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Twitpic API for getting pictures out

I've been using Twitpic either via TwitterFon on my iPhone or Tweetie from my desktop for Twitter, but one thing struck me last night: Twitpic doesn't allow me to get my content back out. So here's my fix: http://twitpicapi.appspot.com/

Rimshot with HTML5

A little while ago I was involved in a conversation with someone about being able to have a button on your computer to trigger a rimshot noise, or a 'wah-wah-wahhh' (yes, of course I was in a pub). I pondered this for a few minutes, thinking it could be done using a bookmarklet and an overkill [...]

Google Assistive Technology Detection

We all know Google engineers are working away a stuff that's so amazing they have to wait a couple of years before releasing it otherwise it'll blow our minds up (Gmail, maps, etc). That said, they've released functionality tucked away inside the search results page that I never knew existed. Full accessibility support.

Safari's problem with @font-face

@font-face is definitely a huge string to the CSS author's bow, in fact, it's like a freekin' flamin' arrow, but watch out, Safari isn't very nice to slow connections.

Twivatar, a Twitter avatar API

Domain dead; native API available Due to a number of factors, twivatar.org is no longer active (the domain was in fact doomed) - however Twitter stepped up, and now there's an API to get the avatar directly from them: http://twitter.com/api/users/profile_image/rem - so no longer any need for twivatar anyway. I've built a number of [...]

HTML5 spell death to Flash?

The web community has gone loopy over Google announcing they're supporting HTML5 in a big way, particularly and almost specifically because of the YouTube to demo using the video tag (I'll add: rightly so). However, if you search Twitter for #html5 and you'll see a that half of the comments see the HTML5 demo as a [...]

Full Frontal JavaScript Conference

Today the Full Frontal JavaScript conference site goes live: full-frontal.org. It's one day JavaScript conference hosted in Brighton, UK in the World's first purpose built cinema: The Duke of York's. I specifically wanted to provide a conference that was affordable, and not up in the reaches of £300-400, which is why the tickets are set initially at [...]