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Scrollable Tables Version 2
The second version of the Scrollable Tables project cleans up deficiencies from the first version, adds accessibility support, and is generally all-round awesome. If you have ever been frustrated by table headers scrolling off the page of your website, you can use the supplied JavaScript code to take care of the problem for you. Or…
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Postgres Tables From Spreadsheets
A project I’m working on involves running Oracle queries on a PeopleSoft system and getting the results as CSV files. I use those query results, plus information from other places (the New York State Department of Education’s website and Degreeworks information for academic programs) to derive a Postgres database that is the backend for a…
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Scrollable HTML Tables
Making HTML tables scrollable with frozen header rows takes more effort than it should. I’ve written a JavaScript function that handles most common cases with a minimum of fuss. Code and documentation are publicly available at: https://github.com/cvickery/scrollable_tables
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Learning as a natural process
Mark Guzdial is a provocateur. In today’s blog post, the title says it all: “teachers as provocateurs … all learning starts from a problem.” An example he gives is teaching students about loops because it will save them from having to cut and paste (or re-type!) code in the future. Instead, he suggests, let them…
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Linking and Loading
Linking, loading, header files, and libraries—what are they all about? This post is a description of how these concepts interrelate for C/C++ code. Since the Arduino language is really C++, this material applies in that context as well. In fact, this post aims to explain these concepts specifically as they relate to Arduino code development.…
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Tesla Referral Code
Whatever the current sales promotion is that Tesla is having (free supercharging; vehicle upgrade, whatever) my referral code will get it for you.
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Tesla Referral Code
Anyone buying a new Tesla can get free supercharging and a $1000 credit towards a new Model S or Model X by using this referral code. Tesla updates the terms of the referral offers quite regularly, but the referral code itself is the same for all changes in the terms. As of this update (April 2018), the…