Well it’s fair to say I’ve found a clear winner this week and it goes to instant.js.  This is a fantastic bit of code that as the author states  "allows you to add an instant picture effect (including tilt) to images on your webpages. It uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean."
All I can [...]

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Have recently faced the mammoth task of debugging JavaScript on Safari I thought I would share a few of my experiences and offer a few tips that I discovered along the way.
Well I guess I’ll start by saying that using the default Apple settings, debugging is a long and drawn out process involving alerting out [...]

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This is not something that is required in day to day development, but nether the less is definitely handy to know.
Due to the nature of embedded flash it does not seem possible to “mask” it using an overflow hidden on a containing DIV. This however is not the case.
By simply adding the following parameters [...]

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Well this week it’s just a bit of fun, however, it’s still quite cool.  I found a piece of code HEMMY.NET that produces a really nice affect when pasting the following JavaScript into the URL bar whilst you are viewing the site of your choice.
As they state at HEMMY.NET "This is a really cool javascript [...]

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It’s been a while since the original post Sexy sliding JavaScript side bar menu using mootools so I decided it was about time I pulled my finger out and developed a sliding menu using script.aculo.us. Well here goes…
code
css
a{
    outline: none;
}
a:active{
    outline: none;
}
#sideBar{
text-align:left;
}
#sideBar h2{
    color:#FFFFFF;
    font-size:110%;
    font-family:arial;
    margin:10px 10px 10px 10px;
    font-weight:bold !important;
}
#sideBar [...]

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