Pat Cavit.com

I’m a Frontend Engineer/Web Developer working at ArenaNet in Bellevue, WA. I specialize in complicated JS applications and implementing cross-browser designs. I’m obsessed with making sites that are as fast as possible and accessible to everybody. Contact me via email: pcavit@gmail.com.

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  1. Awesome PHP debugging function

    - February 2nd, 2010

    I still haven’t found a good free setup for debugging PHP but this is the next best thing. Jacob Rosenberg posted a copy of his yo() debugging function. We used it extensively when building http://video.yahoo.com and I can vouch for its awesomeness. The Greatest PHP Debugging Function of All Time. I did have one issue with it [...]

  2. YUI 2.8 Uploader

    - January 6th, 2010

    I know this is old but I finally tried upgrading my uploader implementation at http://tivac.com/upload/ to YUI 2.8. Ran into some nasty problems where the SWF would never fire its contentReady event. Turns out, it’s a known issue with the Uploader component in YUI 2.8 and it’ll be fixed in the next patch release. Important Issue: Due [...]

  3. I’ve been using Windows 7 since the first public builds came out and it’s really fantastic. The new taskbar is great and the ability to pin items to jump lists is super-useful. Instead of making a bunch of shortcuts in the start menu like in Vista I just pin all the folders I access constantly [...]

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  1. Garage doors are done & totally awesome! # 32 minutes ago
  2. Garage door installation is (presumably) past the halfway point! # 4 hours ago
  3. Taking longer than I expected to update this plugin to create fake data. The data needs every feature of the real data, so it is tricksy! # 5 hours ago
  4. Need to get a bag of clay cat litter to speed up the drying process for all this terrible paint the previous owners left behind. # 14 hours ago
  5. A Tivo Desktop-like add-in for HP WHS? Interesting, though I dunno when I'd use it. # 16 hours ago
  6. The east coast gets unfrozen right as we get random snow flurries in WA in MARCH. WTF, weather. # 2 days ago
  7. Preview of Sabaton's new album is sounding good. May brings with it more epic war metal! # 2 days ago
  8. Totally enthralled by the rabbit outside my window. There goes my productivity for the next few minutes. # 2 days ago
  9. Getting back into WordPress after quite a while. I wish the code was cleaner but you can't argue with how powerful it is, or the results! # 2 days ago