January 2008
15 posts
Spent this morning getting my tv downloads automated after spotting miro. Although after downloading and installing it i realised utorrent does everything miro does, better, faster and with peer blocking!
Fat models and how they change how you use the... →
RoundedCornr: Rounded Corner and Gradient... →
dealing with affiliate datafeeds is not something i foresaw, i think im out of my depth with this one - how the hell are you supposed to process a 1.5gb xml file?!
“A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time. Those lulls in...”
– Rands in Repose
Social Networks, from the 80s to the 00s →
Small article on how social networks have evolved and what we can expect over the next couple of years
The Web 2.0 Style Guide →
WatchForget google earth and streetview, Earthmine have taken it 10 steps further by extracting 3d information from all of their images, letting users tag, measure and travel through the world within their web browser. One example in this video shows measuring the size of windows on a building in perspective - impressive.
The Internet Party →
So what would google’s house party be like if all the recent internet startups attended? Geek humour - be warned.
Unobtrusive Table Sort →
at the expense of university coursework i have spent much of the day working on the new site. why?! This great script allows you to build a table (even via ajax) and then let the user dynamically sort it within the page, great stuff - its already integrated!
because i just can't focus on one project
Started looking at the aws system this evening for pulling data from the amazon store. It seems really straightforward and the developer guides include a lot of information on how to parse the returned xml, hopefully should have a search mock up fairly quickly as soon as i have the hours to do it.
hello world
the first tumblelog, thought i had better give this web2.0 malarky a spin and see if it is as addictive as people say. My del.icio.us was also getting a bit messy with bookmarked videos and articles that would have been better saved elsewhere… Seeing as so few people will read this i will also be updating with progress of my projects and websites - yay!