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Re: Display a loading image until the page completes loading

dancameron — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:58:53 -0000

Yeah, I went the route of show on ready then hiding again after load.

Re: http://dancameron.org/code/adding-content-between-posts-wordpress-loop

dancameron — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:57:29 -0000

page.php isn't a loop. It's a content page.

Re: Splitting Content into Two Columns, e.g. Word Wrap with PHP or CSS + Javascript

dancameron — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:05:20 -0000

Browser support: http://tinyurl.com/ygphca7 :)
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/multicolumn.html
Supported by Firefox 1.5+ and Safari 3. So a while ago.

XML and PHP: Yeah right, I'm shying away from any php+xml for a long while, the last time I tried it was a mess.

I think I'll just search over X amount of characters (like 20) before the $start for a "<" tag, then just move the $split there.

Re: Splitting Content into Two Columns, e.g. Word Wrap with PHP or CSS + Javascript

dancameron — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:51:28 -0000

So, I'm not hooking into the_content because this wont be used throughout the theme, only with certain posts under a certain condition ( modal box ).

Re: Splitting Content into Two Columns, e.g. Word Wrap with PHP or CSS + Javascript

dancameron — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:49:36 -0000

You're right this would invalidate the markup for p tags but there's no way around it; since I can't wait until the next closing p tag to start the split, although possible.

As far as any other markup, like an img tag, this script would totally screw it up. Since an img tag for example would have a very probability of getting split with it having a lot of spaces inside; anchors are another concern.

I'll need to think about it a little more.

Re: I’m not a Fanboy, I’m a fan of good technology. [full]

dancameron — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:15:46 -0000

Finally, time to reply...I'll try to cover as much as I can.

"I can honestly tell you that I love Microsoft Windows and wouldn't switch unless I was forced to"
Through my extended experience with OSX, Windows and Ubuntu these are my sentiments exactly but with OSX.

I don't really want to question your experience with OSX but I must :)...
It sounds like you didn't spend that much time with the OS: the key commands in OSX are very similar to Windows, the only difference is using the command ( apple ) key instead of control, it does take some time and more importantly effort to learn them but once you do the tradeoffs are great. The OS has far better ( and more commands ) than Win and it seems to me that developers use key commands *a lot* more in OS X ( maybe easier to develop for ;) ); Quitting -- is oh so easy in OSX, it's simply command+Q. That command is also consistent throughout the system, no matter the application -- something I found Win didn't have, where one application would quit with one command and Word couldn't quit at all; consistency is huge and I believe OSX has that, I can't say it's because of the developers or the dev tools, but it's clear and shows in day-to-day use.

Font rendering is way better but I'm not keen to the "pretty" aspect of OSX, the first thing I do is turn off some of it's effects ( like the genie effect for the dock ). However, I do love the cool features that are built into the system. Something that may be classified as a pretty feature, like timemachine, spotlight, and/or expose, are awesome features that change how productive I am -- it's only a bonus for how well they're executed.

I thought I gave some reasons as to why OSX outpaces the rest ( stability, security, performance, usability, application richness. did I mention stability and performance? oh yeah I did ).

Applications: Yes, I agree Win has a ton more apps--way more. But I tried to express quality over quantity.

Legacy: I would disagree completely, MS supporting legacy is horrible for their own OS advancement. They also don't need to drop anything with one release, they could easily phase support out. Just like OSX has shown ( your comment about them dropping support is wrong BTW ), when OSX came out they supported OS9 applications through at least two releases, when the intel architecture change happened OSX supported all PPC apps and provided some very easy tools for devs to make their apps universal binary, only until this latest release of snow leopard did they drop PPC applications.

OSX is pushing for advancement by not supporting legacy, Win is not. WhyTF does Win still have a registry? WTF do they still use NTFS? WTF...for days.

Think of it this way, until Win7 comes out MS's best OS is Windows XP and that's because it's the most stable nothing more.

Yes, I hear a lot of good things about W7, most of which where supposed to be included in the bomb that was Vista but I honestly want W7 to succeed. It would be nice to have the most dominant OS catch up to what OSX has had for years.

