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- Testing a custom URL shortener
Testing a custom url shortener
- jQuery ajax loading widget
Even though i’ve been using jQuery to make web apps for quite a while, this simple function passed me by until quite recently. When loading data asynchronously, the end user doesn’t get any feedback that anything is actually happening (unless you display a loading gif or something similar). This can often lead to the user [...]
- Really simple jQuery alerts
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 my simple jQuery alert plugin – altertr. About Alertr is a simple jQuery alert plugin. [...]
- Update to Mashup
So it seems my server got overloaded due to the excessive api calls my lastest mashup was making to the last.fm server. This did work fine when I had it running locally, I may post a video of it in action instead of the demo. In the meantime I am thinking of another tool. The [...]
- How I came to love my Apple TV
(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 many blogs and really did my research as i’d heard mixed reviews about the device. [...]
- Custom ringtones for your iPhone
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
- Flash, XML and foreign characters
The Scenario You are creating a Flash project that feeds text in from an external XML file. The text is currently in English but there is a requirement that the text be changed to other languages. The Problem You have added foreign characters such as é, ü or ß and they don’t show up in [...]
- GoogleMaps/Locator Panel Error
I have just spotted an error with the location abilities of the two apps I have made that use the GMap component that causes the Flash to crash. As soon as I can I will investigate these errors. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Leon
- I’m in Web Designer Mag
The latest issue of Web Designer Mag recently landed on my door mat and I was pleasantly surprised to see some of my work included in the mag and on their promotional disc. I was contacted by the editor a month or two ago about flCodr – the online repository for actionscript snippets. The site [...]
- Find me on Adobe Exchange!
Looking for a Flash extension that will allow you to find a latitude and longitude based on a location? Then you need my locator panel, which is now also available on the Adobe Exchange. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1526018
