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Make your nav stick to the top of the screen when you scroll past it!
A pretty simple JS include to use when you don’t already have jQuery or the like included on a page. Just adds a data-nav=”fixed” attribute to your body element that you can style off of via body[data-nav=”fixed”] .whatever {} — this also has the benefit of not hardcoding any styles — you’re free to do…
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Final-ish legislation.sql table structure
The final (until I add a sponsors table) db structure for the legislation. Works with the existing import script, with added indexes for easier querying.
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PHP Legislation Parser + Importer
What I’ve got so far. More to come, but wanted to get this out there.
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Legislation DB Dump
Still not quite the final DB structure I’d like, but this is available for data mining and trying to build something awesome out of.
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OpenDataDay Hackathon DC!
So I went down to DC this weekend to participate in the Open Data Day Hackathon! There were some tremendous projects proposed, but the one that caught my eye from the start of the day was one proposed by Jim Harper of the Cato Institute to track down the genealogy of legislation put forth in congress. Basically, the…
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Interview featured on the Optimizely Blog
I was featured in an interview with Cara Harshman for the Optimizely Blog in 2013. While the original post isn’t live any longer, Archive.org comes to the rescue. It can be seen here: https://web.archive.org/web/20140719173814/http://blog.optimizely.com/2013/02/13/how-does-an-ab-test-affect-my-page-load-time-and-other-important-questions/
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Jonathan Coulton, Baby Got Back, Glee, and Copyright
Disclaimer! I am not a lawyer! These are just my musings, if you ARE a lawyer, I’d love to hear back from you as to whether I’m on track. Also, I call myself a Code Monkey. That’s also a song by JoCo. It’s awesome, and you should listen to it. If you’re here, I’m going…
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The best phrased response to the current GPL spat between WordCamps and Envato
As stated by Chip Bennett: I will preface my comments by saying that I disagree completely with the approach the WordPress Foundation is taking here. The problem is a disagreement between the WPF and Envato, and developers are merely caught in the crossfire. This approach makes developers choose between putting food on the table and…
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Taxonomy List Page
Have you ever wanted to have the archive page for a custom taxonomy be a listing of the taxonomies? Easy! Just create a Page and have the slug match the base slug for the custom taxonomy! Then on that page, you could just create the index by hand, or use THIS shortcode! In short, if…
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Draw Something Cool
So I’ve had a lot of awesome feedback for the “Draw Something Cool” bit that I’ve added to my Contact Form. It’s in actuality just the Signature add-on for GravityForms! That being said, here are some of the best images that I’ve had people submit through it thus far:
Code monkey get up, get coffee…
George Stephanis 