I rediscovered a great article which talked about the mosquito (or near ultrasonic) range of frequencies young people use for their ringtones as to not alert “adults” should their phones “ring” in class.
Instant AJAX on your site
I went back to the music section, and redid the AJAX code I used. I remembered the Prototype library (prototype.js) I was using for the lightbox had its own AJAX object class – which was much more comprehensive than my implementation (error handling, browser support, etc).
I thought that since I was already using the framework anyways, might as well redo my functions altogether to utilize it. While the documentation had example codes, like any other site, I noticed that usually they always include a fixed “target” in the function. Meaning if you have a certain AJAX operation you wish to perform, the function usually took in the URL which you specify, but plugs it into a set target. While this is easily fixed, I was simply baffled as to why they don’t make it a standard to “assume” people would want at least to specify both the url and target as a default.
So I came up with code which I dubbed “InstA-JAX” to do just that. I’m sharing it here since I figured that anyone I know who is remotely interested in implementing rudimentary AJAX functionality might find it very useful as it doesn’t require them to “think” anymore hehehehe. – just plug it in, markup your HTML the proper way and you should be good to go.
The best way to string a steel-stringed guitar
I remember downloading a document on the Taylor method of re-stringing guitars. I thought I should share this information for those of you who don’t know it yet.
When it comes to changing guitar strings, of course there are a lot of ways to skin a cat – but I really think Taylor has a winner with their particular method. To quote from the document:
Indeed, there are as many variations on the process of changing steel strings as there are players, and not all methods are equally effective. Some interfere with tuning (too many wraps) and others make strings susceptible to breakage (too few wraps). Developed over decades of experience, the current Taylor Guitars method has proven to provide outstanding results for all steel-string guitars.
As I tested using a set of strings from my newly purchased bulk-pack, I re-strung my Ovation Celebrity. It never ceases to amaze me how consistent and flawless this method of re-stringing is.
New guitar stuff
The stuff I had Pia buy from the US finally arrived. Which is perfect since I was contemplating on recording some shit once again.
I think I’m beginning to become a Planet Waves whore. The sheer practicality of the stuff they make reminds me of those Japanese inventions for practical living. They don’t look so good, but the concepts are very useful for living. Planet Waves‘ stuff on the other hand do not suffer from that dilemma as their products both have function and form.
Streaming audio samples in music section
I finally implemented a flash-based solution to enable visitors to just listen to my songs right from the music section. I kinda renovated the code of the page while I was at it. Here’s a screenshot of how the “user interface” works.
useful AJAX-y goodness