Posts from: December 2010

24 Dec 2010

Gainesville: PHP/Javascript Developer Position Open

The Office of Distance Learning is seeking a web programmer with considerable experience with PHP, Javascript, and SQL to aid in the creation of and maintenance of several web and mobile applications. The person we’re seeking will need a strong understanding of and experience with: PHP5 Javascript object-oriented and functional programming styles related technologies such

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19 Dec 2010

Allen Hunt: Gay marriage is worse than incest

On December 13th (just rebroadcast on 97.3 The Sky), radio host Allen Hunt, in a conversation about a recent adult incest case, stated that “incest is easier to defend than gay marriage because…at least incest is opposite sex and has the capacity to create new life.” Earlier the implication was made that gay marriage is

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17 Dec 2010

Magical Translator Window

Indistinguishable from magic, and available in your pocket. Your jetpacks have arrived!

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8 Dec 2010

Closure Compiler is smarter than you

I’ve known about Google’s Javascript minifier, Closure Compiler, for awhile, but after sending a couple snippets through it today I realized it’s a pretty impressive piece of work. Input: function howManyMatch(arr, pattern) { var l = arr.length; var total = 0; var i = 0; for (; i < l; i++) { if (pattern.test(arr[i])) {

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4 Dec 2010

Less is More: Billie Davis 1969

“Nobody’s Home to Go Home To” was a 1969 B-side for Billie Davis that I have a weakness for. The bass playing is incredible and the song cleverly jumps between three keys, but the strings and backing vocals kind of take over the recording. I noticed this morning that they’re both panned hard right and the

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4 Dec 2010

Kristof on Haiti & Trade

I can’t agree more. Ultimately what Haiti most needs isn’t so much aid, but trade. Aid accounts for half of Haiti’s economy, and remittances for another quarter — and that’s a path to nowhere. The United States has approved trade preferences that have already created 6,000 jobs in the garment sector in Haiti, and several

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