From a BoingBoing post made earlier today a worthy cause came to my attention. There have been mountains of people in, and around, New Orleans who need to find out if they’re relatives are OK – or even tell their relatives that they are OK. This data exists in poor databases that need to be […]
Comment · Posted: September 4th, 2005
I just finished up an excellent new Delicious bookmarklet that I’ve been working on – it’s called Lazy Sheep and it’s going to change the way people use del.icio.us. To quote the Lazy Sheep page: Lazy Sheep is a del.icio.us bookmarklet that auto-tags and auto-describes your bookmarks. Using the tags and descriptions shared by other […]
Comment · Posted: August 30th, 2005
Lazy Sheep is a del.icio.us bookmarklet that auto-tags and auto-describes your bookmarks. Using the tags and descriptions shared by other del.icio.us users, Lazy Sheep makes tagging a page a one-click operation. In order to best suit any user, Lazy Sheep also includes a comprehensive set of options that can be configured to your exact specifications. […]
Comment · Posted: August 30th, 2005
Ever since the Behaviour code was released, some time ago, my mind has been churning this powerful topic over. The premise for the module is as follows: Using the power of Pseudo-CSS Selectors, bind your Javascript functions to various HTML elements in the DOM. Looking at how Behaviour works, I’ve never been completely happy – […]
Comment · Posted: August 22nd, 2005
This is the final part of a week long series featuring code for the Google Maps API. For the last day of this series (don’t worry, this isn’t the end of me having fun with Google Maps – there’s still much more to come!) I decided to implement two things. The first new feature is […]
Comment · Posted: August 19th, 2005
This is Part 6 of a week long series featuring code for the Google Maps API. The theme for today is Animation (per the request of Ralph). For programmers who want to make a walkthrough of their town, or a tutorial – play-by-play animation is an important feature to have – and one that is […]
Comment · Posted: August 18th, 2005
This is Part 5 of a week long series featuring code for the Google Maps API. After loading address latitude/longitude information, the next most desired feature for a Google Maps developer is the ability, for the end-user, to link to a particular map that they’re viewing. I’ve taken this concept one step further: A link, […]
Comment · Posted: August 17th, 2005
This is Part 4 of a week long series featuring code for the Google Maps API. An incredibly common function, for most Google Maps applications, is the ability to ‘add a new point’ to the map. I’ve seen a lot of implementations where they force you to line up a crosshair to where your point […]
Comment · Posted: August 15th, 2005
