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There is an old adage which states, “how you say something is just as important as what you say”. I believe this to be true. You can’t give a serious presentation while giggling like a schoolgirl or warning of the dangers and hazards in the home while making toast in the bathtub. The same is […]
Continue ReadingMeteoric (source: http://github.com/richstokoe/Meteoric, documentation: http://richstokoe.github.com) is a JavaScript framework that allows UIs to be built on-the-fly driven by JSON metadata. The JSON metadata is parsed by “writers“, very focussed JavaScript functions which understand the specific requirements of that metadata and spit out HTML to the DOM. Styling is done through CSS. The idea is that […]
Continue ReadingLet’s Get Geeky!! This week I have been updating a project I’m working on from ASP.NET MVC3 to ASP.NET MVC4 (Beta). MVC4 ships with an improved version of the Razor view engine. But “updated” apparently also means “broken”… That is, if you’re using jQuery UI Widgets. Which I am. So it is. Let’s build a […]
Continue ReadingFantastic! Finally Google shows off some of its creativity and innovation!! You know my feelings about Google, but this has gone some way to reaffirming my faith in the big primary-coloured search-and-ads behemoth. You should also know my feelings about WebGL being the future of the web (and everything). So, before you do anything else today, fire […]
Continue ReadingNobody really knows what the world of future technology will bring. 10 years ago the word “Facebook” didn’t mean anything, Nokia was the largest mobile phone maker in the world, Apple’s very first iPod was only 6 months old, Bill Gates was still in charge of Microsoft having just settled the lawsuit filed by the DoJ, […]
Continue ReadingI was all set to write an apology to tech mega-giant, Google. Even though my AdSense woes are still unanswered, there are aspects of the Google operation which really excites me. Self-driving cars is important and they’ve put nearly a billion dollars into renewable energy. In fact, they say they want to run their entire […]
Continue ReadingAfter fucking up their core search business in favour of ghost-town Facebook clone, Robert Scoble+, innovationally stunted advertising megacorp, Google, have decided to have a crack at destroying part of their other global success: Android. If it aint broke, don’t fix it, Mountain View.
Continue Reading1. Stop Stealing My Focus!!! I can’t stress this enough. The single greatest threat to the economic recovery, continuation of the species and integrity of my sanity is the way Windows is completely dense about giving applications focus. I simply can’t count the number of times I’ve been typing away merrily and Windows switched applications […]
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