April 2009
23 posts
Dickensurl.com →
This is awesome. The DickensURL for http://www.agileanimal.com is http://dickensurl.com/6ba0 or in other words:
Reflect upon your present blessings - of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
From Sketches by Boz
Building a jQuery Step-by-Step Form →
The demo is bland but the idea is good.
Our Office "Biggest Loser" competition has...
It is official as of this afternoon: after losing 42lbs and over 17.5% of my weight, I am the “Biggest Loser” at Castlerock in Edmonton.
Over the course of the last 12 weeks we have been having a competition to see who can lose the most weight (well percentage of their body weight) in 12 weeks. I came in first managing 42lbs (>17.5%) with another member of the software team losing...
iPhone UI Icon Set →
Nice icons if you do need to roll (or buy) your own.
iPhone Human Interface Guidelines: System-Provided... →
A list of icons that the iPhone OS gives you so you don’t have to make your own.
200km!!!
I have officially ran 200km since the start of the year (according to Nike+).
Ubuntu 9.04 Ready to go. →
I run Macs on the desktop and Ubuntu as a server. You should too. So grab yourself a heaping helping of some Jaunty Jackalope
jspdf - Yes, a JavaScript PDF creator. →
Anything is possible. Still, this is one of those things that I would think would not be very possible…
Google's Indoor Solar-powered Calendar Display →
This is pretty cool. Google is eliminating paper without increasing energy use. LCD room schedule that update wirelessly and use solar power.
(From Reddit)
40 Exceptional jQuery Interface Techniques and... →
Awesome list of cool things to do with JQuery. Really. You should look at it!
Spacegallery - jQuery plugin →
One of the coolest things I have seen in JavaScript in a while. Really, it is something else.
Setting up your Mac for RoR. →
Cool post from Dan at thoughtbot to get you up and running on that new Mac. Some of the tips were even new to me.
Fluid - Site Specific Browser (OSX) →
Site Specific Browser for Leopard = a website that runs like an app, saves your place when you close it and hangs out in the Dock.
Offline Gem Server RDocs →
Pretty nice way to access RDocs offline.
Adobe Flex | Free for "unemployed developers" →
Why note get Xcode instead. Or grab the RoR framework. They are free for ALL developers.
Gall's Law →
I just read this on Daring Fireball in a blog entry about the iPhone. It is so true. Get something working and then iterate.
Build a path, then a bike trail, then a road, then a highway.
ASP.NET MVC 1.0 →
Someone (not me because I am too biased against .NET) needs to look at this in detail.
It sounds promising.
100 miles down. 4 weeks to go.
DISCLAIMER: Check with your Doctor before you begin any exercise or dietary program.
Once or twice a year my office holds a “Biggest Loser” competition to encourage healthy lifestyles. With less than 4 weeks left in the 12 week competition I am down almost 35lbs.
So many people have asked how I have managed to lose that much weight so quickly that I thought I might as well post it...
mezzoblue ยง Chalkwork Snook Adoption Fund Drive →
Buy the royalty free icons and help a family adopt a child in need.
Shaw High Speed Nitro →
Here are the details:
Up to 100 Mbps download speed
5 Mbps upload speed
400 GB/month data transfer
10 personal email accounts
8 No-Cost Extras
24/7/365 technical assistance
Up to two dynamic IP addresses (*2)
Modem included
Only Available in Saskatoon?!?
SBV6220 DOCSIS 3.0 Digital Voice Modem →
As far as I can tell this is the most likely modem candidate for the new Shaw Docsis 3 service (coming soon to a city near you if that city is Saskatoon).