Wrecker is a dynamic layout plugin for jQuery that achieves equal-height rows in a grid layout. Similar to a float layout in that excess “cells” are moved to the following “row”. However, unlike, in that columns line up vertically and the cells of each row are equal in height based on their contents, just like a <table>. No static heights required. Read more

When working with a <table> or display:table layout, getting some nice space between each cell can be a real pain. Resorting to hacks like padding or a transparent border sometimes work, but not if you need a visible border or box-shadow. Read more

Apparently, I have a computer job.

Sitting at the desk all day takes its toll on your shoulders and eventually your health, so I decided to purchase an elevating, or “height-adjustable” desk. Exercise aside, I am now healthier, always comfortable and get more work done in less time as I require fewer body breaks.

There was a downside to this, however: the cables! Read more

If you’re wondering which of these two popular techniques for removing array indexes is fastest, this should be of some help. Read more

Beautifying parts of your work is never a bad idea. I just wish that I could remember where I got this idea because it really is a neat one. Read more

When looping through an array in reverse and wondering which was faster while finding nothing on Google, I put this benchmark together. Read more

I was writing some code that generated a string from an array and came across a pretty rare situation where I could either get the length of that array or the length of the assembled string. Wondering which was faster and finding nothing on Google, I put this benchmark together. Read more

I couldn’t find a simple, straight-forward example of this stuff. Facebook’s documentation isn’t wasn’t extremely clear either. Read more

I’d been looking around for the best solution for this and most of what I had found either performed poorly or wasn’t quite random enough. Not so strangely in the end, the best solution was the most basic. Read more

I have never stored my particle instances in an array or any unique variables. There’s just no need to. The same can be achieved using only the child list, and with less bloat. New to Flash Player 10 is the Vector() class, and while they are faster than arrays, are they faster than getChildAt() and the child list? Read more