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lowersrc: dynamic images for wireframing
Everything has already been done on the internet. I know that, that's why I never check to see if an idea has been done before I do it. I'd just never do anything otherwise. And here is such a project. It's called "lowersrc: Loren Ipsum for images". Lowersrc dynamically generates images for use in prototyping or wireframing or whatever it's called these days.
WadBug – mobile web developer toolbar
Back in the dark ages of web development (2003) debugging tools were extremely limited. You just had to kind of "think like a browser" to figure out why something wasn't working. Thankfully, those days were banished forever with the introduction of the extremely influential Web Developer Toolbar by Chris Pederick.
A while ago I realised I was relying heavily on the "think like a browser" technique for debugging mobile web applications - so I put together a mini console/info/code executor thing to help mobile phones spill their guts. It's called "WadBug: the web app debugger". And here it is in action: Wadbug Test Page.
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Intresting things
Here's some interesting things that you know about all already.
As you loyal readers know, this blog contains very few "here's a link I found" posts. That's because I know that you know about it already.
But if there was an internet water cooler, I'd certainly rattle off items from a list of things I'd just read, should I bump into you in the vicinity of aforementioned cooler.
Et voilà. As I get more content (and time) together, I intend to implement a "Hacker News" style ranking system. But in the meantime, I wouldn't mind chattin' with you about those interesting events that shape our days. I won't insult your intelligence by linking to any articles, because I know you know about it already.
URL shrtng
URL shorteners are a great for turning long links into short links - and this is fantastically useful for... phew, um, I dunno - ever-so-slightly lowering bandwidth, perhaps? But still, why not take advantage of these free and stupid services! I know most of you detest the thought of clicking on a link that (behind the scenes) contains the 13 characters! of mrspeaker.net. How does your browser cope with all these letters?! So here's the 24 character shortened version: http://linkzip.net/F/4JC
Now, the less astute amongst you might think that the new version hasn't been shortened at all. But what you might not realise is that to combat the longer URL, I simply ran the result through another URL shortener. DOUBLY SHORT! Naturally, wanting the best for my reader's browsers, I decided to run the result through 15 different URL shorteners to give you the most shortened URL I possibly could.
SEARCHING FOR $ – a C64 Ajax loader
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Golly gosh Ajax spinners ("throbbers" if you must use the correct term) are boring. They just spin. Not my Ajax throbber. It rocks.
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iOS4 touchend to end all touchends
I went to play the ol' Some Adventure Guy on the new iOS4 on my 3GS (sooo many TLAs!) - but alas, my already crappy controls had become even more crappier! And it looks like a crazy change (hopefully bug) in webkit's touch handling is to blame.
humans.txt
Act like a machine.
Web3.0 - the semantic web - is just around the corner (I think we're at Web2.8.0 at the moment) which means the days of human relevance is coming to an end. We had a good run, and we contributed a lot of semi-interesting things, but now it's the machines turn.
One of the initial problems they are going to face is how to ensure their services are being consumed by their intended audience - and not bandwidth-wasting humans. That's why I've created the humans.txt captcha.
Wireframing on a budget
My co-worker recently asked me what the deal was with all the post-it notes that perpetually orbited me, getting lodged in my hair and coffee and such. My overly detailed explanation caused me to realise that I'd developed a trick (that perhaps everyone has been doing forever - I dunno) which might also be useful to others.