April 11th, 2008
Geek Stuff
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My post on Firefox is severely out of date. The only one of the plugins I listed in that post that I still use is Webdeveloper. I have a few to add to the list as well:
- Firebug. In my opinion, the best plugin to date. I’ll even take it a step further…it is the most useful free tool for a web developer, ever. Used in conjunction with the web developer plugin, trouble shooting time - especially concerning javascript and CSS - is greatly reduced.
- Screengrab!. Grab a screenshot quick, without copying and pasting into paint or the gimp.
- MeasureIt. Need to know how tall that image is, or how much room you have for a button/text/dancing baby? MeasureIt!
- ColorZilla. Eyedropper color selector that will paste whatever format you need right into your clipboard. Hmmm…spend time tracking down what class/id you’re currently looking at, then find it in your multiple css files OR click twice. Your call. There is no wrong answer…wait, yes there is.
January 27th, 2008
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I’m on an email chain with a bunch of my friends. Recently, a topic that came up was “Top 5 Albums”. Narrowing down to a top 5 is difficult indeed, but here is what I came up with:
1) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
2) Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
3) Faith No More - Angeldust
4) Alice in Chains - Dirt
5) Weezer - self titled / “The Blue Album”
June 6th, 2007
Geek Stuff, Javascript, Programming, greasemonkey
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UPDATE: Do not keep this script enabled, only use it as needed. It could cause some issues while browsing, as it loops through every HTML element on the page.
Greasemonkey script to reenable right clicking on sites that disable it for “security” purposes:
EnableRightClick.user.js
Code:
// ==UserScript==
// @name enable right click
// @namespace http://forrestledbetter.com
// @description enable right click
// ==/UserScript==
if (document.all)
{
iElements = document.all.length;
for (i = 0;i < iElements;i++)
{
document.all[i].setAttribute("oncontextmenu", "return true;");
}
}
else
{
iElements = document.getElementsByTagName('*').length;
aElements = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
for (i = 0;i < iElements;i++)
{
aElements[i].setAttribute("oncontextmenu", "return true;");
}
}
April 19th, 2007
Javascript, Programming
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I found this blog on del.icio.us I think. This is by far the best explanation of the various ways to use functions in javascript. Don’t stop with this one, look at all the other posts. There is some pretty advanced stuff here, and javascript isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
April 7th, 2007
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A manatee comes up for air briefly before taking off again.