After brainstorming with a co-worker about possible uses for the Google Gears (Google’s offline browser storage solution), I thought it would be cool if I could do an autocompletion field without making repetitive and expensive HTTP connections to an Ajax script on a server somewhere. This would also slightly reduce load on a centralized database.
Yesterday, [...]
Category Archives: Web
Autocompletion With Gears
June 7, 2008 – 8:58 pm
Updating WordPress with Subversion
June 21, 2007 – 8:54 pm
For various reasons, I’ve decided to start updating my WordPress install with Subversion. The process is very simple and safe, if you follow some simple steps from your SSH or Telnet session. Note: you have to have Subversion installed on the server you’re trying to do this on. Try doing the [...]
Is OpenOffice in trouble?
April 18, 2007 – 3:40 pm
With Google’s announcement of an upcoming Powerpoint-esque web application, is there any reason I’d ever want to use OpenOffice? I value the collaboration and constant availability from any web-enabled computer much higher than I value being able to use a slightly clunky desktop application.
As far as I’m concerned, Microsoft Office has Open Office beat [...]
Monsters by Mail
March 31, 2007 – 9:22 pm
In case you haven’t heard, my friend Len (of Jawbone Radio) has decided to draw up to 150 monsters based on adjectives suggested by his adoring public. For only $20, you can enter the adjective of your choice and Len will draw and color it by hand on a 4×6 postcard and send it [...]
Twitterified
March 30, 2007 – 6:15 pm
I’ve decided to give Twitter a try. I’m going to be using it for thoughts or links that don’t warrant a full blog post. You’ll be able to see these links on my twitter page or on my sidebar under “Thoughts and Links”. If you’re into twitter, you can add me as [...]
Web 3.0: Now More Hoaxy
March 21, 2007 – 10:39 pm
Today, Michael posted a link to a Canadian blog who described one of the reasons that Web 3.0 will fail. I agree that greed and closed systems will cause the downfall of what has been coined as “Web 3.0″.
There’s a more fundamental reason, though. “Web 2.0,” as a term, was coined after the [...]
Goodbye Ars Technica
March 21, 2007 – 2:47 pm
I am finally removing Ars Technica from my feed reader. The reason for this is pure and simple, incomplete articles in the RSS feed. In fact, they don’t even include a snippet. All they have is a one sentence abstract/teaser. It reminds me of TV news stations that have commercials that [...]
New Paul and Storm site
March 7, 2007 – 2:58 pm
For a month or two, I’ve been working on creating a new site for the very funny comedic band Paul and Storm. I just made the new site live this weekend. Check it out! (Not all of their music is appropriate for younger folk, just a warning)
http://www.paulandstorm.com
Their site is based on WordPress [...]
Web APIs
December 1, 2005 – 10:01 am
Today I found this list of 120 Web APIs. As you may know, I’ve enjoyed working on my PHP wrapper for the Flickr API. This list is very interesting and I’m going to have to go through it later when I have some more time.
ProgrammableWeb: Web 2.0 API Reference
Web 2.0 Bingo!
November 29, 2005 – 10:35 am
This could give you hours of fun while you read your RSS feeds, you NERD.