Archive for May, 2005
May 31, 2005 at 6:04 pm · Filed under Resources
I posted a few links to some handy cheat sheets a week back. Well, I didn't know there were more of them! These are great. You should all print them out and pin them up on your cubacle walls. That'll definitely give you +5 on geek power!
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/cheat-sheets/
May 29, 2005 at 9:40 am · Filed under Resources, Javascript
For those of you who read my tutorials on Leaflink and the Dashboard, you noticed that I had to make some small modifications to the Prototype javascript library to achieve the effects that I wanted. Well, it seems like I may not have to do that anymore since version 2 of the Prototype library accounts for those changes and also adds a whole new set of functionality. I love the new transitional effects added and the fine grain control over the speed and timing of them. Have a look-see at the examples:
http://mir.aculo.us/demos/effects/effects2.html
May 26, 2005 at 9:12 pm · Filed under Ruby on Rails

Hey Rails fans, the beta version of the upcoming Rails book from the Agile series was announced today. Grab it while its hot!
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html
If you order the beta version now, you will get the final copy when its released. No extra charge. The beta release is an experiment by the Pragmatic Programmers site to see how the community response to it and also to give developers an early look at the book. This benefits both parties, as it allows the developers to get their hands on the book sooner and also helps the authors by allowing the readers to suggest fixes to typos and errors.
May 25, 2005 at 4:09 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Ok, I'm pulling out my hair here (which there isn't much of since I just shaved my head) and I can't figure out why this isn't working. If anyone out there is a RegExp and mod_rewrite expert, please help me out!
I noticed today from my server logs that I am getting a lot of 404 errors coming from the following url: http://www.getintothis.com/blog/feed/atom/
So, I tried to modify my .htaccess file to force that url to point to the feed.php file that is being used by the rest of my feeds. This is a section of my .htaccess file pertaining to the feeds. I added the first two lines in hopes of resolving this issue, but I'm still getting 404 errors.
Why is it that ^atom.xml points to feed.php?feed=atom just fine, but my rules don't wotk? Somebody please help me out here. Thanks.
RewriteRule ^feed/?$ feed.php [L]
RewriteRule ^feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ feed.php?feed=atom [L]
RewriteRule ^rss2.xml feed.php [L]
RewriteRule ^atom.xml feed.php?feed=atom [L]
May 25, 2005 at 11:26 am · Filed under Resources, Misc
I was going to write up little entries about each of these links, but I think I'll just post em all up at once. Yeah, it's the laziness in me I guess. Most of them are self explanetory anyway. Enjoy.
Development Related Links
Design Related Links
- Adam Polselli
Design related blog with some very interesting articles and great photography
- Color Palette Tools
Some of these tools have already been mentioned on my blog, but this is a good reference site with a lot of color related tools.
- The Return of Design
Design related blog with good articles. Also has a column on color schemes on the main page.
Resources
- CSS Cheat Sheet
Can't remember how to do something in CSS? This cheat sheet should help.
- Vim Commands Cheat Sheet
If you're ever stuck in the Vim editor, you'll know how frustrating it is trying to quit out of it. I swear it's the most un-intuitive editor ever. Pretty powerful though.
- Mod_rewrite Cheat Sheet
mod_rewrite is a very powerful tool, so you should familiarize yourself with it.
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