Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
On April 1st 2004 Google announced a revolutionary new product, with unheard of storage and features .. or it may have been a April Fools prank that got out of hand. Continue reading I’ve Got Mail : 20 years of Gmail
I need to set some XML Schema Date/Time Datatypes (also called xsd date) values for Created (being now) and Expired (one month from now) so that the result might look something like a dateTime in UTC (also known as GMT, Continue reading Set xsd style dates with zulu time zone in java
in the works since 2005 has SongBird has reached a major milestone with is 1.0 release!! What is it? A DRM (Digital Restrictions Management, or they “restrict your rights to digits”. ) free, non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible (plug-in services!!), open-source, Continue reading DRM free Songbird Media Player is out of the nest with R1.0!
With Accordion Magic, Will Shaver has taken Stickman Labs‘s accordion sections and added the ability to close panels, and code to keep contents hidden while page loads. Outstanding!!! Common Prototype mistakes and how to avoid them : Here’s another list Continue reading Recent Code and the Culture of Code Links for Sept 5th
The making of DRM Law; What’s next in RSS; Continue reading Code is Culture Recent Links for July 13th: DRM Law & What’s next in RSS
I had need to get some data from Amazon Web Services, and in particular their Alexa Top Sites web service which provides access to lists of web sites ordered by Alexa Traffic Rank. And, happily, they had a Query Example Continue reading Amazon’s Web Top Site (Alexa) web service and Ruby; Fixed and juiced!