Cancel dojo XHR in progress

Posted by Mike on Sep 3rd, 2008

Often you run across a use-case where you want users to be able to fire off an XMLHttpRequest while another is ongoing.  Sometimes, the requests are independent and affect independent objects as a result.   But othertimes, the callback functions from the two could be affecting the same event.
For example, imagine you have a list of [...]


Picasa debuts new facial recognition

Posted by Mike on Sep 3rd, 2008

Almost immediately after I decide to give Flickr another try-out, Picasa goes and announces a revamp of their own site.
I decided to give their facial recognition a try.  After visiting my picasa homepage, I clicked on the link suggesting that I try to identify my photos.  After a few minutes, I was redirected to a [...]


Flickr

Posted by Mike on Aug 31st, 2008

I’ve had a Flickr account for a while now, but always preferred my Picasa account for two major reasons:

storage limits
more albums

Well, I decided to give Flickr another shot. Lets see how this goes.


Facebook apps in python

Posted by Mike on Aug 26th, 2008

I ran across some good info for getting started creating Facebook apps in python:

docs: http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Python
api: http://code.google.com/p/pyfacebook/
tutorial: http://keepnix.com/articles/hellominifb.html

The author at Zen Habits recently talked about wanting someone to develop a “social karma” application. The idea would be that one could do good deeds and get some sort of recognition for it, thus encouraging more do-good-ing. [...]


Firefox tips and tricks

Posted by Mike on Aug 26th, 2008

I want to eventually post about some of the great things I’ve learned about Firefox and how to become a power user. I get a lot of value out of plugins and Greasemonkey scripts.
For another day…


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