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          <h2><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/04/14/new-theme/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to New Theme">New Theme</a></h2>
          <div class="postdata"><span class="left">April 14th, 2007</span> <span class="right"><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/04/14/new-theme/#respond" title="Comment on New Theme">No Comments &#187;</a></span></div>
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            <p>So you have probably noticed that I have changed my theme again.&nbsp;&nbsp; I just don&#8217;t have the time to get to making my own and can&#8217;t seem to land on one that I like for more than a few weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp; Let&#8217;s see how long this one lasts.</p>
<p>On a side note I am cranking away on another version of my Crossfader and a new Scroller.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also coming in a few days I will be posting the CSS and docs for the last CSS/XHTML layout you will ever use.</p>
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          <h2><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/04/13/lightwindow-support/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to LightWindow Support">LightWindow Support</a></h2>
          <div class="postdata"><span class="left">April 13th, 2007</span> <span class="right"><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/04/13/lightwindow-support/#comments" title="Comment on LightWindow Support">92 Comments &#187;</a></span></div>
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            <p>This is where you can ask questions, get answers, and anything else regarding the lightwindow library.</p>
<p> You can find the library project page here: <a href="/lightwindow">LightWindow v1.1</a></p>
<p><em> The current version is 1.1,<strong> thats right&#8230; I finally got some features added on and a nice long list of bug fixes done.</strong><br />
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          <h2><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/01/18/crossfader-v01/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Crossfader v0.1">Crossfader v0.1</a></h2>
          <div class="postdata"><span class="left">January 18th, 2007</span> <span class="right"><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/01/18/crossfader-v01/#comments" title="Comment on Crossfader v0.1">6 Comments &#187;</a></span></div>
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            <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> <a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/01/22/crossfader-v01-documentation/">The documentation is up &raquo;</a></p>
<p>So I have been hard at work on a variety of javascript and css widgets for a number of projects and I wanted to share one of them with you.   I will write up a howto and documentation in the next few days but I thought a preview was in order.</p>
<p><strong>So what is it?</strong></p>
<p>Crossfader is a javascript library that uses prototype and scriptaculous to create a ajax loaded set of divs that are show one by one with a cross fade transition.   The container div&#8217;s can hold anything from an image to text, to a form if need be.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s so cool about it?</strong></p>
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<li>Optional overlays on top of the visible div (even transparent ones in IE)</li>
<li>Optional player controls availble.</li>
<li>Best of all only the first container is loaded on page load, so the size is kept to a minimum and each subsequent container is loaded behind the scenes via ajax for a smooth transition and optimal performance.</li>
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<p><strong>Can I see it?</strong></p>
<p>Sure, but before you do this example is for use on media websites like cnn.com, aol.com or fresnobee.com.   Why use flash to scroll your top sections and their photos when you can use this? (hint hint)   This example hows you the possibilities of this script for a specific purpose where as it is built in such a way you can do anything you like very easily.</p>
<p><a title="Crossfader Demo (Media)" href="http://stickmanlabs.com/crossfader">Crossfader Demo (Media) »</a></p>
<p><strong>Notes</strong></p>
<p>I will be making a Ruby on Rails helper (yes helper, not plugin) for this in the next week or so.</p>
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          <h2><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/01/12/hp-technical-support-sucks/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to HP technical support sucks!">HP technical support sucks!</a></h2>
          <div class="postdata"><span class="left">January 12th, 2007</span> <span class="right"><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2007/01/12/hp-technical-support-sucks/#respond" title="Comment on HP technical support sucks!">No Comments &#187;</a></span></div>
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            <p>So I spent hours talking with a bunch of Indian guys who can recite English but can&#8217;t begin to understand it.   I had a Pavilion system and the video card was screwed but they kept wanting me to re-install the drivers when my gamma was so messed up brown was showing up as green!   After them telling me that I would have to send in the desktop for several weeks before I would get it back, I mean how was I supposed to work?   Long story short, Costco rules.   They allowed me to return the system and then gave me a huge discount on a primo Compaq laptop on which I am typing.   Bottom line, if they can&#8217;t speak english don&#8217;t let them try, its annoying!</p>
<p>Anyways I just wanted to update my blog and get something up as I have been so busy.   Coming soon to post near you are my Ruby on Rails plugins; Animated CSS/JS Bar Graphs and acts_as_grabc (Authentication).</p>
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          <h2><a href="http://stickmanlabs.com/2006/12/28/hello-world/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Re-publishing Blog">Re-publishing Blog</a></h2>
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            <p>With all of the work that I have I just don&#8217;t have the time to make a nice custom blog for ya so I have adopted this theme and have gone back to wordpress from mephisto.   More to come as well as some nice plugins for rails and wordpress.</p>
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