matthew Wayne Selznick Signs Book Deal: Author and Podcaster Matthew Wayne Selznick signed a deal with Swarm Press to re-issue his novel “Brave Men Run” in paperback. Congratulations Matt!
Tags: books, Matthew Wayne Selznick, Swarm Press, Brave Men Run,
Take notes during phone calls with friends and family: One of those “that should have been obvious” suggestions. I’ve conditioned my brain to filter out most things that aren’t useful to me right now. This doesn’t mean I’m not interested in people’s anecdotes, and schedules, it just means I’m unlikely to remember them without some reminder.
Tags: lifehack, notes, Friends, Family, memory,
Ajaxian Featured Tutorial: Hacking transparent PNG support into IE6 with IE PNG Fix, CSS and jQuery: Ah, IE6. I’m pretty good at getting it to do what I want, but it’s very existence makes most of the things I have to do harder than they should be. This tutorial deals with one of the harder issues, PNG transparency in positioned background images.
Tags: hacks, javascript, jQuery, ie6, png, ie, webdesign,
YouTube – Sigler Book Tour (Seattle Q&A) Part2: In the second part of the video Scott covers such diverse topics as Sci-Fi Channel’s lack of foresight and how when it appears he has made a mistake it is actually sabotage by J.C. Hutchins.
Tags: video, Natalie Metzger, Scott Sigler, books, QandA, Sci-Fi-Channel, JC Hutchins,
Sigler Book Tour (Seattle Q&A) Part1: I’m not lucky enough to live near any of the book stores Scott Sigler was signing at, but luckily Natalie Metzger captured this video of one of the Q & A sessions.
Tags: video, Natalie Metzger, Scott Sigler, books, QandA,