Hardware + Freedom: I too have the freedom to do whatever I want with my MacPro. I could install Windows, change RAM ( have done ), configure a RAID setup with new drives ( have done ), change the graphics card, install new disc drives. This is a common misconception with Macs now-a-days. Since Apple moved to the Intel arch. you can swap just about anything you want and install any OS you want. The only issue is the premium you're paying for the hardware, which isn't much in my experience. In your experience it was about a 50% difference but I'm guessing it's more like 10-15% if you upgraded the MacPro outside of the Apple store.

I've already talked about the premium aspect of Apple hardware before but the premium tax is worth it for me, even if I didn't want to use OSX. The Macbooks are prime examples of this and if you were to price compare a Macbook with a similar "premium" laptop with similar industrial design ( size and quality ) you'd be surprised.

iPhone: you're comparison is distorted. Try comparing the app store ( where that's the only place you can get apps ) with another phone like the Android, WinMo marketplace or the Pre store -- not PCs. I do agree that there should be some drastic changes to the app store but the Android market and all other stores have an approval process too, the difference is you can install apps outside of the respective store. Don't get me wrong that's a huge difference but these competitors need openness because they're playing catchup not because it's a mantra of their business ( excluding Android from that statement ).

Closing: If you're statement of "the OS has nothing that I don't have on my Windows PC" is true I can't argue with that. I know for me it's not true, especially in regards to quality and stability.

Business Practices: Apple is definitely becoming a monster. However, I don't think their business practices are comparable to MS's past anti-trust, monopolistic practices, anti-competitive issues ( SCO involvement! ) and patent issues ( XML in Office ). So in short Apple is anti-competitive because of it's lock down but it's also pushing for advancement -- think of how the phone markets would be without the iPhone ( the BB would still be the best PDA phone), how the web would be without Webkit ( or the mobile web ), music market without iTunes ( the music Industry would still be having it's way with DRM ), music devices without the iPod ( doubt the Zune HD would be as good as it is ) or computer hardware without having a premium competitor ( especially laptops, look at Dell's new line ).

Anyways, hope that clears up your rant to my rant with another one of my rants.

Re: Scattered » Blog Archive » Premium WordPress Themes and Plugins Inherit the GPL license

dancameron — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:10:32 -0000

I rather not get into that debate here, especially since I don't know all
the intricacies of the GPL and WP themes ( since the code is GPL but CSS and
images are not ).

Re: Scattered » Blog Archive » Premium WordPress Themes and Plugins Inherit the GPL license

dancameron — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:25:51 -0000

I rather not get into that debate here, especially since I don't know all the intricacies of the GPL and WP themes ( since the code is GPL but CSS and images are not ).

Re: Short Post URLs

dancameron — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:44:12 -0000

There's no reason at all, other than the rare instance of a post with a
number title.

Re: Phase One of the Theme Experiment

dancameron — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:10:54 -0000

Phase one of the great WordPress Theme experiment is live. This is going to be fun.

Re: Short Post URLs

dancameron — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:33:25 -0000

Cool. Hope people find it useful.

Re: ScatteredMedia - SoftCE at Scattered

dancameron — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:12:28 -0000

I'll email you about the details now.

Re: Woork Freelance Web Designers List

dancameron — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:04:33 -0000

Dan Cameron or Sprout Venture
WordPress theme and plugin development, Custom jQuery and more...
http://sproutventure.com

Re: Wipeout Application

dancameron — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:27:19 -0000

I've got that covered, thanks.

Re: The WordPress Theme Experiment

dancameron — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:18:33 -0000

Actually, I'm having a real problem trying to figure out how to aggregate conversation without fragmenting it at the same time here on the blog. Probably a pipe dream.

Re: The WordPress Theme Experiment

dancameron — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:16:12 -0000

Here's a thought for my wordpress experiment: use p2, or build something similar, to manage conversation on the homepage. http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/p2

Re: Social Networks Ruin Relationships

dancameron — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:56:52 -0000

Pretty much, and that just might fit into 140 characters.

