title: How to replace first <td> column of a table?
body: <p>I have the following table and would like to replace the string text of each 1st col  with a link .  So, the "Whatever" and "Whatever2" contents would be replaced with an according link .html contents.</p>
  
  <p>How can I do this using jquery?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;table&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;th&gt;Name&lt;/th&gt;
         &lt;th&gt;Start&lt;/th&gt;
         &lt;th&gt;End&lt;/th&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;Whatever&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;3/14/2012&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;3/31/2012&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;Whatever2&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;3/15/2012&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;3/30/2012&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
  &lt;/table&gt;
  </code></pre>