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Archive for December, 2008
Code Snippet: Trimming text on word boundaries in PHP
I thought I’d share a code snippet that I wrote this morning to truncate long news titles that appear on the homepage of WNET’s worldfocus.org site. The code truncates on the nearest word boundary if the text is longer than the requested maximum length.
[Read More]Book Review: “Designing Audiences”
What happens to the way we design when audiences become co-creators? Designing Audiences tackles these questions in the form of a lively round table discussion, making for an enjoyable (and quick) read. How enjoyable? My stars after the jump.
To solve a crime, press the “Home” key
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from television, it’s that no good news ever follows the words, “Hello, sir? I’m Detective Smith from Such-and-Such County Sheriff’s Department. Do you have a moment?”
It turns out that this isn’t true, though: In fact, this morning’s unsolicited call from a far-away detective actually made both of us happy: [...]
A Simple Desk Hack
As a developer I spend most of my day at my desk, designing, coding, emailing and talking on the phone. I work from home on a huge 70’s “executive” desk I dragged home from a Freecycle posting and which, after lugging it up to the second floor of my house, I believe is lined with lead and so as a bonus my legs are shielded from cosmic rays It’s main feature, other than Supervision protection, is a 5′x3′ flat desktop that easily supports my four monitor/three machine setup.
[Read More]Quick Kids! Come out! Look at the lights!
It’s that time of year again. Wanna be electricians step outside in the cold having learned everything they need to know about exterior illumination from their dad’s and Home Depot 1-2-3 books.
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