Archive for March, 2011

Why I used jqPlot for ChartBasket.com instead of Flot

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

In general I consider Flot to be the more capable solution. But in the case of ChartBasket I wanted to setup something quickly and I didn’t need the more advanced stuff Flot makes available, for instance zooming.... Read More

Loading and scaling external Shockwaves to stage size in AS3

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

I’m just finished with an affiliate system currently in use by Videoslots.com but more sites might be connected in the future. It’s made with Clojure’s Ring and Compojure and uses MongoDB for its database. To the right you see the result of this article, one of my affiliate banners, read on below to get the skinny on how it works.... Read More

Cleaning up CSS with Ruby

Monday, March 21st, 2011

I just created a small Ruby script that will remove duplicate classes/blocks from a css file.... Read More

Crontab Example

Sunday, March 20th, 2011
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Above is probably one of the most complicated crontabs I’ve ended up with.... Read More