April 2008
Digital Web Magazine - User Interface... →
Just as it is important to choose the proper knife when slicing-n-dicing vegetables, it is critical to prescribe a suitable user interface to support faceted filtering.
SEOmoz | The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet →
In an effort to return to my roots, I spent the majority of the day compiling what I believe to be the mother of all technical SEO cheat sheets.
TechShop Durham is Your Very Own DIY Workshop... →
TechShop is a membership-based DIY workshop that gives you access to a huge variety of tools and equipment, tons of friendly and easy classes, and a community of amazing people who share your…
Making Light: "Where do people find the time?" →
I generally hate being read to, and prefer transcripts to watching video of public speakers, but this fifteen-minute Web 2.0 talk by Clay Shirky grabbed me and wouldnât let go.
swfobject - Google Code →
SWFObject is an easy-to-use and standards-friendly method to embed Flash content, which utilizes one small JavaScript file
Asual | SWFAddress - Deep linking for Flash and... →
SWFAddress is a small, but powerful library that provides deep linking for Flash and Ajax. It’s a developer tool, allowing creation of unique virtual URLs that can point to a website section or an…
Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash | flash developer |... →
Gaia is an open-source front-end Flash Framework for AS3 and AS2 designed to dramatically reduce development time.
ddcli →
A framework for writing command line applications in Objective-C
Gaia Flash Framework →
Gaia provides solutions to the challenges and repeated tasks we all face with front-end Flash site development, such as navigation, transitions, preloading, asset management, site structure, deep…
Mapping Hacks » Blog Archive » CivicSpace ZIP Code... →
About four years ago, Civic Space Labs commissioned me to provide them with a freely available database of US ZIP code centroids.
Miniaturize a Scene - Wired How-To Wiki →
It’s called a tilt-shift effect. It’s a favorite device of fine-art photographers and the Flickr crowd.
Textile | drupal.org →
The Textile filter allows you to enter content using Textile, a simple, plain text syntax that is filtered into valid (X)HTML.
Web Development Blog » Custom JavaScript Dialog... →
I have put together a lightweight (~4.5kb) JavaScript dialog box library. The script currently offers four dialog styles: alerts, warnings, prompts and success.
8 Best Open Source Shopping Carts | WebTecker the... →
On Sunday I was contacted by a client and they said the needed a shopping cart up by Monday. Since they needed this cart up so fast I went to the easiest solution I knew, Open Source Shopping Carts.
301 redirect to a CLEAN url | drupal.org →
I recently released my new Drupal site online, replacing its predecessor, which was run by a home-spun CMS that I never really finished properly. My new Drupal site is at the same address as its…
Creating 301 redirects for Drupal | pingVision →
While Drupal’s built-in URL redirect features can seamlessly give any page any designated URL, such an approach might not be preferable if the existing pages have file suffixes or even paths with…
S4 Items, Arena Feedback, WoW TCG, Comic →
As surprising as it sounds, some people found a way to make WoW look nicer just by typing a few console commands. The best way to do that would be to create a macro with the following commands.
GROU.PS :: connects obsessively! →
GROU.PS is a platform for social groups to get together. Use it for any purpose. Choose your template and pick all the modules that you want (wiki, blogs, photos, links etc). And get your group web…
Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn?... →
Piotr Wozniak’s quest for anonymity has been successful. Nobody along this string of little beach resorts recognizes him as the inventor of a technique to turn people into geniuses.
A List Apart: Articles: Getting Started with Ruby... →
You’ve probably heard about Ruby on Rails by now. Your developer friends are raving about it—talking about how they wrote an application in less than half the time it would have taken using some…
Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples... →
CSS can powerfully open the doors to a lot of rich and unique techniques. Today we are presenting a round-up of CSS coding, creative approaches and techniques.
jobberBase →
Open Source job board software.
