Mar292013
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So with the job hunt comes a nice little Web project to stretch my front-end Web development legs a little. As I’ve mentioned I’m redesigning this blog. I am developing a theme
Here’s some stuff I am working with that I came across in the last two days:
Mar282013
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Designing my own WordPress theme at https://github.com/tonytopper/nosce-te-ipsum-ii which I am building on https://github.com/tonytopper/html5_boilerplate_wp_compass
Hoping to have a launch-able version soon. The theme is going to use Compass and Susy.
Mar282012
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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/
Mar272012
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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.
Dec62011
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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.
Nov92011
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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?
Sep152011
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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 …
Jun302011
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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.
May32011
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Apr302011
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CrossFit |
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