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Download Google map tiles…
Say you want a 40×30 tile version of your local neighborhood to view “offline”? Go here and enter the coordinates to get the goods… Of course, keep in mind, that, well, something like 40×30 = 1,200 graphics. You know, MATH, it’s all around us… 🙂 See info at http://web.media.mit.edu/~nvawter/projects/googlemaps/index.html on how to determine your start…
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Super Mario Brothers Synth Board
Super Mario Brother Synth board, create your own SMB mix of songs and sounds read more | digg story Link to share this: https://gabrielserafini.com/blog/2006/02/05/super-mario-brothers-synth-board/
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Python at Google (presentation by Greg Stein given at SDForum)
I love this part of this nice piece about some of the technology / programming practices at Google: Python programmers at Google must follow a strict style guideline (based on PEP8 with 2 spaced indenting). When engineers are first granted commit access to their SCM system, they must pass a style test. All code must…
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So you need a hammer, huh?
This is pretty funny, and I suspect, more than a little bit accurate. Let’s pretend I’ve decided to build a spice rack. I’ve done small woodworking projects before, and I think I have a pretty good idea of what I need: some wood and a few basic tools: a tape measure, a saw, a level,…
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Creating a Mozilla/Firefox Drag and Drop file upload Script (Part 1)
Drag and drop upload of a file into Mozilla is possible? This promises to deliver that formerly IE – Windows only capability. Yay. Creating a Mozilla/Firefox Drag and Drop file upload Script (Part 1) There has been a lot of focus lately on web applications which have enhanced rich-client functionality, such as the oft-published AJAX…
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Web 2.0 Innovation Map
Hmmm…. No St. Louis companies listed here… yet. 🙂 The Web 2.0 Innovation Map grew out of an interest in how Web 2.0 development is distributed geographically. Using the lists of Web 2.0 applications from various sources (see listings) and a bit of elbow grease to locate addresses, the Innovation Map was born. The locations…
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Seagull Framework :: Overview
Overview Introduction Welcome to the Seagull Framework project, created and maintained by Demian Turner and the Seagull community. Seagull is an object oriented framework written in PHP that focuses on best practices, clean code and reusable components. The core libraries are free for you to use in your own projects and a number of modules…
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Ned Batchelder: Deleting code
Really nice article for all you developers out there about good coding practices and specifically the issue of letting go when the time is right. There’s plenty of information out there about how to write code. Here’s some advice on how to delete code. The best way to delete code This may seem obvious, but…
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FireBug – enhanced Javascript, AJAX and DHTML debugging tool
FireBug – JoeHewitt.com FireBug is a new tool for Firefox that aids with debugging Javascript, DHTML, and Ajax. It is like a combination of the Javascript Console, DOM Inspector, and a command line Javascript interpreter. Link to share this: https://gabrielserafini.com/blog/2006/01/26/firebug-enhanced-javascript-ajax-and-dhtml-debugging-tool/
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Google Code: Web Authoring Statistics
Gotta love the deadpan delivery of the contribution to the field of research about pages… Previous studies: 1315 websites, 141 websites, 119 websites, 10 websites. Google’s sample: oh, um, slightly just a hair over a BILLION web pages. Hi guys! 🙂 Introduction Various people have, over the last few years, done studies into the popularity…