Has your JSON using jQuery web app suddenly stopped working? Getting a parsererror on your JSON objects, where you got none before? This is what happened to me when my site upgraded to jQuery 1.4. I use the Google API’s jQuery, and it automatically upgraded my whole site to jQuery 1.4. In jQuery 1.4,... »
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Cybert Tire & Car Care – another disappointing mechanic
I was hoping Cybert, on 11th Ave in Manhattan, would finally be the good mechanic I could count on. It’s family owned, been around for years, is not too flashy, yet not too shabby. No such luck. On my first visit, they ripped me off... »
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Cleaning up the Pacific Garbage Patch
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