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Mar
25

True or false in php

I thought I knew what qualified as a false statement in php. I thought that any undefined variable, or any integer or float value equal to 0, was false, and believed that everything else was true. I was wrong. This article serves two purposes : the least of them is to inform you, because you probably know better than I do, while the principal aim is for me to play with Javascript in Drupal... because I have prepared an interactive challenge for you.

Let’s begin by examining sample code. Read more →

Mar
20

Locked together

I am in the Netherlands. I am, with other European and American tourists, staying at this hotel with old elevators and heavy curtains at every window that let very little light in. Read more →

Mar
15

Out of Sheer Rage

For me, there’s only one decent way to analyze literature : pick up a book you love, copy all passages that you’ve bookmarked or underlined, and explain why you bookmarked or underlined these passages. Read more →

Feb
26

What would Satan do?

I used to play this game to sort out my feelings. Sometimes, I don’t find it easy to know what I want. Here’s the game : I would imagine a funny character called Satan that would sit in the right corner of the room, and he would engage me in a conversation.  Read more →

Feb
26

Adding an icon to a headline or hyperlink

The attached pdf document shows how to add an icon to the left of a heading or link element using CSSRead more →

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Feb
26

Drop shadow revisited, without float

Revisited as in “wait a minute, what if the methods for CSS drop shadow generally proposed on the web and in books by clique & all — Standards Village People — were just... convoluted ?” Yes, I have read CSS Mastery by Andy Budd & all. Read more →

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Feb
21

Drupal internal path versus url alias

The attached pdf document explains the difference between :

  • a url
  • a translated url
  • a url alias, and
  • Drupal’s internal path
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Feb
20

Dream more

Reach for the stars. Read more →

Feb
20

Learning is painful

You get it out of the box and plug it in. You gauge or seize its complexity — for a little while. Then you open the owner’s manual and read. Read more →

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