This is Part 2 of a week long series featuring code for the Google Maps API. Auto-Scaling Maps A smart feature, for those displaying markers on a Google Map, is to make sure that all points that you’re rendering are being displayed. There are a couple tactics that can be used to acheive this: 1) […]
Comment · Posted: August 13th, 2005
Starting today – and going until next week – I will be writing a post, everyday, detailing a chunk of Google Maps API-enhancing code that I’ve written. During the past couple weeks I’ve been working a number of contract jobs – all of which have centered around the usage of the Google Maps API, a […]
Comment · Posted: August 12th, 2005
After having posted my Super-Fast Delicious Bookmarklet yesterday, it became quite a hit on del.icio.us. As I watched the links come in I noticed one recurring trend: A lot of users were tagging their links with the cryptic ‘%s‘. I thought for a minute and realized that these users were adding the bookmarklet to their […]
Comment · Posted: August 8th, 2005
I’m looking for a Javascript/Design Guru to help get some applications off the ground. If you can look at Prototype (http://prototype.conio.net/) and say “That’s cool, but I can do better!”, or you can scoff at the designs on Stylegala (http://stylegala.com/) and CSS Vault (http://cssvault.com/) – then this job is for you! Knowledge of the following […]
Comment · Posted: August 8th, 2005
For the life of me I cannot figure out why any Mozilla-based browser will not return a Style element using innerHTML. Check out this test case that I whipped up. If you have any insight into this, please let me know. Google has been no help on this matter. Lazyweb PissedOffWeb hear my plea!
Comment · Posted: August 7th, 2005
Today I noticed that Chris Lott was looking for a super-fast way to post to del.icio.us after having posted a link to this bookmarklet on his del.icio.us link page. The bookmarklet provides the following functionality: The ability to type ‘d tag1 tag2 …’ on the location bar to tag a new URL. If you select […]
Comment · Posted: August 7th, 2005
(Originally from a comment that I made to this Makezine post) If you’re looking to read your mailing lists in your newsreader, I’d recommend looking no further then Gmail. Gmail has a hidden feature: Atom feeds for Labels! The technique is simple: Setup a filter to catch all email from a specific mailing list. Apply […]
Comment · Posted: August 6th, 2005
This past Monday I was contacted by the creators of of the EVDO Coverage Google Map Hack (mentioned on Slashdot) to do a Google Map hack for them. We fast-tracked all this week and just launched the alpha this morning. The web site is called Zazzah Courier Exchange. The service is trying to match businesses […]
Comment · Posted: August 5th, 2005
