Category: Web Stuff
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Video APIs and mobile devices
When developing websites it’s inevitable that you’ll come across the need to implement videos of some sort, and to save your own server’s bandwidth you’re using a video provider like YouTube or Vimeo. Now, it’s easy to just drop in the embed code where it’s needed. And there’s nothing wrong with that. However, embed a…
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Learning Python the hard way, Day 1
A recent development at work has been a shift away from WordPress to build our websites. After giving Drupal a shot, we’re about to start a project using Django. Since I had plans to learn Python regardless(see last year’s Cheffism Episode IV: A New Look), this was the perfect excuse to actually get started on…
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Cheffism: Now with more sass
Recently I’ve been becoming more and more exposed to different development frameworks and techniques. One of them is the Sass CSS pre-processor, which has been nothing but lovely. In an attempt to learn and use this practical tool, I’ve converted all of my theme’s CSS to work with Compass/Sass and configured Compass to minify theCSS…
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Cheffism Episode IV: A new look
While having nothing to do seems nice, and it was the first month or two, watching TV all day gets boring very quickly. Especially with HBO showing The Green Lantern multiple times a day and week. So things had to be done, not only to entertain me but also to hone my skills further and keep…