Zen Coding: Shorthand For The Efficient Coder

Lately I've been playing with a shorthand code editing plugin called Zen Coding that works incredibly well. The nitty gritty of what it does is simple. Take the example markup:

This can be simplified as: div#wrapper>(div#top>div.left+div.right)+(div#middle>h1+p)+(div#bottom>p)

Create a simple jQuery popup from textfield value

Create a simple jquery popup for the value of a textfield

This post mainly revolves around a tool I made for myself that some people out there thought was neat, so here's how to make it. The tool takes the input of a textfield, wraps it in an anchor tag and pops it up in a nice little window for you to click on, pretty simple eh? I don't use much validation in it, mostly because I haven't felt like messing with regular expressions in my free time (Who does?).

A Conversation With Square Enix Support About Final Fantasy XIV

squenix

Today FFXIII released in English and even though I have a Japanese copy which I've played through, I still had to buy it in English. Surprisingly the store still had a copy and since I didn't pre-order this was good. No cool special-edition strategy guides left though.

Portfolio Update

I updated my portfolio yesterday with some images from The Wild Fork Catering in Springfield, MO.

wild fork

They catered my wedding, good people and big menu.