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Build tools are traditionally the realm of backend systems.

In order to show off the EEN API I made an example access control system out of a Raspberry PI, RFID reader and Node.js Node.js was a natural fit for this project because of how easy it is to handle events from the RFID reader, add realtime support through

Infinite scrolling is a really cool effect and a great use of AJAX.

Introduction This blog post is an example of how you can use the Eagle Eye Networks API to embed the preview stream where ever you want.

Sometimes you want to get an updated property .

I had several hours this week as I drove from Austin to Ft.

Our condo recently had some flood damaged and their are workers coming in and out to do repairs.

I absolutely love you can't javascript under presurre and will be using it next time I am interviewing someone.

Bootstrap is great.

[UPDATE: It turns out that we could make a simple change on the server and remove the need for this code to run client-side.

Since I had to install this on two different machines I thought I'd be nice and leave this for someone else to find.

This is my current merging strategy and workflow.

I've been working on a little framework for extending Backbone.js.

I want to deploy new code to using a simple command like git push stage master or git push prod master On the server, make a new git repository git init Edit the config file inside of .git/ [core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = true bare = false l…

Everyone is up in arms about the ending of Google Reader.

I sent out this email about a presentation I would be willing to give.

I have been doing a lot of in-browser testing.

This is how I'm approaching the problem of trying to simulate live video from a series of preview images.

Depending on when you started learning JavaScript (and when you stopped keeping up) you might find a lot of this inside your code for(var i=0;i" } or if you started with jQuery you will have copy and pasted something like this from stackoverflow $.getJSON…

Right now I am in the process of creating a large, complex single page app.

On my current project, I would really like to move away from YUI and towards Backbone.js.

October has been a very strange month and thankfully I came out of it better than I expected.

Want to test your server code but you inherited a code base without tests?

Our users like to share the deal they just received with their friends on Facebook.

You can make life extra nice by specifying a datastore.

At QliqUp, we had the idea of making a widget that merchants could place into their existing webpage that would let them show the current deals they offer.

I am trying to get some test for our code base that doesn't have any.

We encourage our merchants to include a facebook page with their profiles so that users can share that page when they check-in, check-out, unlock a deal, or redeem a deal.

We are currently working on making our login system more forgiving.

Sometimes you just can't remember what you set it to, or like me, you restore from an SQL file that you never knew the password for.

I have a new job as a backend developer at http://Qliqup.com It is a young venture backed tech start-up and I am very excited.

Keeping a secure password list should be an easy task but it isn't.

We had an emergency where our EMR provider isn't output the needed government reports.

Problem When I restart my HP N40L it does not always recognize both drives.

I wanted to deploy multiple copies of a base ubuntu server, easy right?

I finally got my HP Proliant N40L doing something useful.

A home server seems like such a good idea, until you get one and wonder, what the hell am I going to do with this?

My wife bought me a new toy yesterday.

I have wanted to install ESXi for a long time now, thankfully we have a spare Dell PowerEdge 1950 for me to use.

We have an older medical office that we need to upgrade.

Problem : I have to use a punch clock webapp for work.

Here are some interview questions, when I'm back from vacation I'll have proper examples write out a dog class in JavaScript with a color property and a bark method var Dog = function(color) { this.color = color; this.bark = function() { console.log('woof…

In this quick video I show how to use iOS boilerplate to make a quick JSON driven blog.

Recently Google announced that Google App Engine is leaving preview.

I have been pushing changes to my github repos and haven't come up with another screencast yet.

I am working on making a new screencasts series as I make a real-time multiplayer game.

I have several ideas for future screencasts but am not sure what direction to run in.

This week I look at quickly solving problems using JSFiddle.net

Github repo is at https://github.com/mcotton/GAE-CRM

The code is open source and on github Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 - CouchDB Map/Reduce explanation