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Upload Files Directly to S3 with Plupload, Rails, and Paperclip

A description of uploading files directly to Amazon S3 from the browser using Plupload, Ruby on Rails, and Paperclip.

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Rails Routes in Javascript with js-routes

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Optimize Page Speed with jQuery Waypoints

jQuery Waypoints provide a great way to optimize page speed by deferring initialization of complex components until they become visible to the user.

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Protecting Your Intellectual Property: the New XXX Top-Level Domain

The new .xxx TLD raises intellectual property and branding concerns for organizations. A domain name can be reserved to protect trademarks and names.

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Getting the HTML5 Audio Tag to Work in Firefox

HTML5 offers tags that make it easier to embed content into your website. This is the basic audio tag that I could get to work in any browser:

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Chaining jQuery Ajax Calls

An example of sequentially chaining jQuery Ajax requests using deferred objects and deferred.pipe.

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Introducing ICanHandlebarz.js – ICanHaz.js, meet Handlebars.js

ICanHandlebarz.js is a simple templating solution utilizing Handlebars.js, in the spirit of ICanHaz.js.

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Using SASS, Sprockets, and Compass with Rails 3.1

Using Sprockets in Rails 3.1 can be a little tricky. It wasn't hard to get Sprockets compiling CSS files from SASS into CSS. However, it became difficult wh

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jquery.expand Examples

A list of examples using jquery.expand's many directives.

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IE 8: Lost Without a Map

IE 8 does not support array extensions from Javascript 1.6, be careful to wrap calls correctly using a library like underscore.js

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Simple Grid jQuery Plugin

Simple Grid is a jQuery plugin intended to be a no-fuss way to "replicate" your Photoshop grid on top of your development site.

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Finding an Element Using jQuery’s andSelf() Function

An example using jQuery's andSelf, filter, and find functions to locate an element starting with the element itself instead of only looking at its descendants.

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