About Me

Curtis Gibby is a husband, father, programmer and journalist, in that order. (At least I hope that's the priority list, but once in a while it gets messed up.) The content of this site mostly reflects the first and second parts of that list. You can check out my web and journalism work on my resume. Read more on the About Me page.

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HTML5 form inputs in CakePHP 1.2

Thu. 28 Jul. 2011 03:40:13 PM

At work, we're building out a mobile version of our replicated sites.  As anyone who's used an iPhone or Android browser to fill out a web form knows... using an iPhone or Android browser to fill out a web ... Read More

The breakdown: WIRED magazine, June 2011

Fri. 3 Jun. 2011 07:31:29 AM

This year, I got a subscription to WIRED magazine for Christmas.  It's been a couple of years since I had a magazine to read every month, and I noticed something this time around that seemed indicative of a wider ... Read More

Tweaking Firefox tab colors, part 2 (The Firefox 4 edition)

Thu. 31 Mar. 2011 08:35:41 AM

[caption id="attachment_716" align="alignright" width="252" caption="L: Inactive, C: Active, R: Hover"] Just when I got used to my new tab colors described in my previous post, Firefox 4 was released and broke what I'd done.  I could still see a ... Read More

Creating on-the-fly MP3 playlists on the NMT

Tue. 1 Mar. 2011 08:17:07 AM

I bought the excellent Popcorn Hour media server a couple of years ago, and I've always loved the job it does on my video files, especially with the equally fantastic YAMJ that rebuilds the video jukebox every time I ... Read More

CSS woes at eBay

Fri. 14 Jan. 2011 07:31:09 AM

I don't generally pay a ton of attention to web typography, but I must have it on my mind after building a new backend for our replicated sites.  I spotted this on an eBay order confirmation screen ... Read More