Ian McFarlan

Code

These posts mainly revolve around web based coding. Some are toolkits, others eureka moments, and more that are experiments.

Simple SVG Pie Charts

19 Apr 2017 — You've got a percentage value and you need a simple pie chart output; SVGs and a bit of JavaScript to the rescue. SVG support is pretty widespread these days and is only going to get better. Disclaimer: I am have a fine arts background and math is…

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Wood Working for Developers

07 Jan 2017 — After a long day of slugging ones and zeros, it's nice to relax with some wood working (not to mention the badass results you can get). Over the past couple months I have been able to dig into wood working more. https://twitter.com/mcfarlan/status/8…

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DidTheLeafsLose.com

26 Sep 2014 — A little experiment I created that solves a simple question - Did the Leafs lose? The answer: DidTheLeafsLose.com. Currently, it updates scores every fifteen minutes. Ideally, I'd like to speed this up overtime and bring in more data than just score…

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Foundation 4 & IE8

13 Aug 2013 — Zurb is no longer providing IE8 support with Foundation. Generally this is good news - signs of a changing browser landscape. However, some sites have a readership comprised mainly by IE8 users. Updating or building a site for an audience that is lik…

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