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80sFriday Demystified

01.15.10 Posted in General by Matt

What is 80sFriday?
This is a post for all people that may have heard of 80sFriday but may not know what it is.
The 80sFriday idea was originally concieved by my good friend James Allen, a fellow ColdFusion professional. During a conversation one Friday sometime last year (possibly April/May 2009) we realised we both enjoyed 80s music, [...]

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Merry Christmas

12.25.09 Posted in General by Matt

Merry Christmas from coldfumonkeh and mattgifford.co.uk

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Classic quotes (part I)

03.04.09 Posted in General by Matt

It’s one of those days in the office. Sarcastic comments are thrown around like cheap confetti at your cousins wedding. Classic.

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GMap maplet example: Nuke It!

02.26.09 Posted in General by Matt

This is a very cool example of javascript overlay with google maps.

Target someone, something, somewhere, and see (in a fun google map kind of way) what destruction you would cause.
The example and full post can be seen on the authors site: http://www.carloslabs.com/node/16
As Oppenheimer famously quoted from the Bhagavad Gita:
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer [...]

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IE6 Alpha PNGs are messing with Google Maps

02.02.09 Posted in General by Matt

I. Am. Having. A. Nightmare.
I’m being owned this evening by IE6 compatability issues. If I had my way, every website in the world would have a badge on it, forcing all users to switch to Firefox.
I’ve been wrestling with a site nearing completion, but trying to fix issues with Alpha Transparency on CSS controlled images [...]

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