February 2011
January 2011
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
– Albert Camus
“People who are working on things they care about are unlikely to game the system...”
– David Heinemeier Hansson: Un-Manage Your Employees
Node-MySQL →
A pure node.js JavaScript Client implementing the MySql protocol.Â
npm - Node Package Manager →
npm is a package manager for node. You can use it to install and publish your node programs. It manages dependencies and does other cool stuff.
Appcelerator Developer Center - xmlrpc →
Below is an extremely simple xmlrpc client. This does not support multicalls or any other fancy functionality. This simply gives you the bare bones functionality.
“Back on earth, an absolutely overwhelming majority of 76 to 17 diners voted...”
– Anthony Bourdain “The Human Factor” (re: Top Chef s08e07)
“The result is that many of us find ourselves in a catch 22 position. The best...”
– The art of agency self-promotion - probably the most important “marketing trend” for 2011.
The Dozens →
bestofwikipedia:
The Dozens is an element of the African American oral tradition in which two competitors, usually males, go head-to-head in a competition of often good-natured insults. They take turns “cracking,” “snapping,” “ribbing” or insulting on—one another, their adversary’s mother or other family member until one of them has no comeback. (via werttrew)
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Moving Highlight | CSS-Tricks →
I recently noticed a subtle and nice effect in the Google Chrome UI. As you mouse over inactive tabs, they light up a bit, but also have a gradient highlight that follows your mouse as you move…
Titanium For New Developers →
Today we held a webinar for developers new to the Titanium platform â for those of you who missed it, please check out the slides and video from the presentation below.
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I’m afraid I can’t afford the monthly figure at the moment.”
Me: “Oh no - that’s hourly.”
Client: ”I could get a stripper for that!”
Me: ”If she’s as good with Photoshop as I am, then she is the better deal.”