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Here you go. Should work in all browsers except IE7 and earlier. You can add as many column divs as you like. Note that the html { height:100% } is needed when in HTML5 mode. html, body { height:100%; margin: 0 auto; } body { display: table; vertical-align: middle; } .column { display:table-cell; vertical-align: middle; } p { text-align: center; } holy cow! it worked!

holy crap. that's pretty good, man! when i was trying to get this to work a couple of nights ago, i would have gladly given you a hundred bucks for that code snippet, just to make the pain go away. i was afraid that your method would screw up lists the way most of my attempts did, where the bullets would wind up stuck to the left margin while the text strings are goofily centered in the middle, but no, your way prese…

Glad you like it. :)

when i was trying to get this to work a couple of nights ago, i would have gladly given you a hundred bucks for that code snippet, just to make the pain go away.

If you like, feel free to give a shout-out to @jjs in your game's credits. :)

Re: Ask HN: Cool Things You've Done (Brag Thread)

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* I wrote a book on ActionScript when I was 14

* Dropped out of school the same age (8th grade)

* Wrote another book on Flash when I was 18

* Worked as a remote consultant from ages 15 to 18

* Still working as a remote consultant for startups (I'm now 24)

I had a great start but I think enjoying success (and money) too early in life can be extremely distracting. I stopped achieving when I started making over 50kUSD a year. Also got into a lot of debt. Not too clever after all.

Best thing I did, tho, was quitting Flash and getting into server-side development. Learned Python and then Ruby, now back to Python (but still doing lots of Ruby).

I think the biggest lesson I learned is that no matter what you do, make sure you use at least SOME of your time doing something for yourself. Start getting businesses out the door as soon as you can and don't stop until you're successful with one of them. All you need is to get yourself to start -- understand Parkinson's Law and the 80-20 rule. It gets easier over time.

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