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February, 2012

  1. Wednesday Linkage (2-8-2012)

    February 8, 2012 by james

    Jeff Atwood leaves stack exchange – Great guy who helped start the best programmer resource on the internet, god speed jeff!

    Stack overflow is running out of room – Another stack exchange related article, but this one explaining the issue of running out of room on their current servers. Love the transparency of the company here. If all companies were this transparent!

    Path is sending more than just your info – This is a big whoopsie, which im sure they’ll fix asap.  I understand the logic behind it, and sometimes in crunch mode, you’ll make a decision like this.  The best part of this is that a representative answered immediately to it.

    HTML5 in more than 5 paragraphs – A great breakdown of HTML5 vs Flash, and how it pertains to the world of agencies.

    Below is a great primer into how to being a good brogrammer. Enjoy!

     

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  2. BICB: Seymour Flux

    February 2, 2012 by james

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    BOSSES I COULDN’T BEAT

    I’m going to start doing an installment here on videogame bosses I fondly remember getting my ass handed to me time over time.  I hope you enjoy!

    If you’re familiar with this image then you’ve gotten relatively far in a pretty popular game, Final Fantasy X and had to battle this asshole, Seymour Flux.  I remembered this point as a very pivotal location in the game, as its where I just. couldn’t. beat. him. I could have gone back and grinded my characters up but this location is so late in the game, going backwards would take more time than possibly it could be worth.  I happened to come across this thread on reddit where other gamers expressed the same frustration, at the same location.  I shelved the game for well over a year before starting over from scratch, bulking up my characters, with the sole purpose of wiping the mountain side with his corpse.  When i did, it was glorious.

     

     

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  3. Wednesday Linkage

    February 1, 2012 by james

    Here are some links that i find interesting from the last week or so!
    • Javascript Pattern Collection - This is a great collection of patterns and anti-patterns for use in JS.  I think its very easy to get lost in JS and before you know, its a huge mess.
    • HTML5 Please - This is a GREAT and often updated site that tells you what HTML5 features are available, and how best to use them.
    • Responsive Design Bookmarklet - This is a great bookmarklet that allows you to see any site in various sizes that you choose.  Even though im not the biggest fan of the huge responsive design CRAZE right now, its still something that is very important, and this is a great tool.
    • 37Signals Phoenixes itself - 37Signals is rewriting all of its code. from scratch. GOOD LUCK with that.
    • Creating iOS apps: Not that easy: Pretty great breakdown of the ins and outs of creating an iphone app from start to finish.

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