Archive for June, 2006

25peeps - 25 yearning for attention

25peeps - 25 yearning for attention
 • After seeing this at 5thirtyone, I figured what the hell, I’m a link submission whore -
you can be too.

The more things change..

.. the more they stay the same.
To get a feel for RSS subscription levels for smackoo, I decided to roll the feed through
feedburner.
I have done this
in the past as well, with
mixed success. It seems while times have changed, feedburners tendency to be
as fast as glacial ice movement has not.
That is not […]

Unobtrusive tabs, Drag & Drop, and more

Unobtrusive tabs, Drag & Drop, and more
 • Some interesting code samples utilising jQuery, which is more streamlined and lighter than AJAX. I can see many uses for the “tabs” example in particular.

Sexed Robots

Sexed Robots
 • One step closer to the holy grail of the ’sexaroid’? Proving yet again, that not all geeks’ who make ‘bots, want to go to war.

Yahoo! Developer Network

Yahoo! Developer Network
 • Yahoo’s PHP Developer Center is full of interesting treats - skip past the obligatory yahoo REST api resources and a wealth of information is still present.

geek 101 - drying clothes

Today did not start off that well.
Running late as I was, I discovered to my dismay a certain undergarment I had intended to wear, was still yet to fully dry.
This, was a bit of a conundrum, given I had little more than a few minutes to brew a coffee and head out to work.
A desperate […]

Spam war escalation

After purging a bunch of spam comments I’ve upped the ante in the war on terror spam.
It really doesn’t matter how many spam plugins I use, or whatever extraordinary efforts I go to, spam always seems to find a way through the defenses. A combination of black-list, keyword filter, Akismet and Spam Karma 2 […]

iTunes - when five is not enough

So, after rebuilding your system for the nth time you discover that your iTunes Music Store purchased music has already been authorised five times - five, of course, being the magical number Apple has graced us with for DRM authorisation.
At this point you’re wondering “how the smegging hell can Apple do this to me? bastards!”..
All, […]

5ThirtyOne - Red Card Group 5ThirtyOne?

5ThirtyOne - Red Card Group 5ThirtyOne?
 • Stealing is seriously un-cool and has been known to cause testicular shrinkage in rats.

Hiding elitism in plain sight

For those who have been under a rock for the last two weekes, 9rules
recently opened invitations for round 4.
Many great bloggers made the cut, including
Master Punsalan and
quite a few others, some 115 out of 700 sites.
However, as is always the case, there is at least one person who
takes it upon themselves […]

Ultimate Google Analytics plugin

Ultimate Google Analytics plugin
 • Supercharge your
google analytics results by capturing various additional metrics via this plugin.