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The jQuery Plugin Authoring documentation uses the following example for usage of options for a plugin: (function( $ ){ $.fn.tooltip = function( options ) { var settings = { 'location' : 'top', 'background-color' : 'blue' }; return this.each(function() { // If options exist, lets merge them // with our default settings if ( options ) { $.extend( settings, options ); ...

Defragmentation of a Mac computer always triggers different opinions. In various other discussions online you can find very different opinions on the same question. However, it is a fact that your Mac gets slower over time. It's annoying, but it happens. It's nothing unusual. It happens to any other computer as well. Unfortunately it's not a black & white story with a simple solution. There are many reasons for computers getting slower over time, such as many apps running at the same time, hidden services running in the background, fragmentation of data, maybe even wear on mechanic components, such as hard drive. The official position from Apple is that defragmentation is ...

The Social Network is a movie based on the story of the early days of Facebook. It has hit the cinemas a few weeks ago, and received mixed feedback from critics. How the idea emerged, the initial web app was developed, and how the relationships between the different players - mainly Marc Zuckerberg - pushed Facebook in a successful direction. It is also a story about trust, ideas, innovation, betrayal and big money. Anyone interested in the starting days of one of the biggest Internet startups will very likely be entertained by this movie! Although it is being discussed if the plot is real or not, it is definitely a ...

In this previous post I presented nice designs for admin panels. Upon request I have now compiled a list of resources for nice icons as well. When creating an admin panel for a web application, often the asthethics fall short. Sometimes because the system is created by technology-minded developers that don't have the eye for layouts. Sometimes just because it's extra work to do it. Nevertheless, when creating a professional website for users, especially when it is a comercial product, even the design of your admin panel matters. So for your own satisfaction and success, I suggest that you put that extra effort into your product development, and ...

The world of TV is increasingly merging with the Internet. Numerous TV manufacturers have models with Internet access for some apps, DLA clients for content sharing etc. Now one of the most popular media center softwares gets it's own box, ready to run: Boxee. A set top box to play content from storage in your own network or the Internet isn't really a new thing, but Boxee still introduces or combines a few cool old and new ways of doing things. The shape, the remote, the software. I'm sure it's a pretty neat device, but is it really needed? I mean, for you as developers of web content, ...