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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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. [...]
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…