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Archive for May, 2008

Twitter script upgrades & JSONP hacking

Given that recently Twitter has been going up and down like a yo-yo (and I'm sure they're working on it), I've upgraded the twitter script to support timeouts. Twitter have also messed with the API...

What is Silverback?

I received a beta invite today to test out the Silverback app from Clearleft. Somehow chosen out of a hat (I know can't be true, because I could never fit in a normal sized hat...unless perhaps if it were a really stretchy beanie...I digress), I've now given it a play and sent my testing [...]

It's not 800x600

This is something that I've been include in my personal projects for some time now, but it's come up again for a client, so I thought I'd share: The optimum browser dimensions are not: 800x600 or even 1024x768. You're close, but wrong. Here's why.

window.onresize hangs IE6 and IE7

Another bug that I've not seen before that caused some confusion. Actually, the bug almost makes sense, except that it leaves IE6 and IE7 completely hanging.

Code Dumper

Code Dumper is a personal project of mine that I've used to practise some new skills on. It's a code dumping repository with a couple of features that I think makes it unique from the other code bins. Where possible, I'll blog about how particular aspects of the project so that they can be re-used [...]

The Long Ride

Last year Julie and I cycled the London to Brighton bike ride, a first for me. I enjoyed it so much that Julie jokingly suggested that we should cycle London to Paris for a bigger challenge. To her surprise I was keen to do it. One year later and four months of full time time [...]