Vim folding is so handy as Kae found out ages ago. I finally tried it again this morning..
Author Archives: Donncha
The Island .. I won! I won!
I won tickets on Red FM a few minutes ago to go see a preview of The Island on August 10th! Woo!
JavaScript Password Generator
I had need to create lots of passwords recently. Why should I poke randomly at my keyboard when someone already has a generator I can use? 🙂
Ootips – Object Orientation Tips
Ootips – Object Orientation Tips.. my primary development language these days is PHP, so my OO skills aren’t called upon as much as they used to. Still should be useful stuff here for everyone!
D’Arcy Norman Dot Net » Blog Archive » Multiuser weblog software is heating up again…
D’Arcy Norman looks at the multi-blog universe again. He’s examining a few systems and I like his simple litmus test:
If a user’s first reaction to the software is something like “GAH!” they are less likely to use it.
Catnip.. intoxicated cat dances for family
No, sorry, I just made that up. From reading this article on catnip, I wouldn’t be surprised if cats did dance after coming into contact with catnip!
Looks like it could be good as an insect repellent too, just watch out for the local cats.
Paper planes and rockets
Here’s how to build the best paper airplane in the world, and you can build a paper rocket too! Mad stuff!
Liam pointed me at these paper models for download. So much paper goodness!
Productivity Tips For Avid Blog Readers
Productivity Tips For Avid Blog Readers – lots of good stuff.
I discovered the true power of feedster and rss only a few weeks ago.
I have an interest in a few things:
What I did was grab the XML feed for each of those searches and use Thunderbird to track them.
Now I have a very effective method of finding out who’s talking about me, and about my favourite subjects!
Unfortunately, searching for more generic terms such as “photography” results in too much cruft for it to be useful, and Thunderbird seems to fall down if I try advanced feedster queries.
Nothing About Noise
Mike Johnston gets used to noise in his latest article. Not sure I agree with him, but I suppose it could be a signature look if you were optimistic!
Zork.. web browser style
Here’s a neat php driven version of the old text adventure Zork! Cool! Although I’d rather play a good mud to be honest! (via)