Re: Social Networks Ruin Relationships

dancameron — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:34:28 -0000

annoying: Right on, I feel the same exact way with a lot of people I "follow" online. It's really wierd too, since I could just ignore and stop following and joining the conversation. The sad part is--I know there's a lot of people that think the same about me :(

question: I don't think so. I'm thinking "friendship" is something so personal it means something different for everyone, so if you don't think it's a friendship it's not. Of course, they may think it is.

Thanks for stopping by Reid, too bad we weren't able to hang out more when you were in SC.

Re: Social Networks Ruin Relationships

dancameron — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:14:32 -0000

That last sentence is perfect, not to knock the rest of what you said :) ...

...if we are not vigilant to give the other person the respect and benefit of the doubt.

One of the things that's been in my head since I started writing this post is respect. I shied away from the topic because I wasn't sure what respect and friendship really meant to people. To me, friendship demands respect--you can't have one without the other; most would agree. However, most would not agree that respect is critical within any conversation.

As I mentioned, that's been one of the leading drivers to this post but I'm still processing. Especially, the process of thinking about how to put thoughts into words, which may never happen. There could easily be a debate of terminology; or a misunderstanding of perspective; or the notion of offense; even how I used "conversation" within "critical within any conversation" should be deconstructed to mean two-way conversation vs. one-way because the point would be lost otherwise.

Thanks for commenting again. I feel like I should startup blogging again but I realize the massive time-suck will never make it happen.

Re: Social Networks Ruin Relationships

dancameron — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:43:14 -0000

There's no need to be sorry. I'm glad you said what you did, it probably makes sense I clarify a few things; especially the fact that this post wasn't meant for people to judge their own actions because I think I/we/you/they were or are wrong, it was meant to point out an observation/conclusion I've come to recently--wrong or right.

Thanks for not proceeding to the last step of my test :), "see you soon".

Re: Social Networks Ruin Relationships

dancameron — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:35:25 -0000

The more I think about it this post may deserve a follow up, since I stressed the negative when I should have emphasized the good. There's a whole other side of the "real time"/social web that allows us to find friendships, where in any other circumstance wouldn't have happened. Especially location'ally.

And I may have not been direct enough when I stated this type of interaction speeds up the process of friendship building.

Re: Social Networks Ruin Relationships

dancameron — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:28:15 -0000

Hope that's a good thing.

Re: Social Networks Ruin Relationships

dancameron — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:28:11 -0000

point 1: You misunderstood what I meant since you're actually re-iterating what I tried to say. Real friends do "call [us] on...crap and speak up if they don't agree with what [we] say", I tried to wrap the good result of these types of conversations with the "build a respectful friendship regardless of disagreement" in the last part of the post. What I mean by sifting is--we're prone to get into disagreements a lot online, since we share so much,. Again, if we were just friends hanging out this process of getting to a know each other enough to not want to be friends takes a lot longer. I can account for a couple 'friends' that I had at the Bridge, where I had direct communication only with, but now that I know them a little more I can honestly say I don't want to be associated with. You should also realize, I'm not saying this is a bad thing, there's a lot of benefit of getting to know people more in order to build honest good relationships with.

point 2: [I have to make this quick since I'm leaving.]
There's a point in every type of relationship where enough is enough and the building blocks of a friendship crumble...I'm also not excessively talking about some pseudo disagreement as you may be alluding to.

specific incidences: I'm not alluding to anything in this post--that's for sure, especially instances where you would be involved. Where did you conclude that from this post?

I can however honestly say [again] that my past experiences have made me come to these conclusions but you should know this isn't directed at any particular instance--this is an observation/conclusion I have made. Not some open letter to someone.

[why did I think this was going to happen ? ]

Re: Esua’s story up until now…

dancameron — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:15:44 -0000

It was the season finale.

Re: Camerons vs. Wild

dancameron — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:12:47 -0000

San Diego Zoo and Sea World was great. Only two pics up on flickr right now but they'll be all up next week.