Archives from the Original A thousand nodes

This page serves as an index of articles that have been restored from the original athousandnodes.com blog that ran from 2011 to 2016. The original site was lost during a server crash along with its backups, but thanks to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, we've been able to restore some of the content.

About the Original Blog

The original A thousand nodes blog started around 2011 and focused on:

• Drupal development and theming
• JavaScript techniques
• CSS3 experiments
• Node.js and server-side JavaScript
• Unity game development

As mentioned in the Welcome Back post, the data from the old website was lost, but the name and spirit live on in this new iteration.

Restored Articles

Drupal Articles

• Get All Template Variables in a Drupal TPL File (July 27, 2013)
• Drupal Database API: Load a Single Row (Feb 20, 2014)
• Drupal Tray Module goes 7 (April 29, 2011)
• Drupal Forms Persistent Fieldsets (June 30, 2011)
• A Thousand Nodes: Intro to Drupal Module Development on GoogleHangout (September 19, 2012)
• First Commit on GIT (Drupal Tray Module) (March 18, 2011)
• Drupal Learning Curve (February 8, 2011)

JavaScript Articles

• Processing Multiple AJAX Requests Simultaneously (Oct 31, 2012)
• Quick Closure: How to Write Closures for Simple Javascript Functions (Oct 29, 2012)
• JavaScript Voice Debugger (June 27, 2011)
• Remote Debugging JavaScript Mobile/Web Apps using jsConsole (April 29, 2011)
• Passing objects to setTimeout and setInterval timed functions (July 18, 2012)
• Using requestAnimationFrame for Web Browser animations instead of setTimeout (February 28, 2011)

CSS3 Experiments

• CSS3 Rotating Cube (Oct 30, 2012)
• CSS3 Bouncing Box (June 25, 2013)
• CSS3 Sliding Banner/MENU (June 1, 2011)
• CSS3 Zoom Focus, Blur Text (October 14, 2011)
• CSS3 Bouncing Balls (October 14, 2012)

Node.js Articles

• How to Node: Server-side JavaScript at Barcamp Bangalore (June 11, 2011)
• Cross Browser Elements with Node.js (May 31, 2011)
• Updating Node.js, NPM and express.jS (April 21, 2012)

Unity Game Development

• Unity: Look at Target Using C# (Dec 2, 2015)
• Simple Touch Controls in Unity (Dec 13, 2015)

HTML5 Canvas

• Canvas Starfield (August 15, 2011)
• BAD CANVAS!! canvas.toDataURL() Exception [SOLVED] (September 4, 2012)
• Fun with HTML5 Canvas: Free Hand Drawing (February 9, 2011)

Web Performance

• Reducing Web Requests Using DATA URI Scheme (Alternative to CDN?) (February 16, 2011)

Games Development

• HTML JS Game: Parallax HTML Game (March 28, 2011)

Programming Challenges

• Modulus of nth Fibonacci Number (Nov 22, 2016)

Miscellaneous Articles

• Drpl.it URL Shortener (May 16, 2011)
• Typebased my Blog (June 1, 2011)
• getPolka goes Live (March 24, 2012)
• Visitor Browser Analytics (August 15, 2011)
• Opening the Source (February 25, 2011)
• jQuery HTML5 Desktop Notification Plugin (February 3, 2011)
• HTML5 Webkit GeoLocation (February 2, 2011)
• Other articles are still being restored

Coding and Programming

• First Steps in Swift Programming (June 8, 2014)
• Objective-C Literals and Subscripting (April 28, 2013)
• Creating a Contact Form in Rails 3 (October 17, 2011)
• A Quick Primer on MySQL Triggers (September 23, 2011)
• Custom Pagination using Javascript (July 25, 2011)
• Modulus of nth Fibonacci Number (Nov 22, 2016)

Missing Articles

Several articles from the original blog couldn't be fully restored yet. According to the Wayback Machine, the original site had additional content about:

• Admiral: Radix based responsive Drupal Admin theme (Nov 6, 2013)
• Drupal Database API: Check if row entry exists (Oct 20, 2013)
• Slides: Talk about Drupal Panels (Dec 14, 2013)
• Web Platform Docs (Oct 31, 2012)
• To Pixture Reloaded (May 13, 2011)
• Configuring Memcache Daemon: Is Memcache slowing down your Drupal Site (January 30, 2011)

There are also more articles on pages 4-5 of the archive that we're still in the process of restoring.

Exploring the Original Site

If you'd like to explore the original site as it was captured by the Internet Archive, you can visit these Wayback Machine captures:

• Page 1: December 16, 2013 capture
• Page 2: December 16, 2013 capture
• Page 3: December 16, 2013 capture

A New Beginning

While we've been able to restore many articles, this new blog represents a fresh start with modern web technologies. We'll continue to share insights on web development, programming techniques, and technology experiments – carrying forward the spirit of exploration that defined the original A thousand nodes.