February 2005
Feb. 15, 2005
419 comment spam? It certainly has the hallmarks.
Turn yourself in to a cyberpunk electrostatic porcupine. “Coat with static quills that stand up and shoot lighting when wearer is threatened”.
Internet Explorer 7. It’s been announced, but the stated focus is security and anti-phishing. No news on improved CSS.
QuirksBlog: Explorer 7? PPK’s pretty certain there won’t be any core engine improvements.
Feb. 16, 2005
jwz on Hula (via) jwz tears groupware a new belly button.
Cocoa and the Emerging Software Market. Cocoa is letting small teams build big things.
GoogleMapsHacking. Jeremy Dunck’s wiki page collecting Google Maps Hacks.
Feb. 17, 2005
A parent’s primer to computer slang (via) According to MS, “pwn” is a leet word possibly indicating illegal activity.
Google Maps Live (via) Firefox extension for tracking latitude/longitude data fed to a socket in real time on Google Maps.
Announcing WordPress 1.5 (via) The new features look awesome. I’m considering switching very soon.
Do Content Management Systems really work?
Have you considered trying a Wiki? In my experience, the more permissions / workflow / etc you have in a CMS the more likely it is that people won’t use it. Wikis may be a little unconventional but the barrier to entry is fantastically low and they can work extremely well (I like MediaWiki or TaviWiki myself).
[... 143 words]Press release spam is the new comment spam. “SEO Showdown: Real Results vs. the Straw Man”
Did he mention workflow? A beautiful response to jwz’s groupware rant.
Feb. 19, 2005
Wikiphilia—The New Illness. As a certifiable wikiphile, I’m inclined to disagree with most of this. Still makes for a great read though.
Schneier on Security: Cryptanalysis of SHA-1. If you want to understand the “breaking” of SHA-1, this is the place to go. Surprisingly accessible.
IE7’s Feature List. Positive commentary on IE7, predicting better standards support and tabbed browsing.
Feb. 20, 2005
KUsports.com gets a redesign. CSS under the hood, but the real star’s the content.
Feb. 21, 2005
Use HTML 4.01, not XHTML. Why Stuart’s book uses HTML, not XHTML.
Zeroconf and Python. I might be using this as part of my final year project.
Feb. 22, 2005
Introduction to Jython. Short but sweet; covers the essentials nicely.
The Observer Blog (via) All kinds of funky blog gizmos on this one.
Feb. 23, 2005
Fun with Google Maps. My writeup of the latest developments.
Leaked republican strategy briefing. Fascinating insight in to how American politics really works.
A GIS newsletter describes the server-side tech behind Google Maps (via) Apparently it’s using Telcontar’s Drill Down Server, with extensive customisations.
iPod—Compare Models. Make sense of the newly updated iPod range.
What have you guys been doing since IE6? (via) With regards to rendering, the answer appears to be “not a lot”.
Using DockSend in Transmit 3. This plus column view means I’ll be buying my copy shortly.
Feb. 24, 2005
Google cruft
New Google feature: Google Movies. Displays aggregated movie reviews (like Rotten Tomatoes), looks up local movie times based on your zip code saved in Google Local (more evidence of the fabled Google cookie), and even handles recommendations.
[... 120 words]Building Richly Interactive Web Apps with Ajax. Crikey, I’ve been slashdotted!