I love MooTools. I’ve never been one to jump on bandwagons (like frameworks). I always hand-rolled my own JavaScript behaviors. Many months ago now, I decided to give a JavaScript framework a whirl so I began taking a look at what was available. After having reading numerous opinion posts on other blogs, visiting the actual frameworks’ sites and reviewing pros and cons of each, I finally settled on MooTools. As seems to be the case a lot lately, I feel like a giddy nerd arriving late to the party. continue

And I thought life couldn’t get any busier. [Inserts foot into mouth.] This is just a reminder that whatever the state of things, it can always get more extreme than you can imagine. It also brings to mind that when ‘things’ are already at an extreme, it doesn’t take much added extreme-ism-ness to make it feel completely overwhelming. continue

I’ve been putting together a quick reference guide to MySQL for some upcoming projects and thought that it was handy enough others might find it useful. When I went looking for some good references I was surprised to only find a handful of options and none of them alone had all the information I wanted at my fingertips. So, I figured, it would be worth it to spend the time to create my very own super-uber-ultimate MySQL reference. And now, I’m giving it to you… my lucky readers! continue

One of the cheapest eye-candy but still-useful effects for websites is the ubiquitous “rollover effect”. Although purists might opt to use CSS, image rollovers are really most effective in JavaScript. So, here’s my nugget of JavaScript wizardry for handling rollovers. continue