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We have a history…

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:32:25 +0000

But it isn’t quite finished yet. I just implemented a solution for handling browser history on the site. I’d been reading the documentation for swfaddress and was working up some plans to implement the AJAX portion of the library here when I noticed the author had ported the library to a jQuery plugin called jQuery Address. This was super exciting, as it seemed very easy to implement. The problem was I had written all my site’s JavaScript with MooTools.

So, I could either create a MooTools implementation of swfaddress, or rewrite my site’s js with jQuery and use the plugin. Both choices seemed like interesting challenges, and I eventually decided to shift to jQuery. My personal preference in js frameworks is MooTools, but professionally I always seem to be tasked with using jQuery. I wanted to see if I could duplicate the functionality of my site without any noticeable differences. After digging up a plugin that added some nicer easing equations for the jQuery animations, I was able to duplicate all of the MooTools functionality. I still need to do so performance comparisons, but it seems about the same.

Adding the browser history layer was remarkably easy. There is still some tweaking and refinement to do, but the basic functionality is in place and seems to be working as advertised.

For comparison, the original MooTools implementation can be viewed here: http://jeffreyisham.com?js=mt.

Updates!

jeffreyisham — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:36:58 +0000

Well—I had a major hard drive crash a while ago. That sucked. But since then I’ve been organizing my photos and artwork from various backups, so I decided to finally add some old favorites. I have a few more miscellaneous art pieces to add and some newer photographs, but for now enjoy the new Photography and Artwork sections.

allyourbase

jeffreyisham — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:09:38 +0000

I started a little project over at http://code.google.com/p/allyourbase/. It is an upgraded and cleaned up version of my baseline.css file. There are also a few handy javascript classes that make use of YUI. Have at it, I hope you find it useful.

Nerds in Toronto

jeffreyisham — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:43:20 +0000

Hey all, John and I thought it might be a good idea to set up a central location for our notes on the conference. This is it. fitc.20second.com

Blockbuster: No wonder everyone hates you

jeffreyisham — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:34:58 +0000

Voicemail: Jeffrey you have outstanding items. Please return.

Ring, ring.

Blockbuster: Good afternoon, Blockbuster Video.

Me: Hi, I got a message indicating I had not returned the game I rented.

Blockbuster: What is the name on the account?

Me: Jeffrey Isham

Blockbuster: You have not returned “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed”.

Me: Yes I did.

Blockbuster: Hold please.

Holding.

Blockbuster: It was in our stack of unreadable barcodes, it’s all taken care of.

Me: Um… Ok, thanks.

End Scene.

Are you fucking kidding me?

A few fun works of art from my past

jeffreyisham — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:19:49 +0000

I’m finally (re)putting together my galleries. Here is work from around the end of my college days and several years after. I still have a few more batches of stuff to post. The entire archive will be back up soon. For now, enjoy!

Jeffrey Isham » 1996-2001 Mixed Media Collage

Facelift, fresh coat of paint, update…

jeffreyisham — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:22:20 +0000

Whatever you want to call it, we’ve got it! Upgrade! Still don’t have my archives of photos and artwork up, but I do have a refreshed homepage. I’m behind on posting and have a bunch of links to share. Just need to finish organizing them.

Thanks for visiting.

Baseline CSS

jeffreyisham — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:41:19 +0000

I have finally thrown together some pages for my ~~Baseline CSS~~ project. I still have a long list of items to check off, so it is definitely a work in progress, but at least the project files have a permanent home. I have a bit of documentation to write and a few more example files to post, so stay tuned.

Slowly coming back online.

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:36:45 +0000

Spring Forward! I am a bit late on my yearly redesign. I pulled everything down, and am slowly putting back all the archives of artwork and photography. My web design/development resume will be posted back soon along with a few portfolio items. Students in my classes will find notes and helpful links here as well. In the News section you will find updates from me, and an assortment of links, videos, images, and other bits of fun I uncover as I browse the internets.

Please contact me with any inquiry.