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I have posted a major update to my original post about Changing Text Size onClick with JavaScript at the David Walsh Blog.

It allows you to store your users’ text-size preferences in a cookie so that they don’t have to resize the text to their liking on every page. Check out the demo (remember to refresh the page to test the cookie!) and then check out how toSave Text Size Preference using MooTools and PHP!

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Since we like on the bleeding edge here at eriwen.com, I wanted to share some of the most useful about:config entries that are new to Firefox 3. You probably know that you just need to type "about:config" into your URL bar to get set up for these gems. If you haven’t already you will also want to check out the Firefox 3 chrome tweaks to really customize your favorite browser.

Bleeding Edge: Force Extension Compatibility

WARNING: I take no responsibility if enabling all your favorite extensions borks up your browsing experience. Hence the “bleeding” as it were…

extensions.checkCompatibility -> Toggle to false
extensions.checkUpdateSecurity -> Toggle to false

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As a supporter of microformats, I want to provide you some amazingly easy ways to add them to your blog. To kick this off, I’m going to tell you how you can turn your WordPress or Blogger blogroll into a list of hCards in less than 2 minutes!

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You have probably seen a lot of buzz surrounding software engineering jobs that offer amazing benefits just to attract and keep "rock star" talent. The first ones that come to mind for me are from Hedgehog Labs and perhaps What else do companies have to do to keep Software Engineers?. You probably know (dream?) about Google 20% time. I was just talking with a friend about how great his benefits were over mine yadda yadda yadda… It has become a big bragging point in our industry.

What I’m wondering

The thing I’m wondering here is: How far does it go? I am trying to consider in what other jobs benefits like work-from-home programs, free conferences, multiple monitors, and flex time are almost standard. I know that we don’t all have these nice things but doesn’t it seem like this profession goes further than most? I know that I’m already at the point where I would have a really hard time adjusting to a job without these benefits. Are you?

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