# Friday, March 02, 2007


Just released this today - it yet needs a bit of work; the only major part not completed are the methods that provide metadata for stored procedures (mainly because I don't need this feature at the moment, so it was the lowest on my list of priorities), which I am planning on finishing within the next two weeks.

You can download it at www.sapientdevelopment.com.

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posted on Friday, March 02, 2007 5:09:47 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  #    Comments [0]
# Tuesday, February 27, 2007

 

The company I work for is hiring -  whether you are a project manager, senior-level Java developer, Microsoft application developer or a web design/usability expert, Software Technology Group has something for you.

I have worked for STG for over 2 years now and can tell you that, without a doubt, working for STG has been one of the highlights of my career.

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posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:28:28 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  #    Comments [0]
# Sunday, October 29, 2006


For the last client I worked for, we extensively modified a MochiKit port of a well-known 'Lightbox' implementation so that it would utilize IFrames - the users of the application loved it because they were used to primitive JavaScript alert and confirm boxes, and since a modal dialog was still the appropriate thing to do, it worked well.

A short time later, I found ThickBox - seems to be a much better implementation of this now-common technique, and I thought it might prove useful to have a MochiKit version of it in case I decide I want to use it (it is built on jQuery, which I don't personally use or care for, notwithstanding the library having a few useful constructs that I would like to see ported over to MochiKit).

In porting this script, I tried not to 'improve' it at all; i.e. I left nearly everything as-is with regards to naming conventions, use of certain constructs that I would like to improve, etc. and leave it up to you, if you choose to download it, to make any changes you see fit. Of course, any bugs you find would be great to know about, as well as ideas for enhancements, etc. and I will probably update this when I get time, because I would like to do things much differently (maybe I am smoking crack, but this whole idea of connecting to things based on the value of the 'class' attribute of a tag just seems stupid to me...).

My port of ThickBox isn't perfect and I did it as quickly as I could because I wanted to get it into the hands of those smarter than I - that means you. There are places in the code that are inconsistent and I will be working on that, but for now it does the job and should be a good starting point for those that find this useful.

Download ThickBox for MochiKit.

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posted on Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:02:53 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  #    Comments [2]
# Saturday, February 28, 2004
Be smart about buying books
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# Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Funny vi comic
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# Sunday, August 10, 2003

Okay, my intent for starting this blog are many, but primarily, it will serve as a place for me to record, for my posterity, things I learn with regard to technology, as well as my thoughts on the same, and just about anything else I deem fit (rather ambiguous, but I like it that way!). For example, I must say that I need to own a Mullet Wig, because mullets are such an integral part of American heritage. If you were alive during the ‘80s, there is a good chance you had a mullet. I had one, though it was small and short-lived, owing to the fact that it made my neck sweat. When I told the barber to cut it off, he seemed astonished – “Are you sure?!” Was this barber trying to give fashion advice, trying to save me from making a regrettable mistake? Possibly. I have never regretted it, and I hope he can look back and remember me as one who could see the demise of the coolness of mullets before most others, and that I was a pioneer in that sense. Yes – I cut off my mullet when they were still “in.”

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posted on Sunday, August 10, 2003 5:35:14 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Comments [2]