Fixing the jQuery “jump” on slide

You may notice in some situations, when using jQuery’s slideDown(), that the last little bit of the animation “jumps”...

Chrome breaks 10% market share; modern browsers at 80%

The headline say most of it. Google’s Chrome browser popped up over 10% market share for January...

How Microsoft can make Visual Studio cool among the cool kids

I am quite partial to ASP.net MVC and C#. I’ve played with other platforms, esp Ruby, which have appeal as well...

This is what a non-neutral net looks like

Gogo, which offers in-flight Wi-fi on a bunch of airlines, is now offering Facebook at no charge — but access to other sites will cost $$...

A call for industry-wide pixel-doubling

Computer screens have not changed much over the last 20 years, relative to other technologies like processing power and bandwidth...

The Internet is not a public commons, and it is not Beetlejuice

There are some stories making the rounds that “the Internet” is a public commons built on private property...

The scourge of paid prioritization

I received a pair of earmuffs today via Amazon Prime. Great service! They got to New York in just two days, all the way from a Nevada warehouse...

What Ricky Gervais doesn’t understand about God

I am not a religious person. I also happen to believe that religious people bear the brunt of more everyday bigotry than most groups...

Ben Bernanke’s list of economic participants

Bernanke: “The Federal Reserve cannot solve all the economy’s problems on its own...

A couple of easy wins with SQL indexes

I was lucky enough to watch a great talk by SQL expert Brent Ozar courtesy of Fog Creek...