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jQuery.data(): underappreciated
One of the most underappreciated jQuery methods has to be .data(). It allows you to associate arbitrary named values with DOM elements. Usage is simple: $(“body”).data(“x”, 1); $(“body”).data(“y”, someObject); You can store any data types and expect the same back. As a web developer, I’m sure some of you have assigned arbitrary… Read more
Hosting Stanford’s Palo Alto Bike Tour
Yesterday, we had the pleasure to host the first “Stanford Bike Tour” organized by Ibrahim Elbouchikhi. It is a chance for Stanford students to hop on a bike, and cross over to the neighboring valley!
Opera takes the cake
In Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, timeouts passed to setTimeout are subject to signed 32-bit integer arithmetic overflow. For instance, the following code shows an alert immediately, as if zero or a negative value had been supplied. setTimeout(function() { alert(‘hi’) }, 2147483648); Internet Explorer has the same problem, except they use unsigned 32-bit integers. Try this… Read more
Konami kaChing
Happy April Fools’ Day from everyone at kaChing! If you’re looking for a treat, try entering a certain code on the kaChing homepage.
Z-Index and Local Stacking Contexts
z-index is a CSS property that specifies the order of your elements on the z-axis. The higher the z-index value, the closer the element is to the user. Using z-index is handy to make sure elements like modal dialogs show up above everything else on the page. div#red { z-index: 1; } div#green { z-index:… Read more
select product(value) from mytable
A nice tip from Harold Fuchs to calculate the product in Mysql select exp(sum(log(coalesce(value,1))) from mytable The coalesce() function is there to guard against trying to calculate the logarithm of a null value and may be optional depending on your circumstances. Here’s an example +——+——-+ | id | value | +——+——-+ | 1 | 3… Read more