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    My new sponsor, Treehouse, is a web-based learning site that uses high quality video tutorials to teach you a new programming language, a new business strategy, and even place you in a job after you've graduated.  Treehouse's learning path is great because...

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    Remove HTML Comments with PHP

    When it comes to sending content to users, I'm of the belief that less is more.  There's no reason for HTML comments to be sent down to the user -- they simply bloat the payload.  I remove unwanted HTML comments within my WordPress theme, so I...

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    4 More Tech Recruiter Do’s and Dont’s

    My initial post, Tech Recruiter Do's and Don'ts, got  quite a bit of attention.  Probably because we've all been victim to poor recruitment in one way or another.  The original reasons were good but it didn't take long to think up a few more reasons...

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    Create a Sheen Logo Effect with CSS

    I was inspired when I first saw Addy Osmani's original ShineTime blog post.  The hover sheen effect is simple but awesome.  When I started my blog redesign, I really wanted to use a sheen effect with my logo.  Using two HTML elements and...

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    Install Chrome Store Web Apps with JavaScript

    Being able to install Firefox OS web apps from any domain, not just the platform app store, is a giant step forward in mobile app marketing and freedom.  Firefox OS allows installing apps from any or all domains, and it just so happens that...

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    Run Individual Cron Routines within Django

    When you're looking to run a single cron routine within Django, hit the terminal and run this: To see a list of available cron routines, run: Running individual cron routines is probably an obvious flow for Django experts but hopefully this is easier to find than searching through...

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    Build a Street Fighter Demo with CSS Animations and JavaScript

    I recently learned a cool technique from Simurai about how to animate PNG sprites with the CSS3 animations' steps() property. The main idea in this technique is to "recreate" some kind of animated GIF but with the tiles of a PNG sprite. As with...

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    The Truth About Blog Comments

    As much as we all love the freedom that the internet provides us, it also breeds loudmouths with keyboard muscles.  You spend an hour writing a blog post, some jackass spends 30 seconds glossing over it and bashing you.  This image so perfectly represents an unfortunate...

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    One Month Without Cable TV

    I ditched DIRECTV about a month ago.  There were many reasons for doing so, a few including: I live in Madison, Wisconsin and it gets very cold and snowy each winter.  Whenever one of these storms would hit, I'd have a hard time getting reception for days. My...

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    Mighty Deals:  Killer Photoshop Actions

    Oftentimes I wish I was a designer instead of a programmer.  Designers get to make beautiful, touching imagery.  Designers get the epic cinema-style monitors.  Designers get to wear thick black glasses and weird clothing and somehow no one thinks anything of it.  Designers get...