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    Thoughts on Code Commenting

    One of the "behind the scenes" ways of organizing your code and making it maintainable is code commenting.  Whether you're coding in Java, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, or any language for that matter, code commenting plays an important role in making your development life easy.  I thought...

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    Integrity: Link Checker for Mac

    I usually don't post about desktop applications because, quite frankly, I make my living creating awesome web apps.  I did, however, recently stumble upon a free utility which searches for broken links within a website.  That utility is the awesome Integrity application for Snow Leopard. Integrity is...

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    Google Wave Invites Giveaway

    Over the past months I've given away dozens of Google Wave invites via my Twitter feed. Selfless? Yes. Kind? Of course. Generous? Always. So far I've simply given them away but now we're going to play a new game! The...

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    What I’m Thankful For: 2009 Web Edition

    I'd like to take a moment this Thanksgiving to thank some people that deserved to be. I'd like to thank the MooTools team for all of the support and hard work. I feel truly honored to be around such intelligent, driven group of individuals.

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    Confessions Friday

    Over the past two years I've run my Confessions of a Web Developer series.  Each one has been really popular and well-received.  It's Friday and I've had a bad week so today I want you to confess your web development sins in the comment section below. ...

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    When Webmasters Attack!

    CSS-Tricks scribe Chris Coyier wrote a great post titled What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like where he outlined (with a great image, no less) how a great HTML/PHP file looks when proper programming practices are used. The post was so popular that the featured...

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    7 Signs I Knew I Was Born To Be a Programmer

    This will probably shock you but I'm a programmer. Not a designer, not a copywriter, just a simple programmer. I've done some self analysis and realized that becoming a programmer wasn't a choice -- it was destiny. The following is my logic for...

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    MacBook Pro: Week 12

    It's been 3 solid months of having my MacBook Pro now and I wanted to give a quick overview of my thoughts: I loooooooove my MacBook Pro. Not one single regret about dropping $2,000 on it. I develop quite a bit faster using TextMate. Nothing against...

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    Important Notice: GeoCities is Closing.

    I just got the worst news of my life: Dear Yahoo! GeoCities customer, We're writing to let you know that Yahoo! GeoCities, our free web site building service and community, is closing on October 26, 2009. On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the...

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    FavIcons and 404 Errors

    As you probably already know, adding a favorite icon to your website is a great way to add subtle branding to your website. It's an easy, one-time update to your website that you never need to think about once it's done. Lets say you don't...