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Including CSS and JavaScript in WordPress Posts Using ‘Custom Fields’

By Sam | Published: July 1, 2010
I recently switched the wordpress editor into HTML only mode. That means I disabled the visual editor, in favor of a window where you just type in markup. This method grows on you, especially if you are pretty fluent in developing HTML code. The natural extension of writing raw html, is to be able to [...]
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Web Applications on a Mac: Using The CGI Module

By Sam | Published: February 11, 2010
CGI is a Perl module that makes common tasks in web apps easier.  To be frank, I have usually used it in conjunction with CGI::Application, but it is useful to know how to access it directly. My mac already had the CGI module installed.  I verified this by typing the following commands: perl use CGI; [...]
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vim Status Bar under OS X

By Sam | Published: January 11, 2009
I use Ubuntu Linux at work and OS X Leopard at home.  That means I do 70% of my coding on Linux and the rest at home.  I use vim in both places. For some reason, the version of vim that is distributed with OS X does not have a status bar.  This is the [...]
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The Default Behavior of the ‘tab’ Key in OSX

By Sam | Published: January 9, 2009
I spent a year doing a lot of manual QA of a large web app.  In that time I learned some survival strategies for data entry on web pages.  God bless the tab key. Unfortunately the tab key does not work properly under os x and browsers.  You should be able to tab to any [...]
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By Sam | Published: January 9, 2009
At work, we operate on an open floor plan system, where developers work shoulder to shoulder, and each and every conversation is shared by each and every developer on the team.  This is GREAT for engendering a sense of collaboration and communal creativity, but terrible SOMETIMES for getting work done.  Enter the Bose noise canceling [...]
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