i recently upgraded a WordPress installation, and consequently, updated my jQuery library to a new version. instead of rolling back to a previous version of jQuery, i wanted to figure out why the scripts i had written were no longer working. before you find yourself beating your head on your desk, take note that as [...]

it’s pretty easy to voice your opinion about SOPA. take the mere 5 seconds you need to get it done. ending piracy is a worthy endeavor but giving control of web censorship to the hollywood & the film industry doesn’t seem like a good idea.

one-step process to notify your congressional representative:
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if doug crockford is javascript jesus, then dave herman is an ecma apostle.

ecmascript 6 has a lot of really cool stuff! i will be using several of the new features as soon as there is a shiv to make them compatible – they look really useful. some of the new features are beyond [...]

made this a while back, and figured i’d share. it’s a rainbow flag / gay pride flag made entirely in css3:

#flag {
    width: 450px;
    height: 300px;
    background-size: 100% 100%;
    background-image: linear-gradient(bottom,
            rgba(77,20,140,1) 0%,
[...]

my mind is totally blown away by c3 technologies, a recent apple acquisition, that focuses on 3d mapping. can’t wait for apple to build something to replace google maps for its iphone/ipad users, hopefully with better navigation functionality.

(full scoop on 9to5mac.com)

here is doug crockford, giving a talk at google.

if you want to style disabled inputs, you have a few options. you can manipulate the text color and background color in every browser except for IE, using a combination of pseudo classes and attribute matching:

input[disabled="disabled"], input:disabled {
    color:#3333ff;
    -webkit-text-fill-color:#3333ff;
    background:#cccccc;
}

however, IE [...]

i stumbled upon a graphics time capsule — a video of the 1993 winner of a big graphics conference in finland, from a company called future crew:

while i could comment on the huge advances in graphics technology in the past 18 years, i think it’s better to quietly laugh, and admire something more [...]

i just wanted to mention that this developer is making & collecting some amazing things with css3 background gradients:

http://leaverou.me/css3patterns/

that is all.