Category Archives: Blog
Superfeedrfall
You may have seen RSSfall, which I blogged about a month or so ago. It uses PubSubHubBub (PSHB or PuSH or Hubbub for short) and Comet to stream RSS feed updates to your browser in realtime. Someone else working in … Continue reading
If you’re forgetful, Things iPhone sync is useless
Edit: I got a response from Cultured Code 🙂 great to get such a quick response with a detailed answer. Hi, Thank you for your inquiry. As you can imagine, wifi sync was only a first step. We are already … Continue reading
Core i7 27″ iMac Impressions
Update: Since writing this post, Apple have refreshed the iMac line, including a new 27″ Core i5 iMac with superior specs to the one I have! I’ve been waiting for Apple to refresh their iMac product line for ages. On the … Continue reading
Weird font corruption on Aion at high resolutions?
While trying to get Aion working on my 27” iMac, I noticed that the fonts looked a bit odd, almost as if they had little chunks taken out of them. I hunted around online for a solution but to no … Continue reading
Using Jekyll and Git to Blog
I’ve been using Posterous for a few months now as a blog, and found some of the features really handy. It was nice composing my blog posts by email, and the simplicity of the service as a whole was really … Continue reading
Installing Ubuntu with a graphical installer using tftp, dhcpd, and nfs
If you have the facilities, it’s really handy to install Ubuntu using Ubuntu’s nice install environment without having to burn any CDs. Just download the ISO and use it in conjunction with some server stuff and boot any computer off … Continue reading
Google Wave issues
Looks like Google Wave is having lots of issues today. Their servers are probably having issues due to the number of new people who have got Google Wave invites today (including me). The help forum confirms that many others are … Continue reading
Google Attempts to Explain what a Web Browser is
This article from Mashable is about Google’s video explaining what a browser is, but I hadn’t seen the interviews Google did asking people what a browser is. From their responses, I think a reasonable percentage of these people got confused … Continue reading
RSSFall – what Realtime RSS looks like
As some of you may know, I’m the lead developer at Twitterfall – a site for viewing tweets in a realtime manner. Twitterfall is something of a demonstration and experiment; although it is a fully featured product that people use … Continue reading
Lifehacker performs Browser Speed Tests
Lifehacker have done various speed tests against the latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera and also compared the results to their last round of testing. Results match up with my previous results between Chrome and Opera, but … Continue reading