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Jul, 15
2010
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I’m moving to Tumblr [log.gmtaz.com] |
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Actually, I’m just going to be primarily using tumblr (not moving to it, per say). www.gmtaz.com will still be up and running on wordpress with a focus on technical documentation, while my personal blog will be at log.gmtaz.com
Just a quick FYI.
****EDIT****
Actually, now that I think of it – I might move www.gmtaz.com over to tech.gmtaz.com and log.gmtaz.com over to www.gmtaz.com. I feel as though tech.gmtaz.com is going to go by the way side as I don’t really have that much time to put into writing out longer posts. We will see…
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Feb, 26
2010
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jQuery + IE = Friends! |
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Problem: fade text in or out in IE and the text loses it’s anti-aliased look and ends up rendering like crap.
Guess what?? IE and jQuery are friends now! Yeah, not really… but I did find this awesome post on: http://www.joelanman.com/archives/15
Basically, it’s a jQuery plugin to remove the Filter CSS property from any element that get called by the fadeTo, fadeOut or fadeIn methods.
Really slick and really useful if you want to anti-alias the text you fade.
Here’s the snippet:
(function ($) {
$.fn.fadeIn = function (speed, callback) {
return this.animate({
opacity: 'show'
}, speed, function () {
if ($.browser.msie) {
this.style.removeAttribute('filter');
}
if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
callback.call(this);
}
});
};
$.fn.fadeOut = function (speed, callback) {
return this.animate({
opacity: 'hide'
}, speed, function () {
if ($.browser.msie) {
this.style.removeAttribute('filter');
}
if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
callback.call(this);
}
});
};
$.fn.fadeTo = function (speed, to, callback) {
return this.animate({
opacity: to
}, speed, function () {
if (to == 1 && $.browser.msie) {
this.style.removeAttribute('filter');
}
if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
callback.call(this);
}
});
};
})(jQuery);
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May, 14
2008
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Good ol' Chuck… and other stuff |
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So turns out that my post on Chuck Norris-isms is my number one traffic generator…who would have thought?!
ok, side note- Jason and I have launched our sister site, OSXology.com. This site is dedicated to developers and the such. It’s more of an advanced hints and tips site for speedy development and OS usage optimization. Lot’s a big words in there… basically, it’s trying to collect information to better our daily work lives on the mac…and perhaps on the PC. Maybe OSXalize the pc?? I guess OSXology is more of a state of mind and ethic than anything else.
Check it out…it’s just starting up so there isn’t much there but hopefully the content will start flowing.
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Aug, 1
2007
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Apartment hunting is not boring |
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Ok, I’m a liar…actually, it’s pretty mundane. I’m trying to find a place to live, preferably a studio sized apartment with utilities included and rent being less than or about $1200 a month. Yeah, that’s steep but welcome to Bethesda, MD. I’m taking a look at a couple of places in the area and hopefully will make a decision soon. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul, 30
2007
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The internet is boring |
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During my various episodes that I like to call “browsing the web”, I came across the humorous blog/gossip site called Gawker. The Gawker stands out among others mostly because it doesn’t give a shit about who/what it’s reporting/blogging on/about. Was that enough slashes for you, Mike?/?!
Ok, anyway, One of the funnier sections on the site is called “The Unethicist”. In this feature, an editor takes the same questions he finds on another periodical and answers it in his own special way. Here’s a sample post: Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul, 25
2007
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"Coolest" hot sauce EVER |
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This has to be, quite possibly, the best hot sauce picture ever. I had to post it. You can find it at California Tortilla in Williamsburg, and probably everywhere else. Please note that eating this sauce does NOT necessarily result in what you see in the photo.
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Jul, 25
2007
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Seller Beware! |
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So apparently there’s this scam going on where people are attempting to buy things for a friend/relative and I’m assuming that they will say that they never received the item and therefor, end up not paying for it.
Pablo’s response to someone’s request to purchase his iPod Road Trip:
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Feb, 2
2007
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Ah, The Shanty |
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I really should have titled this post, “Things I miss in Tucson”, but clearly I didn’t. Other than friends and the “beautiful scenery”, the only thing I really miss is The Shanty. That was my bar. It was like Cheers to me. Everyone knew my name. I went there with my buddy Ryan pretty much every weekend, and if we couldn’t go on the weekend, we would stop in during the week. If we had a bad day, we would go play pool that day and clear our heads. Pablo sent me a pretty cool sequence of photos from one of my last nights there and I’m thinking about posting it. I wish I had taken a photo of the front of the bar. Maybe I’ll send Ryan off to go do that for me… Read the rest of this entry »
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Jan, 30
2007
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New Town, New Job |
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FYI, most of these posts are going to be old news…
About 2 weeks after getting back to MD, I was hired by a fantastic sports union in DC as webmaster. The job is great, the benefits are amazing, and the people are fantastic. I couldn’t be happier with the quality of my work environment. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jan, 4
2007
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Trip back from AZ |
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So it turns out I can change the timestamp on my posts…so that’s what I’m doing. Ignore any weird grammatical inconsistencies – please and thank you.
Ok, so I know I’ve been back in the East Coast for some time now (since January), but I thought I would post something about the return trip. Pablo, my brother-in-law, came out to help me pack up some stuff and drive back. We were planning on leaving after Dec. 30th so that I could go to Joe’s wedding but, unfortunately, Earth had different plans for us as the weather was getting really crappy. So we booked it early, sorry Joe. Our route took us through the Grand Canyon and Albuquerque. We, and by we I mean I, had a side plan of perhaps meeting up with my ex, Tina, as she had said she was coming down to New Mexico for New Years. Read the rest of this entry »