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JavaScript headache and code forensics

ice5nake — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Mixing modernizr with cufón produces sadness for IE8 on Windows XP. More specifically cufón 1.09i and modernizr 2.5.3 create a combination that produces weird double lettering.

I reported the issue to the cufón dev, https://github.com/sorccu/cufon/issues/239

Found the relevant issue on the modernizr project, https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/issues/534

And followed it to the root issue on the html5shiv, https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv/issues/54

From there I went to https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv/commit/9aa5bcdca367fd86ec5d5b73ca4d95e032a0f502#diff-1 and figured out what exactly I would need to fix the problem.

Thinking I could ditch modernizr and just use the most up to date html5shiv at http://code.google.com/p/html5shiv/

CrossFit Open completed

ice5nake — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:57:48 +0000

My first CrossFit competition, the CrossFit Games Open, is over; it was worth the $20 registration fee. I had a good time. And it got me to push myself harder than I normally would.

How did I finish? Right about where I expected to. Out of the mid-Alantic region competitors that finished all the workouts about 76% did better than me. Check out my CrossFit Open profile to see.

I’ll do it again next year for sure. Maybe then I can bust into that 50th to 75th percentile range.

JS Loading is Pretty Sweet

ice5nake — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:09:25 +0000

I’ve begun working with http://headjs.com to do JS loading. Why do JS loading? See: http://headjs.com/#theory

There is a somewhat broken, but easily fixed, WordPress plugin to use it. Drupal’s got a plugin for it here. Haven’t tried the Drupal plugin yet but it’s on my list. Even without a plugin the API seems simple and intuitive.

Words to Combat Frustration

ice5nake — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:04:41 +0000

One word that comes to mind is bikeshedding. If you don’t know what it means, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality

I am often frustrated by the amount of discussion that happens surrounding details that should just be left to the person doing the actual work on a project. Words that sum up more complex concepts are great for combating frustration. Teach people words like bikeshedding and the word becomes a warning. A warning that protects me from frustration.

A different decision making hurdle I am also frustrated by is some leader’s inability to delegate decision making to the people with the actual ability, skill, and competency to make a good decision. Is there a word that sums up this concept? As an aside, It’s not that when I am working on a project I don’t want insight or feedback from all stakeholders. I do.

How can leaders delegate decisions better while still offering their leaderly guidance? My suggestions, ask questions instead of giving commands. Like, “Have you considered … “. Or “I’d like for you to try this and tell me what you think”. Anybody got other suggestions?

Started Hosting on a Podcast

ice5nake — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:58:52 +0000

I’ve started podcasting with some friends of mine. It’s about tabletop games like board games, card games, rpgs, etc …

The website is http://www.thesecretcabal.com

I’d love to hear about what you all think of podcasting in general. If you do it, what programs you use, etc …

Taking Maatkit for a spin

ice5nake — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:58:02 +0000

First command I am diving into is the mk-variable-adviser. I’ve done similar tuning with MONyog, but this is free. This is a pretty basic start but it doesn’t look like my predecessor was too concerned about system performance. But hey you don’t know what you don’t know.

11-05-03 wod

ice5nake — Tue, 03 May 2011 22:48:05 +0000

11-04-30 wod

ice5nake — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:30:25 +0000

11-04-28 CrossFit York WoD

ice5nake — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:20:24 +0000

11-04-26 CrossFit York WOD

ice5nake — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:18:18 +0000