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Recent Blog Comments By andy matthews

• The Integer Division Operator In ColdFusion

  Posted on Oct 11, 2010 at 10:06 AM

  Very nice! Sad that it took this long to get that in, but way cool to know about it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention Ben!... read more »

• Connecting Python To Apache On My MacBook Pro Using A VirtualHost

  Posted on Aug 10, 2010 at 11:10 AM

  I discovered TextWrangler recently and I'm liking it. It's no EditPlus but it seems solid and does most of what I need.... read more »

• Connecting Python To Apache On My MacBook Pro Using A VirtualHost

  Posted on Aug 9, 2010 at 11:09 AM

  I know exactly what you mean Ben. Believe it or not, the command line is one of the main reasons I've stayed away from looking into Ruby on Rails for so long. I'm decent with the command line, but I don't like being forced to use it just to install some directories.... read more »

• Connecting Python To Apache On My MacBook Pro Using A VirtualHost

  Posted on Aug 9, 2010 at 10:33 AM

  Ben... Jeff was talking about the fact that Python can actually be used to build "real" desktop-style software. It compiles at run time and generates a .pyc file, much like ColdFusion generates class files. As far as PIP goes, while I've never heard of it, it sounds much like gem or r... read more »

• Connecting Python To Apache On My MacBook Pro Using A VirtualHost

  Posted on Aug 9, 2010 at 10:06 AM

  Give me a few weeks to get a better grasp on Python and I'm planning on starting a short series on "Learning Python for ColdFusion developers".... read more »

• Connecting Python To Apache On My MacBook Pro Using A VirtualHost

  Posted on Aug 9, 2010 at 9:34 AM

  Ben... I'm actually learning Python right now. You could change the lines containing the LI tags to something called a list comprehension. It looks like this: ['<li>%s</li> % g for g in girls] And that would give you the same result. The %s is sort of like doing <... read more »

• Experimenting With CSS-Based Animations And Transitions

  Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:31 AM

  This might sound Luddish, but if you have to trigger the whole thing with JavaScript anyway, why bother with CSS animations? Just seems like extra work for something that only functions in the most recent iterations of browsers. Thoughts?... read more »

• The Desire To Change Those We Care About

  Posted on Jun 14, 2010 at 10:31 AM

  Change this line: I can't even hazard a guess as to how many times I've heard things like: to I can't even hazard a guess as to how many times Simon Free has told me things like: and you'll be a little more accurate. Well written post though. I believe that while we "s... read more »

• Default To The Numeric, Email, And URL Keyboards On The iPhone

  Posted on Jun 4, 2010 at 3:03 PM

  Thanks Ben. This helped me out in a web app I'm working on.... read more »

• The Arbor Day Web Development Team Planted Me Some Trees

  Posted on May 19, 2010 at 5:50 PM

  Okay, okay. I'll be good. Anyway, that's a really cool gesture. 2 years ago my wife and I donated a cow on my Dad's behalf ( http://www.heifer.org/ ). We sure miss Mom. But seriously though, you donate money to purchase a cow fo... read more »

• The Arbor Day Web Development Team Planted Me Some Trees

  Posted on May 19, 2010 at 5:37 PM

  Hah! I'll have it in my pocket...the certificate that is.... read more »

• The Arbor Day Web Development Team Planted Me Some Trees

  Posted on May 19, 2010 at 5:09 PM

  Is that desk in the back left corner where I get to sit when I'm there in June?... read more »

• The Arbor Day Web Development Team Planted Me Some Trees

  Posted on May 19, 2010 at 5:05 PM

  So you're saying that some other people gave you wood?... read more »

• FLEX On jQuery: The Relative Power Of Link Elements

  Posted on Mar 3, 2010 at 10:41 AM

  What about a jQuery developer who wants to help you learn? I could easily see this leading to a more well constructed JS framework. PLEASE make sure you add data-binding in this framework! That's one of the things that I miss most about JS work vs Flex. Data binding rules.... read more »

• People! Please Stop Using Single Quotes!

  Posted on Feb 19, 2010 at 5:26 PM

  @Thomas... The xHTML spec simply says that all attributes must be quoted, it does not say whether single, or double, should be used: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4 .4 So it just comes down to personal preference. Wha... read more »

• People! Please Stop Using Single Quotes!

  Posted on Feb 19, 2010 at 5:21 PM

  Do you still feel the same way about single quoting? I prefer it because you don't have to hit the shift button to get them like you do with double quotes. Plus it's easier to tell what type of quote it is when working with smaller point size editors.... read more »

• Programmatically Uploading Images To JING At ScreenCast.com Using ColdFusion

  Posted on Feb 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM

  More importantly, I could see this being used in conjunction with AIR 2.0's native application integration process. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/... read more »

• Programmatically Uploading Images To JING At ScreenCast.com Using ColdFusion

  Posted on Feb 8, 2010 at 9:57 AM

  Nice! Sure would be awesome if they released an API for Jing/Screencast!... read more »

• Using jQuery's SlideUp() and SlideDown() Methods With Bottom-Positioned Elements

  Posted on Jan 25, 2010 at 10:12 AM

  I've been making use of this functionality over at my freelance site: http://commadelimited.com/... read more »

• iPhone Wallpaper Template For Fireworks / Photoshop (Saucy)

  Posted on Jan 19, 2010 at 9:12 AM

  FYI, with BlackR4in, the jailbreaking tool for iPhone, you can make the black background go away and have your wallpaper shine through. Yay.... read more »