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Justin is the Design Director for entp, the company behind Lighthouse, Warehouse, and Mephisto. You can check out his shiny stuff for proof of his super powers.

1. May06

   With the release of Opera’s DragonFly, IE 8’s Developer tools, Safari’s/Webkit’s Web Inspector and Drosera; and the Grand Daddy of them all, Firebug – we’ve now come full circle.

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2. Feb08
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   DoubleClick and Define using Apple Dictionary

   
   var selection;
   if(window.getSelection)
     selection = window.getSelection();
   else if(document.selection)
     selection = document.selection.createRange();
   
   document.observe("dblclick", function() {
     if(navigator.userAgent.include("Macintosh")) {
         location.href = "dict://" + selection;
       }
   });
   

   A quick (and probably dirty) Prototype-based hack allowing Mac users to get the definition of any word by double clicking it.

3. Feb08
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   A strftime for Prototype

   
   Object.extend(Date.prototype, {
     strftime: function(format) {
       var day = this.getUTCDay(), month = this.getUTCMonth();
       var hours = this.getUTCHours(), minutes = this.getUTCMinutes();
       function pad(num) { return num.toPaddedString(2); };
   
       return format.gsub(/\%([aAbBcdDHiImMpSwyY])/, function(part) {
         switch(part[1]) {
           case 'a': return $w("Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat")[day]; break;
           case 'A': return $w("Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday")[day]; break;
           case 'b': return $w("Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec")[month]; break;
           case 'B': return $w("January February March April May June July August September October November December")[month]; break;
           case 'c': return this.toString(); break;
           case 'd': return this.getUTCDate(); break;
           case 'D': return pad(this.getUTCDate()); break;
           case 'H': return pad(hours); break;
           case 'i': return (hours === 12 || hours === 0) ? 12 : (hours + 12) % 12; break;
           case 'I': return pad((hours === 12 || hours === 0) ? 12 : (hours + 12) % 12); break;
           case 'm': return pad(month + 1); break;
           case 'M': return pad(minutes); break;
           case 'p': return hours > 11 ? 'PM' : 'AM'; break;
           case 'S': return pad(this.getUTCSeconds()); break;
           case 'w': return day; break;
           case 'y': return pad(this.getUTCFullYear() % 100); break;
           case 'Y': return this.getUTCFullYear().toString(); break;
         }
       }.bind(this));
     }
   });
   

   UPDATE: Bugs fixed. Thanks Andrew and Stephen

   Also, some of my old and new code has been posted on GitHub. You might find something useful.

4. Feb04

   A beautiful, organic animation by Flight404 created using Processing.

   Processing in Action

5. Jan08

   Aaron Patterson shows us how to define ruby methods which can be called from JavaScript using RKelly.

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6. Jan07

   Dustin might not surprise you at your house with a book in hand, but he’ll damn sure send you his innermost fu in the form of a shiny yellow and black book. It’s an excellent read if you’re looking to put more funk in your functions and class in your classes. Check out “Pro JavaScript Design Patterns” by Dustin and Ross Harmes.

   —I’m Justin Palmer and I approve this message.

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7. Dec23

   IE 8 PAsses the Acid 2 Test for those not keeping tabs on things.

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8. Oct24

   Mislav has written up an excellent overview on upgrading Radiant (which used 1.5) to Prototype 1.6. The article does a great job of showing how 1.6 is superior to 1.5.

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9. Oct19

   According to the New York Times, the Daily Show Archives, with over 7,000 videos are online—free and searchable.

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10. Oct11

    Telemarketer gets owned

11. Oct10

    —Erik Kastner shows us how it’s done.

    Making an iPhone app in about a minute

12. Oct09

    Defining classes and inheritance in Prototype–Incase you’ve missed it, Prototype 1.6 has a new inheritance model.

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13. Aug21

    Hurricane Dean’s projected path. The most awesomest hurricane ever.

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14. Aug07

    How Ninjas Work

    Who would’ve thought Howstuffworks would be able to uncover the secrets behind these illusive creatures.

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15. Jul27

    Chuck Norris does not apply for jobs, jobs compete for Chuck Norris

    —via Ajaxian

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