Jay McGavren's Journal

2009-01-21

jQuery Hell...

For you, not for me. (I kinda had fun with it.)

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Did this for our MoFoCamp demo tonight in a matter of minutes. Our port of a Tetris clone didn’t go as well (despite having a whole hour to work on that), but we got some practice with with speed JavaScripting. Lotta fun and I want to do it again (different framework next time though).

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2009-01-20

Nice to finally have some representation...

We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers. --Inaugural Address by Barack Obama

And I like this quote from his family histories regarding his upbringing:

...my mother viewed religion through the eyes of the anthropologist she would become; it was a phenomenon to be treated with a suitable respect, but with a suitable detachment as well.

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2009-01-20

History...

…sponsored by Paul Blart, Mall Cop.

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2009-01-20

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2009-01-18

The Merb workout begins...

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At this point I’m raising my eyebrows far less often than I did with Rails. It’s just easier to grok.

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