Archive for September, 2006

The Purple Cow and Wanaka

September 21st, 2006

When I reached Wanaka, accomodation didn’t jump out and grab me. So I started walking, I saw a sign that pointed to a Backpackers (the YHA) which I walked past, and wasn’t too impressed, continuing my walk I stood watching some skateboarders playing on a half-pipe with the beautiful Lake Wanaka in the background. When […]


Working with Classes

September 12th, 2006

Within many of the Javascript libraries that are floating around at the
moment there is a lot of code duplication. The thing I’m thinking about most
here is checking if an element has a class, and adding a class if it doesn’t
exist. This isn’t only in webbased toolkits, like
YUI and
Prototype, but
Joe Hewitt’s
Firebug also defines
these functions, and I’m […]


Queenstown and Coffee

September 8th, 2006

I’ve found my way to Queenstown, it’s a beautiful little resort town on the shore of Laka Wakatipu. On clear days, you get the postcardesque view of the snow-capped mountains reflecting in the water of the lake. Magic.
I’m staying at a cool little backpacker hostel called Bumbles, it’s got views of the lake from […]