Greasemonkey is a useful utility that allows users to customize any public facing website however they want. Effectively it runs javascript that modifies the page contents just after it has loaded in the browser (after the DOMContentLoaded function). In this … Continue reading
Scales and Modes
Now that chord construction has been covered I’d like to cover another confusing topic – that of Scales & Modes. They are inextricably linked to Chords discussed before and that knowledge can be used to help understand Modes. To re-iterate, … Continue reading
Seventh Chords
In my first post I covered the basics of constructing the Major scale and it’s associated 3 Note Chords. Continuing where I left off, I’d like to extend chord construction to the more complex types. To recap – Triad chords … Continue reading
C Major Scale
Western music is based on two numbers, 1 and 2. Semi-tone and Tone. A sequence arranged in a particular order yields the interval patterns for the Major Scale: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 An Interval is the difference … Continue reading
Ditch the Ribbon; Bring Menus Back
As I get more and more proficient with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and its related Office 2010 Suite, I see how prevalent the Ribbon has become throughout each application. With the upcoming Windows 8 on the horizon, even the Windows Explorer … Continue reading
Client Object Model & jQuery
SharePoint 2010′s Client Object Model allows calls to SharePoint without having to resort to a server round trip via a costly postback. Essentially, it’s an official version of Marc Anderson’s famous SPServices utility which performed the same functions using SP’s … Continue reading