About Me
My name (as you may already have guessed) is Ben Alman, but most people call me by my nickname, “Cowboy.” I’m a 30-something web developer living and working in the Boston Metro West area. I’m happily married to a wonderful woman, and when I’m not hanging out with her, I’m out playing funk bass or taking photos.
Recent Photos
Featured Projects
jQuery Projects
Other Projects
Recent Updates
- jQuery longUrl v1.0 01-26-2010 0
- jQuery BBQ v1.1.1, also BBQ + jQuery 1.3.2 or 1.4? 01-26-2010 0
- Simple PHP Proxy v1.6 01-25-2010 0
- jQuery hashchange event v1.1 01-21-2010 1
- jQuery BBQ v1.1 and jQuery hashchange event v1.0 01-10-2010 0
Recent News
I never really expected to categorize a post as both “code” and “music,” but you know those “there’s an app for that” iPhone commercials? Well, apparently, “there’s a Ben Alman jQuery plugin for that.”
After I had gone to sleep last night, Jonathan Neal, author of the jQuery SWFObject plugin, jQuery sIFR plugin, CMS.txt and the creator of the yayQuery podcast theme song posted a new track into IRC…
- And then there were two! 01-25-2010 0
- The Official jQuery Podcast, Episode 6 01-11-2010 0
- jQuery Enlightenment by Cody Lindley 01-07-2010 1
- jQuery 1.4 $.param demystified 12-20-2009 5
- John Resig: JavaScript's Chuck Norris 12-18-2009 21
Featured Music
Here’s a collection of songs that I’ve either written, produced, or played on. Enjoy!











