Simple enough concept? I think so. Sometimes you need to put a lot of work into building a new website, business or pleasure. It’s only right that you take the time and launch it correctly. I usually have a set of rules that I follow when building a new site. This includes different actions I [...]
Fade To Image On Mouse Over
A little while ago I posted about using jQuery to swap image hover effects. Now let’s spice up these image hovers using some sexy fade in effects. It’s a rather easy process, but could give you some headache if not careful. Usually I have my images in a unified list, so that’s what I’ll be [...]
HTML5 Boilerplate and all of it’s awesomeness
I read about this thing called HTML5 Boilerplate about a month or so ago on Twitter. It sounded pretty interesting so I checked it out. It ends up being a very useful tool when starting creation of a new site / web application. Basically it gives you a great HTML5 starting point and provides you [...]
Using jQuery To Preload and Swap Image Hover Effects
Be sure to check out my post on Fade to Image on Mouse over! If you’ve spent anytime working with the web, then I would assume you’ve encountered a situation where you need to use images with hover states for buttons, links, or even for visual enhancements. You would also probably know the negative impacts [...]
Safeguard against SQL Injection Attacks using Parameterized SQL
Have you met Bobby Tables before? If your a nerd like me, you’ve probably come across this cartoon a few times: It’s a comic stab at programmers that do not take the time to properly sanitize user inputted data, or use parameterized statements. When I first came across this cartoon I laughed and thought “Of [...]
CSS Styled Search Box
While looking for stuff to do with my new blog, I figured I would add some style to the search box in the upper right corner. The plain form style search box with submit button is a little … plain. With a few simple steps you can turn that boring search box into something creative [...]
Welcome to iequalszero.com. One nerds blog.
After watching many people create blogs to express themselves, I decided to jump on the wagon and post random things that I come across. The title might seem a little off to some of you, and many may think: I equals zero? What the hell does that even mean? Let me explain. I currently work [...]