Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea

Safari 2.0 and jQuery

Quick tip if you were unsuccessful in convincing a client it’s not worth supporting Safari 2.0, and you want to use jQuery but it’s not working (crashes, etc.): check for any .hide() / .show() in your Javascript code, and replace with .css(’display’,’none’). Particularly if you’re calling hide / show on page load.

On creating the genius

Rather good op-ed in the NYT on genius, from which the following quote is pulled:

By practicing in this way, performers delay the automatizing process. The mind wants to turn deliberate, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. But the mind is sloppy and will settle for good enough. By practicing slowly, by breaking skills [...]