July 2009
38 posts
How To: Get Google Tasks Outside of GMail |... →
This is the magic that I needed to get standalone google tasks for my domain: https://mail.google.com/tasks/a/domain.com/ig (replacing domain.com with my domain)
Springnote - your online notebook based on wiki →
Some kind of online notepad/wiki that Luke R is using. The demo video is basically just an illustration of hyperlinking.
Forgot your visual lock pattern on your G1? There... →
I had to do this to reset the lock that I must have set long ago.
MacBook: How to remove or install memory →
Outlines the type of RAM that I can use in my first generation Macbook: SO-DIMM PC2-5300 DDR2 667 MHz, up to a maximum of 2GB (2 x 1GB)
IE6 Notice →
A neat looking, small, javascript library that displays a warning (prompting them to upgrade) message to visitors using IE 6.
YouTube - JK Wedding Entrance Dance →
Awesomeness.
Watching linus explain git.
Blaenpant Mansion, self catering accommodation in... →
Possibility for GT’s stag. Near Cardigan Bay in Wales.
CardiKarts: Home →
Nearish to the Blaenpant Mansion. Possibility for GT’s stag.
P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Great Use of Data... →
Quotes the Be Vocal site in mentioning our Rewired State Active Places hack.
Great Use of Data Part 3: RewiredState.org | Be... →
Mentions our Active Places hack at Rewired State.
Pukka | Code Sorcery Workshop →
I just installed this after seeing a tweet from Luke Redpath. It appears to lack the main thing I’m after in a delicious desktop client which is a neat way to browse/manage my existing bookmarks. All…
Tour de France 2009: Ben Stiller on Lance's TT... →
I love Ben Stiller.
Listening to Chris Anderson’s Free
Following @hellobigfoot thanks to @felix_cohen
Commit a14df8c9b26b489f1db8fba64c72da3f20af7fcd to... →
The commit that allows you to target radio buttons with labels (with the :value option) in rails forms. Thanks to James M for digging it up for me.
Pinboard - antisocial bookmarking →
A potential alternative to delicious for bookmarking? Unfortunately, they require a small one-off signup fee that kinda puts me off. Interestingly, they plan:
“# Get notified by IM or email whenever…
Mac Developer Tips » Multiple Monitors, Moving... →
I’d obviously changed this at some point in the past and then completely forgotten how to change it back!
jviney's acts_as_taggable_on_steroids at master -... →
The acts_as_taggable rails plugin we’ve used, in at least one project, at work.
growing up your acts_as_taggable :: snax →
acts_as_taggable alternative mentioned by Jason Cale.
tenderlove's taka at master - GitHub →
“Taka is a DOM (core and html) implementation for ruby. This software is EXTREMELY experimental. You may hurt yourself while using it.”, and “document = Taka::DOM::HTML(open(‘http://google.com/’));…
Internet Explorer does not support user names and... →
Apparently IE doesn’t allow http://username:password@www.domain.com anymore. I found this out after trying a URL in Safari and Firefox (which work fine, of course) and then sending it to an IE user…
Ryan's Scraps: What's New in Edge Rails: Shallow... →
“Sorry about that guys â my akismet config was broken meaning that all your comments were dumped in some sort of pergatorial state. Thanks for the typo fixes â I think I got the message :)” So…
Having a quick play with @threedaymonk’s Kill or Cure - http://kill-or-cure.heroku.com.
watching good copy bad copy on the train home.
Jeff Mesnil » Blog Archive » Gitweb setup on Mac... →
The instructions I followed to get gitweb install on my laptop. I did have to do a bit of chmod a+x on my code directory but I’m not actually 100% sure that was necessary (gitweb was reporting “404…
View topic - yum failing to install httpd :: For... →
This is the problem I just experienced trying to install httpd on Centos. The solution (yum clean all) fixed it all up nicely.
Fedora Project, sponsored by Red Hat →
This describes the selinux security magic that I needed to set on some files under Apache on Centos before they could be read by Apache. Before setting the security context to httpd_sys_content_t,…
journalisted.com →
A bit like theyworkforyou but covering journalists. Neat.
Heading to the pool for a pre work swim.
Heading home happy after winning the “first man in flip flops on this floor” badge.
Hard Drive weight increasing? →
“Apologies if this is the incorrect area for this question. I’ve noticed that as I copy data/install programs on my Laptop, the weight of the Laptop increases. I have a bad back and am medically…
notificationbox - MDC →
The notificationbox appears as the horizontal box that slides down from the tab bar on certain firefox events, e.g. ‘remember this password’. It can be used in extensions too, e.g. ‘This page…
Wondering if anyone wants a cheap netgear wireless router - http://tinyurl.com/mbxf68. I am bad at ebay. Fact.
IE6ify Bookmarklet →
“After years of observation and reverse engineering I am proud to say I have been able to reproduce the IE6 algorithm to break even the most standards-compliant websites.” He he he.
Heading to london to drink all the beer.
BBC - iPlayer Message Board - Deleted - Content... →
The problem I’m currently having with the BBC iPlayer downloader on the Mac: Content expiring and being deleted the second it finishes downloading. This is shit.