I’m sorry flcodr

by Leon on July 15, 2009

A bit more than a year ago I launched flcodr. It was designed to be a way for me to learn PHP and also organise my actionscript snippets. I decided to open this up to the world so that people (…)

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Essential tools for Web Dev/Design on a Mac

by Leon on June 7, 2009

It’s no suprise – i’m a BIG Apple fan. I own an iPhone, iMac, MacBook and Apple TV. It’s not just the design and aesthetics that I love but the whole UI and user experience aswell as the great software (…)

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Really simple jQuery alerts

by Leon on June 6, 2009

Over the last few month’s I have been using jQuery more and more in my web projects to do everything from style forms to adding interactivty to lists via drag and drop. In this post I will share with you (…)

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I’ll see you there!

by Leon on May 30, 2009

At Flash Camp Birmingham that is: I don’t really need to say more than that I don’t think. It promises to be a great day out and hopefully i’ll have a new version of flCodr up for then!!

Last.fm/Spotify WordPress Widget

by Leon on January 6, 2009

I have created the WordPress widget that displays recent tracks from last.fm with the ability to open the tracks in Spotify. Read more and check it out here - http://www.blog.sizzla-media.co.uk/plugins/ Hope you like it.  Any feedback add them to the comments (…)

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Add Spotify to WordPress

by Leon on January 6, 2009

I have hacked the Last.fm for WordPress plugin from here to search Spotify. At present I don’t plan to release the plugin but will do shortly after I have tidied up the code. You can test it out by firstly (…)

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Spotify – an end to illegal downloads?

by Leon on January 4, 2009

A new service called Spotify aims to halt the illegal downloading of music by allowing users to stream content to their PC’s and Macs. The idea is pretty simple; rather than the user paying upfront for the music it is (…)

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How I came to love my Apple TV

by Leon on January 4, 2009

(with a little help from my iPhone) So I finally gave in and brought an Apple TV last month and managed to get a little discount thanks to the Thanksgiving Sale. It was a long and arduous decision; I read (…)

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Aspect Ratio Calculator

by Leon on December 19, 2008

This is my latest Flash extension panel – Ratio Calc. We’ve all been there, creating a video player for an application and having the task of working out the aspect ratio, or perhaps resizing images or even just trying to (…)

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Custom ringtones for your iPhone

by Leon on December 16, 2008

Just a quick post to show you a web service that allows you to create and download ringtones for your iPhone. Simply head to http://audiko.net and follow the instructions. Here is one I made earlier: http://audiko.net/ringtone/Roots+Manuva/886290/Buff+Nuff+%28Prod.+By+Toddla+T%29/en.html?fresh