Author Archives: Sid

How do you say “Welcome” in over 150 languages?

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Sid

Today, out of nowhere, I got the urge to make some changes to my website. I wanted to show the word “Welcome” in a few different languages (just showing it in English all the time was getting a bit boring). … Continue reading →

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CSS Flexbox Tips

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Sid

Lately, I’ve been using CSS flexboxes quite a bit. They are a really powerful tool for aligning elements. However, understanding how they work took a bit of time for me but with experience, I think I’ve become quite adept at … Continue reading →

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Resurrection!

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Sid

My blog has been inactive for quite a while. Well, as it happens I noticed that it had been compromised. Unsurprisingly, the hackers decided to use my blog to display various items they wanted to promote. Unfortunately, I was preoccupied … Continue reading →

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Setting up a Linux environment, Why so Arduous?

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Sid

So lately I’ve been trying to setup a linux environment on a shared hosting web server. Let me just begin by saying that it has not been easy, in fact it has been quite frustrating. The following are some of … Continue reading →

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v1.0 Release Complete

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Sid

Well this is it guys. My last release for the open source course is finished! It has come at the right time too as this is my 100th blog post. So for this release I ended up doing quite a … Continue reading →

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v1.0 Release – Various Changes to Improve the OnScroll Patch

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Sid

Yesterday, ted reviewed my onScroll patch and and he outlined some changes that I should look to make. Lets dive in right away and have a look at what I have changed according to his recommendations: Move javascript to an … Continue reading →

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v1.0 Release – Changing the Data Structure that Handles Merges for the OnScroll Patch

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Sid

Today ted unexpectedly reviewed my onScroll patch. Now, suddenly I have a ton of changes that I have to make and my release is due tomorrow (technically today since the clock just hit midnight). One of the problems that ted … Continue reading →

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v1.0 Release – Further Improving Bug Functionality for the OnScroll Patch

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Sid

In my earlier blog post I outlined that I wanted to further improve bug functionality for the OnScroll patch. Bugs that were only 5 digits long were not being converted into proper links. For example bug 12345 or b#12345 or … Continue reading →

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v1.0 Release – Getting the Localize Dates Link Working with the New Entries Loaded On Scroll

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Sid

One of my goals for this release was getting the localize dates link working with the new entries loaded on scroll. This wasn’t happening beforehand. Only the entries that were displayed with the initial page load worked with the localize … Continue reading →

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v1.0 Release – Fixing the OnScroll Patch to Work with the New Version of hg_templates

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Sid

In my earlier blog post I outlined my plan to update my OnScroll patch to work with the new version of hg_templates, which was updated recently. Now, it has access to the jquery library, which can be used to do … Continue reading →

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