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New Keyboard Layout Analyzer (Preview)

You can now try out a preview version of the new Keyboard Layout Analyzer. I completely re-did it from scratch. I know I’ve done that before, but I’ve learned a lot about JavaScript and HTML5 over the past two years … Continue reading

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Is ___ more of a boy’s name, or a girl’s name?

Photo By Zach Klein So my boss came into my office on Friday and off handily asked me if “Stacy” was more of a boy’s name, or more of a girl’s name. I immediately thought “piece of cake!” and brought … Continue reading

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Extendible BBCode Parser in JavaScript

Photo By Dean Terry I decided to try my hand at implementing a BBCode parser in JavaScript. You can play around with it online here, and download the source here. I had looked around a little bit and noticed that … Continue reading

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JavaScript Parallax Scrolling Experiment

There’s a neat CSS technique called “Horizontal Parallax Scrolling”, where background images will move at different horizontal speeds when the window is resized (example). It’s done by positioning several divs on top of each other and having their background-position property … Continue reading

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Your Security Software May Be Unnecessarily Slowing Down Your Internet Experience

One easy way a webmaster can speed up their website is by enabling gzip compression on their web server. Most major websites do this and all modern browsers support receiving gzip encoded content. Sending out gzipped components greatly reduces the … Continue reading

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