http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/ Chew through the verbal buffet of my brain or peruse other stuff at MiracleSalad.com. en-us Copyright 2010 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:13:05 -1000 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:23:30 -1000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I've done some house cleaning on this site. Some files have gone away (like the Online Clipboard). The design is simple. It's built on HTML5 and CSS3. I'll probably tinker with it a bit more. We'll see where it goes.... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/09/site_house_clea.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/09/site_house_clea.php Web Site Stuff Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:13:05 -1000 I came across a fun little color geek game the other day: What The Hex? For the game, you choose a color swatch which is represented by the HTML hex color. After a little practice, I'm usually able to choose... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/07/what_the_color_2.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/07/what_the_color_2.php Web Site Stuff Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:28:19 -1000 Mai Ulukau.org: hā.pai 1. vt. To carry, bear, lift, elevate, raise, hoist, holdup; to support, as another's testimony. (Nah. 23.7.) Hāpai pū, to carry together; carry arms [a military command]. Hāpai i ka leo, to lift up the voice, as... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/03/haepai.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/03/haepai.php ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi / Hawaiian Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:11:52 -1000 He mea nui ka pili ʻuhane ʻana i loko o kou ʻohana a me kou nohona kanaka? No ke aha? He mea nui ka pili ʻuhane ʻana i kuʻu wahine, akā, he mea ʻokoʻa iaʻu. I koʻu wā kamaliʻi, ua... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/02/he_mea_nui_ka_p.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/02/he_mea_nui_ka_p.php ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi / Hawaiian Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:33:34 -1000 He aha kekahi ʻōlelo aʻo o koʻu wā kamaliʻi i paʻa iaʻu? A pehea e ola nei ia ʻōlelo aʻo iaʻu? I koʻu wā kamaliʻi, ua hekehi māua ʻo koʻu makuakāne mai Waimea a hiki i Hapuna i kekahi mau... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/02/he_aha_kekahi_e.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/02/he_aha_kekahi_e.php ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi / Hawaiian Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:17:20 -1000 No ke aha au e aʻo nei i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi? He ʻelua aʻu kumu. ʻO ka mea mua, makemake au e hoʻokamaʻāina iaʻu iho i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Noho iho au i Hawaiʻi nei mai koʻu wā kamaliʻi mai,... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/02/no_ke_aha_au_e.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2010/02/no_ke_aha_au_e.php ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi / Hawaiian Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:26:43 -1000 There's a great way for saving space in databases for flag fields by using bit-level math. That is, use binary operations to keep track of a variable number of flags and just store that in a single integer value in... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2009/09/ive_forgotten_m.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2009/09/ive_forgotten_m.php Life and Work Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:47:25 -1000 I've just added Sequencer; it's a little web tool which acts much like a sequential search and replace. It takes a mask (template) and inserts each line from a sequence into that mask. It's much easier to show an example... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2009/04/sequencer_tool.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2009/04/sequencer_tool.php Web Site Stuff Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:25:48 -1000 Aloha Kākou! E kala mai, ʻaʻole blog post kākau au i kēia makahiki. No ka mea, nui kaʻu hana. Ua huli ka kamepiula ʻo WWW server. Eia kekahi, hele au i ka papa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Hauʻoli au i ka papa!... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2009/03/aloha_kaekou.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2009/03/aloha_kaekou.php ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi / Hawaiian Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:05:53 -1000 I decided that I wasn't ready to completely remove my Online Clipboard system completely. Instead, I've added an input barrier which should help protect the site against spam bots. We'll see if it helps and how cumbersome it is. I... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/12/online_clipboar_1.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/12/online_clipboar_1.php Web Site Stuff Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:31:23 -1000 It's no surprise that I've had to shut down my Online Clipboard. Reviewing past clips reveals that the majority of them were dumps from spam bots. To be honest, I'm surprised it lasted this long. Oh well. Such is life... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/12/online_clipboar.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/12/online_clipboar.php Web Site Stuff Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:37:11 -1000 I'm quite impressed with Oskar Krawczyk's WTFramework bookmarklet. A simple click and it does its best to figure out what javascript framework a site is using. I've taken his code and added detection for Adobe's Spry. I don't think a... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/12/wtframework_13.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/12/wtframework_13.php Web Site Stuff Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:41:17 -1000 Am I the only one that see the staggering spending used for Iraq as a source for the bailout? Sure, I'm both naïve in the ways of military and national economics. But that $800bn price tag for the bailout seems... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/10/military_fundin.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/10/military_fundin.php Rants and Opinions Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:49:04 -1000 Apparently I've built up a high level of expectation as an early adopter of new technology. Increasingly, as something new comes out, numerous people will query me as to my interest in said technology and chance of my using it.... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/07/iphone_2nd_gen.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/07/iphone_2nd_gen.php Life and Work Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:33:45 -1000 I've been experimenting with quinoa and rather like the following for dipping chips/crisps. Ingredients 1 cup quinoa 1 Tbsp butter 1/3 of an onion, diced handful of slivered blanched almonds 2 cups loosely chopped kale 2 cups boiling water 1... http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/04/quinoa_and_chip.php http://www.miraclesalad.com/blog/archives/2008/04/quinoa_and_chip.php Food Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:25:22 -1000