For all your opacity needs

in this order:

opacity: .5; // for all other browsers
-ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=50)"; // for IE8
filter: alpha(opacity=50); // for IE5-7

JS Module Pattern

var someModule = (function(){
//private attributes
  var privateVar = 5;

  //private methods
  var privateMethod = function(){
  return 'Private Test';
  };

  return {
    //public attributes
    publicVar: 10,
    //public methods
    publicMethod: function(){
      return ' Followed By Public Test ';
    },

    //let's access the private members
    getData: function(){
      return privateMethod() + this.publicMethod() + privateVar;
    }
  }
})(); //the parens here cause the anonymous function to execute and return
        
someModule.getData();
SOURCE: http://addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/

Nyromodal Wiki Startpage is defective, use this older version instead

http://bit.ly/qUra4h

Nyromodal strips / removes script tag on ajax / xhr load

Got me some time to get 'round this, here's the solution:

"If you need to use an external JavaScript content, you could add the attribute rel="forceLoad" to the script tag and nyroModal will load it during the opening modal."


"If you want to use a script which need the content to be visible (many jQuery UI script for instance) you could add the setting rev="shown" to the inline or external script tag to execute it juste before the endShowContent callback."

Source: http://bit.ly/oJ8AeD

Writing a Chrome Extension - HTML + JS

http://geeknizer.com/google-chrome-4-extensions-how-to-create-twitter-client-download-tutorial/

"WindowsUpdate_80070570" "WindowsUpdate_80073712" Errors

Fixed the above stated problem for me. EDIT: It also fixed a problem where the Service Pack couldn't be installed!

net stop wuauserv

net stop bits

net stop cryptsvc

ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 Catroot2.old

net start cryptsvc

ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

regsvr32 wuapi.dll

regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

regsvr32 wucltux.dll

regsvr32 wups2.dll

regsvr32 wups.dll

regsvr32 wuwebv.dll

net start bits

net start wuauserv

net start Eventlog

exit

Reboot and try update again.

SOURCE: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-windows_update/windowsupdate80070570-windowsupdate80073712-errors/8a1ff2d4-0c96-495c-b22a-759f9b66f2e6

On event.preventDefault() error messages in IE 8 (9? 7? 6?)

If checking for event.preventDefault() you get error messages in IE.

A better way is to check for the existence of event.returnValue (which is IEs preventDefault()) and if it doesn't exist you know that you're not on IE.

if (event.returnValue) {
    // this is IE
    event.returnValue = false;
} else {
    // this is Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc.
    event.preventDefault();
}