October, 2009

Links for October 30th

Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach – Jim Wallis – God’s Politics Blog

Jim Wallis offers a third approach to Afghanistan, focusing on making peace and listening to people who actually know the country and its people well. Jim Wallis has consistently offered alternatives to more war, and it is time these ideas get attention.

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politics

peace-activism

peace

jim-wallis

afghanistan

Generate Magazine

October 30th, 2009

We got our copy of the first issue of GENERATE Magazine the other day.

Links for October 29th

Aside Revisited | HTML5 Doctor

An update on a previous article about the HTML5 aside element. The spec itself has been updated, so this article explains what is happening.

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design

html5

html

James' Travels: Business Will Change the World, chapter 4: If you won't buy it…

James continues his series on business changing the world. He asks how we can guide business to do good things for the world, instead of harming it.

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business

business-activism

activism

Dr. Cornel West in Atlanta

October 29th, 2009

Yesterday, I had the privilege of listening to Dr. Cornel West speak in Atlanta, at Emory University's State of Race event.

Links for October 28th

rikrikrik.com – jQuery magicpreview plug-in

Simple jQuery plugin that allows you to display a form's contents to users as they type. This is wonderful for blog comments, among other things.

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plugin

jquery-plugin

jquery

javascript

forms

design

Links for October 27th

October 26, 2009: Cornel West

Clip of Steven Colbert talking with Dr. Cornel West. Great thoughts on race, poverty, and the book, as always.

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poverty

books

race

steven-colbert

cornel-west

Beginning Android development

October 27th, 2009

Recently, I have started to work with Android, Google's system for smartphones. This is mostly a work-related endeavor, though I am incredibly curious.

Links for October 26th

aToolTip – A Simple jQuery Tooltip by Ara Abcarians

This is a wonderful tooltip plugin for jQuery.

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jquery-plugin

plugin

design

javascript

jquery

bassistance.de » jQuery plugin: Autocomplete

Great plugin to use jQuery for an Ajax autosuggest box within search forms. The documentation isn't as great as I'd like, but the plugin is the best of its kind.

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forms

jquery-plugin

plugin

jquery

javascript

ajax

programming

design

jQuery datePicker datePicker into selects

If you have a set of date fields in an HTML form, you can use this plugin to change it into a nice date picker. It is unobtrusive, and degrades very nicely.

tags:

forms

design

jquery-plugin

jquery

javascript

The End Of Poverty

Fascinating-looking documentary about the end of poverty – seeks to "explain how our economic system has created poverty and why it is the foundation for the current financial crisis."

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economic-activism

poverty

economics

film

Links for October 25th

Homosexuality and the Bible – Lo-Fi Tribe

"Anyone who refers to themselves as a person of faith should take the time to investigate more deeply the literature they call sacred especially if their interpretation of this sacred lit leads to very, very strong condemnations of others. A faith that condemns, after all, is no faith at all."

tags:

bible

new-testament

old-testament

homosexuality

The Most Important Cartoon of the Year – The New Christians

Quick cartoon you must see.

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activism

poverty

africa

tony-jones

Geocities deserves a ceremony

October 25th, 2009

There is a post today at Mashable about the final closing of Geocities, which was originally announced back in April. Geocities was the first place where I learned to code HTML, starting in August of 1997.