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What does "1" + 2 + 3 equal?

Mitch Wilson — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:03:15 +0000

We're talking JavaScript here. Kind of a trick question. Given operator precedence, I thought that the addition would have been performed first. For example, if multiplication were involved, it would be done before string concatenation, even if at the end of the statement (see Example C). What does "1" + 2 + 3 equal? You [...]

Cold Song – Sting

Mitch Wilson — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:12:03 +0000

What power art thou who from below hast made me rise unwillingly and slow from beds of everlasting snow? See'st thou not how stiff how stiff and wondrous old Far, far unfit to bear the bitter cold? I can scarcely move or draw my breath Can scarcely move or draw cold my breath Let me, let me, let me freeze again. Let me, let me freeze again to death. Let me, let me, let me freeze again to death.

maxChar jQuery Plugin: New Release 0.3

Mitch Wilson — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:57:13 +0000

Happy New Year! I can't believe I'm saying this ... due to popular demand ... I have updated maxChar, my configurable jQuery plugin that adds a character counter to Web forms. Example character counter Example file missing. You browser does not support iframes. Sorry. New and Improved New features added in 0.3.0 are: Feature change: Displays negative characters when past [...]

Working on next version of maxChar

Mitch Wilson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:10:54 +0000

The new version of maxChar will be coming out soon. I've received a lot of great comments and it's getting mentioned on other sites as well now. This has inspired me to set aside some time for the next version. Here are some of the sites I found that mention my plugin. 5 New jQuery Plugins [...]

Boromir, who art thou?

Mitch Wilson — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:48:17 +0000

Oh the things we argue about. Here's an interesting one. Wouldn't movies and books be better if more main characters died? Wouldn't stories be less predictable, thus more engaging? Enter Boromir, Captain-General of Gondor, the heir to the Steward of Gondor, Denethor II. Is the death of Boromir an example of a main character [...]

Quest for new wireless router

Mitch Wilson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:03:52 +0000

My quest has begun. After years of battle with my router and with Time Warner Austin, I set out again to the front. Time to buy a new router. Unfortunately, I am keeping Time Warner (bastards have a monopoly on my area, but some day ... Your time is coming Time Warner). Anyway, back to the [...]

New Macbook Pro laptop

Mitch Wilson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:14:25 +0000

I've done it. The desktop is on the way of the dinosaur. Large and still thrilling. But too big to survive in today's world. I had to get a better laptop. My ghettotop wasn't cutting it anymore. Having a desktop is great when you need to sit at a desk. But having to sit at a desk when you need to work is not so great.

Learning about link building

Mitch Wilson — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:41:32 +0000

Allow me to share what I learned at the SEO link building seminar, "Finding Your Most Valuable SEO Link Prospects, Faster and Easier with Ben Wills." This is my second seminar on link building. The first one was a couple of years ago and I did not get much out of it. This one was different. Speaking to a packed room, Ben Wills presented on tools and techniques for evaluation and getting quality links. What is a "quality link" you ask?

New jQuery plugin: maxChar

Mitch Wilson — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:25:15 +0000

Easily add a max character limit on any HTML input or textarea form field. Also dynamically updates status message countdown to user, eg, "10 remaining" as they type. Has several options. Message is customizable. Correctly handles user events, even paste via right click menu.

undefined method `install_gem_spec_stubs’

Mitch Wilson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:02:56 +0000

If you know what the title of this post means, I'm sorry you are having trouble running rake in your rails project. If you have no idea what I'm saying, consider yourself lucky and move on. Not a big deal, in the end, but just another pain in the butt that needs fixing. While updating my [...]