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Here are a few scripts I discovered in the past week or two which I have deemed as neato  or cool. gvChart – jQuery plugin for Google Charts url: http://www.ivellios.toron.pl/technikalia/demos/gvChart/ I am amazed how little configuration is needed for cool Read more »»

Here is a quick tip on on building an ajax delete page in php and mysql with a bit of jQuery to handle the ajax. We will assume you have some list of entries in a database and that you Read more »»

It seems that the speed of your website is becoming more paramount these days. Google is even using it in your website rankings. So how do you make your website faster? Well it is really a balancing act between features Read more »»

Quick tip: You can specify absolute urls in tinyMCE quite easily. document_base_url : “http://yoursite.com”, absolute_urls : true I am sure this is an RTFM but I did not see anywhere exactly where it was.  I have been using this with Read more »»

I saw this on Scott Robbin’s blog who was at wordcamp chicago. He did a brilliant post on front end optimization. I will post my thoughts on this later this week but for now, check this out. What motivates us? Read more »»

Two quick posts.  First on mobile and second on living in a digital age. Mobile Applications It’s like 1999 again we need to build all “mobile” apps in html, makes sense to me. What are your thoughts? Saw a great Read more »»

I wish I found out about this a while ago. Apparently in Photoshop you can optimize a png. Not sure about fireworks? Anyway in Photoshop go to Image->Adjustment->Posterize. A slider will then popup, adjust the slider and then save. Be Read more »»

Font replacement aka dynamic text replacement has been around since 2004. I did not start using it till late 07 but lately it seems to be a hot topic again. Mostly because it has become a lot easier to implement I believe and SEO has become more prevalent.

Interview with the founder of Wordpress, Matt Mullenweg on This week in Startups.