Simon Willison’s Weblog

The hamster powered MIDI sequencer (via) The music generated is surprisingly listenable!

# 25th February 2005, 1:28 pm

Jeffrey Veen: Google Maps in Safari. They’ve got it working already. Will Opera be next?

# 25th February 2005, 8:09 am

Building Richly Interactive Web Apps with Ajax. Crikey, I’ve been slashdotted!

# 24th February 2005, 12:45 am

Using DockSend in Transmit 3. This plus column view means I’ll be buying my copy shortly.

# 23rd February 2005, 11:54 pm

What have you guys been doing since IE6? (via) With regards to rendering, the answer appears to be “not a lot”.

# 23rd February 2005, 5:44 pm

iPod—Compare Models. Make sense of the newly updated iPod range.

# 23rd February 2005, 4:30 pm

A GIS newsletter describes the server-side tech behind Google Maps (via) Apparently it’s using Telcontar’s Drill Down Server, with extensive customisations.

# 23rd February 2005, 4:11 pm / gis, google-maps

Leaked republican strategy briefing. Fascinating insight in to how American politics really works.

# 23rd February 2005, 3:11 pm

Fun with Google Maps. My writeup of the latest developments.

# 23rd February 2005, 2:04 am

The Observer Blog (via) All kinds of funky blog gizmos on this one.

# 22nd February 2005, 9:50 pm

Introduction to Jython. Short but sweet; covers the essentials nicely.

# 22nd February 2005, 9:25 pm / jython

Zeroconf and Python. I might be using this as part of my final year project.

# 21st February 2005, 12:53 pm

Use HTML 4.01, not XHTML. Why Stuart’s book uses HTML, not XHTML.

# 21st February 2005, 12:52 pm / xhtml

KUsports.com gets a redesign. CSS under the hood, but the real star’s the content.

# 20th February 2005, 10:53 pm

IE7’s Feature List. Positive commentary on IE7, predicting better standards support and tabbed browsing.

# 19th February 2005, 4:50 pm

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.

# 19th February 2005, 3:12 pm / bruce-schneier, cryptanalysis, hashing, security, sha

Wikiphilia—The New Illness. As a certifiable wikiphile, I’m inclined to disagree with most of this. Still makes for a great read though.

# 19th February 2005, 2:46 pm

Did he mention workflow? A beautiful response to jwz’s groupware rant.

# 17th February 2005, 11:10 pm

Press release spam is the new comment spam. “SEO Showdown: Real Results vs. the Straw Man”

# 17th February 2005, 11:03 pm

Announcing WordPress 1.5 (via) The new features look awesome. I’m considering switching very soon.

# 17th February 2005, 10:14 pm

Google Maps Live (via) Firefox extension for tracking latitude/longitude data fed to a socket in real time on Google Maps.

# 17th February 2005, 8:31 pm

A parent’s primer to computer slang (via) According to MS, “pwn” is a leet word possibly indicating illegal activity.

# 17th February 2005, 9:27 am

GoogleMapsHacking. Jeremy Dunck’s wiki page collecting Google Maps Hacks.

# 16th February 2005, 10:30 pm

Cocoa and the Emerging Software Market. Cocoa is letting small teams build big things.

# 16th February 2005, 10:29 pm

jwz on Hula (via) jwz tears groupware a new belly button.

# 16th February 2005, 3:04 pm

Schneier on Security: SHA-1 Broken. Whoa.

# 16th February 2005, 4:47 am / bruce-schneier, hashing, security, sha

QuirksBlog: Explorer 7? PPK’s pretty certain there won’t be any core engine improvements.

# 15th February 2005, 7:06 pm

Internet Explorer 7. It’s been announced, but the stated focus is security and anti-phishing. No news on improved CSS.

# 15th February 2005, 7:04 pm / css, ie7, internet-explorer, phishing, security

Turn yourself in to a cyberpunk electrostatic porcupine. “Coat with static quills that stand up and shoot lighting when wearer is threatened”.

# 15th February 2005, 4:01 pm

419 comment spam? It certainly has the hallmarks.

# 15th February 2005, 1:54 pm