Baselining my life (part 1, money)

September 10, 2009 – 5:28 pm

Introduction I began to seriously contemplate the idea of going freelance back in May, and realised I wasn’t very prepared. For one thing, I didn’t really know how much money I spent each month or what I spent it on. Nor did I have a good handle on how I spent my time. I wanted […]

By Jonathan Lister | Posted in life | Tags: , , | Comments (11)

Revenge o’ the bagpipes (aka the gentle art of DabbleDB)

February 7, 2008 – 6:58 pm

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. The thought did cross my mind when my neighbour threatened to call the police to stop us playing the bagpipes and doing the highland fling in our garden ON BURNS NIGHT. So large was the umbrage taken at this impertinence, that I determined to see fit […]

By jayfresh | Posted in web | Tags: , , , , , , , | Comments (7)

Too many cooks spoil the DOM (getting content out of page elements)

September 5, 2007 – 3:56 pm

I frequently find myself wanting to refer to the contents of an element on a web page, having got hold of that element in the DOM. However, I equally frequently forget how to access this content. The confusion arises because there are various ways to get hold of the content of an element: nodeValue, value, […]

By jayfresh | Posted in javascript | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)
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