Monthly Archives: October 2008

Gmail Gets Auto-Replies

This is one feature that I’ve been wanting for ages! Hello, you’ve reached Chad’s mailbox. Thanks for your email about the latest Labs feature: Canned Responses, or email for the truly lazy. I’m on paternity leave so I won’t be … Continue reading

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Android Goes Open Source

Yesterday was a big day for advanced mobile phones - Android went fully open source. I really like the iPhone (it will be my next phone) - it’s the most complete device out there, but I would love to see … Continue reading

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Blackbird - Javascript Logging Utility

Found this while trawling the feeds this morning - looks like quite a useful utility. It offers a nice alternative to Firebug (when testing in browsers other than Firefox). Blackbird via

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The Macalope: “Is This a Joke?”

The Macalope bitch slapping some poor journalism - great reading. full story

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Linux Now an Equal Flash Player

Finally… “As recently as 2007, Linux users waited six months for Flash 9 to arrive. Now, with Microsoft pushing its Silverlight alternative, Adobe is touting the universality of its Flash format, which has penetrated ‘98 percent of Internet-enabled desktops,’ it … Continue reading

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Ballmer in “PCs Are Better Than Macs” Shocker…

Ballmer goes on the defensive a shows just how ignorant he is… a great read! …you’ll see us be much more vigorous about stating the case for the PC. The truth of the matter is, this is ironic. The PC … Continue reading

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WordPress Theme Notes

I’ve been working on a theme for wordpress over the last few weeks (on and off), it turns out to be really quite simple, you just need to find out where to get started… Here’s some pages that I found … Continue reading

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Release: toggleController Plugin 1.0

I’ve just spent the last week on a Javascript and Ajax course (thanks to work for footing the bill)! As such I come armed with some newfound javascript knowledge! Here’s the first fruits of my labour - a very simple … Continue reading

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