Norad Tracks Santa

Christmas is upon us again. Although Santa is far from the true meaning of Christmas, it's humorous none-the-less.

Last year I found the site noradsanta.org. This year I'm on a mission. I'm going track Santa throughout North America. My laptop will be deployed in the living room, where we can watch his every move. Follow along if you wish. Next year I'm planning something a little bit more elaborate.

Google AJAX Libraries API

So, that was quicker than expected.

In my last post I said that I'd like to modify my contact form in order to use AJAX, and utilise GWT to do it. Well, I decided not to use GWT, but I used the Google AJAX Libraries API instead. Using the mootools ajax library (google.load("mootools", "1.2.1");) I've got my contact page displaying the confirmation message. It looks a lot nicer now. Open Text, Thanks for the motivation, coffee, and food.

Open Text Job Fair

Wow, Open Text seems like a great company. I learned a lot while I was mingling and networking. I saw many areas in which I could improve my resume, as well as expand my knowledge base. One area is AJAX and to be specific GWT (Google Web Toolkit).

Google always seems to push the bounds of innovation and GWT is no exception. This concept is also used in the .NET world, allowing you to write C# code that is interpreted to JavaScript.

Writing web apps today is a tedious and error-prone process. Developers can spend 90% of their time working around browser quirks. In addition, building, reusing, and maintaining large JavaScript code bases and AJAX components can be difficult and fragile. Google Web Toolkit (GWT) eases this burden by allowing developers to quickly build and maintain complex yet highly performant JavaScript front-end applications in the Java programming language.

Maybe I'll use a little GWT AJAX magic on my site. How about an AJAX contact page? One more thing on the resume can't hurt.

Sunglasses in a Snowball?

This video completely confuses me. It can't be real.

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And what about this?

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Catch Glasses With Your Face

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The Mom Song

Hehe, so true.

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Homeless in Toronto

Amazing Juggler

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Pepsi > Coke

Yes, I like Pepsi more than coke.