Mac Mini Media Centre / journal / hicksdesign →
Apple TV has the ease of use that makes it ideal for the home. No fiddling about, but no PVR functionality either. In the end, I went for the Mac Miniâs potential over the Apple TV âjust…
Fluid - Free Site Specific Browser for Mac OS X... →
If so, Site Specific Browsers (SSBs) provide a great solution for your WebApp woes. Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite WebApps as a separate desktop application.
Piwik - Web analytics - Open source →
piwik is an open source (GPL license) web analytics software. It gives interesting reports on your website visitors, your popular pages, the search engines keywords they used, the language they…
Sapphire Browser » Home →
Sapphire Browser is a plug-in designed to take all the hassle out of managing media collections connected to your AppleTV. Sapphire has the ability to identify TV Shows and Movies simply by looking…
BusySync - Sync iCal and Google Calendar - from... →
With BusySync it’s incredibly easy to share iCal calendars with family or coworkers on your LAN without the need for a dedicated server.
60 More AJAX- and Javascript Solutions For... →
This post presents over 60 new useful Ajax scripts, libraries and solutions which you can use in your future projects.
AFP: Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dies →
Edward Lorenz, a meteorologist who became the father of the modern field of chaos theory, died Wednesday of cancer in Massachusetts aged 90, MIT announced Thursday.
Ground Shinumo (Shitake) - Ground Bags →
messenger bag i like
Flickr Code →
Your one-stop shop for information, gossip and discussion with the Flickr developer community
Red5 : Open Source Flash Server Open Source Flash →
Red5 is an Open Source Flash Server written in Java that supports: Streaming Audio/Video (FLV and MP3), Recording Client Streams (FLV only), Shared Objects, Live Stream Publishing, Remoting (AMF)
Kwicks for jQuery →
Welcome to the Kwicks for jQuery home page. Kwicks for jQuery is a plugin that simulates the insatiably attractive Mootools effect of the same name.
Welcome | AppDrop →
Host your Google AppEngine applications.
Exclusive: Google App Engine ported to Amazon's... →
One of the biggest criticisms of Google’s App Engine have been cries of lock-in, that the applications developed for the platform won’t be portable to any other service.
Technical Revenue: The Young Man's Business Model →
I’ve had and idea bouncing around in my head for awhile that randomly came together recently.
nyroModal :: jQuery Plugin →
Designers seem to like using modal windows more and more, as they provide a quick way to show data without reloading the entire page. It’s easy to use and easy to design.
Officers' Quarters: Casual raiding that works -... →
Let me say this up front: You can raid as a casual guild, but you can’t raid casually. Raiding as a casual guild means your guild raids, but it isn’t the only thing your guild does.
Officers' Quarters: Casual raiding that works -... →
Welcome to the part 2 of my ongoing, in-depth, casual raiding how-to!
Free Hi-Res Splatter Photoshop Brushes | BittBox →
This is my second set of brushes, but my first set made in CS3. My first set (Hi-Res Watercolor Brushes) was pretty popular, so I thought I would keep making more.
Korea: French fry-coated hot dog » The Last... →
If Coney Island witnessed the birth of the hot dog, Seoul in South Korea saw subsequent generations mutate into a an entirely new genus of animal. An animal coated in a skin of batter and french…
Cocoa Dev Central: Learn Objective-C →
Objective-C is the primary language used to write Mac software. If you’re comfortable with basic object-oriented concepts and the C language, Objective-C will make a lot of sense.
Pylons Python Web Framework →
Pylons combines the very best ideas from the worlds of Ruby, Python and Perl, providing a structured but extremely flexible Python web framework.
Web development with PHP, XHTML MP, WML and Drupal →
blog about issues I come across when developing web sites in PHP, JavaScript, for Mobile phones : XHTML MP and WML, XML, Drupal CMS, etc
Google Datastore and the shift from a RDBMS →
Diving into the Datastore docs to get a grip on whatâs the best way to implement it shed some light on the transition any developer thinking about writing data-backed apps for GAE (Google App…
learning drupal →
jumping on drupal 5, just as 6 rolls around
