brandontreb.com » Nonsense http://brandontreb.com Code, Nerdyness, and Nonsense Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:23:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Dynamically Load WordPress Post Images Like Mashable.com http://brandontreb.com/dynamically-load-wordpress-post-images-like-mashable-com/ http://brandontreb.com/dynamically-load-wordpress-post-images-like-mashable-com/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:00:14 +0000 brandontreb http://brandontreb.com/?p=823

What?

Have you ever noticed that the content on Mashable.com loads Incredibly fast?  Also, have you noticed that as you scroll the images seem to 'fade' in?  Well, this isn't due to some crazy h4x0r code written specifically by Mashable Engineers.  It's a simple JQuery plugin that loads the images 'Lazily'.]]>

What?

Have you ever noticed that the content on Mashable.com loads Incredibly fast?  Also, have you noticed that as you scroll the images seem to ‘fade’ in?  Well, this isn’t due to some crazy h4x0r code written specifically by Mashable Engineers.  It’s a simple JQuery plugin that loads the images ‘Lazily’.

The Jquery plugin can be found here and a nice tutorial for implementing it can be found here.

If you don’t feel like hacking it yourself, read on and I will point you in the direction of a great WordPress plugin that handles this automagically.

Where?

Luckily the hard work has been done for you and you can download a WordPress plugin that will automatically add this functionality to your WordPress blog.

You can download the plugin from WordPress.org

This plugin will work for EVERY image on your blog.  Even the Gravatar icons of the commenters.

Thats It?

Yep, try it out.  Just scroll down on my homepage and watch as the images magically fade in.

Happy Wp-ing!

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Many of you may know that I’m a HUGE fan of WordPress.  I build every single site I create based on the WordPress engine, even if they are not blogs (ie FreshApps).

That being said, I have decided to shift the focus of this blog slightly to encompass more WordPress related programming.  This is a huge topic and has a huge audience.  I will still be sharing my thoughts about code/Twitter/etc… while injecting much more content related to WordPress.

I feel that I have a lot to share on that front and can’t wait to update my theme (to support more content as my main area is a little narrow).

Happy coding :)

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With the success of the Apple App Store, it seems that everyone is wanting  a piece of the pie. Amazon is now looking to throw their hat into the ring and is releasing their own dev kit for their ever so popular Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000476231 It appears that big name game developers Electronic Arts is also getting involved (WTH?!?!) This just seems like it will be an epic fail.  Who really wants to play video games on their Kindle?  Maybe they can port Kirby's Dreamland from the original Game Boy :) .]]>

With the success of the Apple App Store, it seems that everyone is wanting  a piece of the pie.

Amazon is now looking to throw their hat into the ring and is releasing their own dev kit for their ever so popular Kindle.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000476231

It appears that big name game developers Electronic Arts is also getting involved (WTH?!?!)

This just seems like it will be an epic fail.  Who really wants to play video games on their Kindle?  Maybe they can port Kirby’s Dreamland from the original Game Boy :) .

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]]> http://brandontreb.com/watch-out-apple-the-kindle-dev-kit-is-almost-live/feed/ 2 Hacking Redbox – How To Get Free DVDs http://brandontreb.com/hacking-redbox-how-to-get-free-dvds/ http://brandontreb.com/hacking-redbox-how-to-get-free-dvds/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:43 +0000 brandontreb http://brandontreb.com/?p=697 Red Box, Video Rental Automat, found in a Wal-...

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I was at Wally-World the other day getting a movie from RedBox with my wife when I noticed some guy enter in a code into the machine.  The code was BREAKROOM.  After watching him for a moment, I realized this code entitled him a free DVD rental.]]>
Red Box, Video Rental Automat, found in a Wal-...

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I was at Wally-World the other day getting a movie from RedBox with my wife when I noticed some guy enter in a code into the machine.  The code was BREAKROOM.  After watching him for a moment, I realized this code entitled him a free DVD rental.

Now, RedBox is pretty stinking cheap ($1.50/night), but if you’re an avid movie watcher, this really adds up.

So, I did some searching on the Google machine and sure enough, there are new RedBox codes that go into circulation every day.  Each one giving you a free DVD.

The site that offers the RedBox codes is http://www.insideredbox.com/redbox-codes/

Users submit the codes and update the site with the last time they were used.  That way, you always know which codes are currently working.

You simply need to enter the coupon code from the main screen or just before checkout at your local Redbox kiosk. When you do, you will receive a one-day free rental. Any additional days you keep the movie will be charged at the usual $1.50/day.

Update: @diemer on Twitter pointed out to me that inside Redbox also has an iPhone app.  The link for the app is http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inside-redbox-pro/id306217360?mt=8

I may actually cancel my Netflix account now…

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]]> Recently TopCoder.com posted a list of algorithm tutorials from some of their “top coders”.

The tutorials are very comprehensive and pretty much sum my undergraduate computer science degree up in one page :) This page is a great resource for anyone that does any amount of coding…

Some of the tutorials include:

  • Greedy algorithms
  • Various sort and search techniques
  • Data structures
  • Graph theory

Here is the link to the Top Coder Tutorials:

http://www.topcoder.com/tc?d1=tutorials&d2=alg_index&module=Static

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I was a big fan of the game Alice that came out for PC. It def portrayed AIW as a darker sort of movie. It looks like Tim Burton will add a similar twist to the latest Alice In Wonderland Movie. Check out the trailer above.

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After seeing the show Parks and Recreation last night, I have come to the conclusion that the show is doomed to fail.  Not only is it not funny, it’s jokes try to mimic the dry awkward humor of The Office. Parks and Recreation Fail!

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Seems to show up way too much.

]]> http://brandontreb.com/i-freakin-hate-this-page/feed/ 0 Twouble With Twitter Video http://brandontreb.com/twouble-with-twitter-video/ http://brandontreb.com/twouble-with-twitter-video/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:41:25 +0000 brandontreb http://brandontreb.com/?p=170 Ok, so I am sure you have seen this video by now, but I just had to post it because it’s flippin hilarious.

This perfectly describes mine (and others) Twitter obsession. Kinda sad actually.

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