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Links for 2006-04-11

by mitch on April 11, 2006 in delicious

How to Run IE 7 without installing it — (Tagged: browser hacks howto ie). British Airways – Jet Lag Advisor — Key in local and visited time for recommendations to minimize jet lag. (Tagged: health jetlag lifehacks reference tips travel). PhpDelicious – a class for accessing the del.icio.us API — Might be kind of fun [...]

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Back Up del.icio.us Bookmarks

by mitch on April 11, 2006 in Blog Stuff, Geekery, WordPress

Lifehacker shows you how to back up del.icio.us bookmarks on your blog. As the article points out, aside from backups, there are other benefits to doing this: It also kills two birds with one stone: participate in the del.icio.us community AND update your blog daily with one del.icio.us post. This is a “no-hassle” solution done [...]

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Using Amazon S3 to Serve Static Content

by mitch on April 11, 2006 in Geekery

Adrian Holovaty explains how he’s using Amazon S3 to serve media files. I’m not entirely sure that this constitutes best use of S3, but this article is certainly worth reading if you are interested in a simple example using Python and the S3 API.

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Links for 2006-04-10

by mitch on April 11, 2006 in delicious

Upload Progress Bar / AJAX File Uploader: FileChucker – by Encodable Industries — Ajax style file uploader. (Tagged: ajax development javascript php programming tools web2.0). 1 Pixel Out Audio Player WordPress plugin — WordPress plugin enables embeded audio on your blog. (Tagged: audio blogging mp3 music plugins wordpress). Ajaxload – Ajax loading gif generator — [...]

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More Ajax Resources for Beginners

by mitch on April 10, 2006 in Ajax, Geekery, JavaScript, Links, Web 2.0

When I first became involved in a project that would require Ajax techniques, I quickly went to the web in search of tutorials to learn how to use the XMLHttpRequest object. Following are the resources I found most helpful as I learned to create dynamic web applications. Links to various JavaScript libraries and other sites [...]

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Running in the Portland Rain

by mitch on April 8, 2006 in Portland, Running, Talk

Last Saturday was the first training run for the Portland Marathon. My friend Rick and I ran with the PMC group downtown along the water front, under beautiful sunny skies. The weather that morning could not have been more pleasant. Today’s run however, was a different story, nothing but rain the whole time. We ran [...]

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del.icio.us bookmarks for 2006-04-07

by mitch on April 7, 2006 in delicious

Automattic » WordPress Widgets — New widget plug-in for WordPress. (Tagged as: blogging plugins tools webdesign widgets wordpress). Prototype Javascript Windows — prototype.js-based JavaScript Windows. Combine with script.aculo.us for cool effects. (Tagged as: ajax css javascript programming web2.0 webdesign). Color Blender — Eric Meyer’s color blender. Pick 2 colors and discover n midpoints between. (Tagged [...]

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AJAX for Newbies

by mitch on April 7, 2006 in Ajax, Asides, Geekery, Links

Scoble points to Ajax Resources for Beginners, a great little link source for Ajax tutorials. I’ve seen most of the sites referenced, but one completely new to me (and very valuable) is Ajax Activity Indicators, a page containing dozens of animated gif images for your downloading pleasure.

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del.icio.us bookmarks for 2006-04-06

by mitch on April 6, 2006 in delicious

24 ways — Bunches of great stuff. Ajax, CSS, DOM, and other great web development stuff. (Tagged as: ajax css design howto tips webdesign). The Best Design Resources you can Clear in One Sitting – PhilRenaud.com — Another source of links and such covering web design topics. (Tagged as: ajax css design links reference webdesign). [...]

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del.icio.us bookmarks for 2006-04-05

by mitch on April 5, 2006 in delicious

Color Tool 2.0.1 Alpha — Ajax driven color picker. (Tagged as: ajax color design tools webdesign). SelectORacle — Decode any CSS selector. One of my favorite tools. (Tagged as: css design reference tools webdesign). Micro Persuasion: Ten Feedburner Hacks — More Steve Rubel hacks. This time… Feedburner. (Tagged as: blogging feedburner hacks howto tips).

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