Chyrp is a lightweight blogging engine written in PHP. It has a very tumblog feel to it. I think it has a long way to go if it wants to become mainstream, but I still played around with it a bit and ended up writing an emoticon module. Emoticon List Code Image Description >_< angry [...]
I’ve been fiddling around today with converting a PSD from Premium Pixels to HTML and CSS and I don’t really know what to do with it now that I’m done so I thought I’d post it here for people to download. View the Demo The original PSD was meant for blog comments, but I designed [...]
I am definitely no .htaccess expert, and mod_rewrite can be especially confusing, but I’m currently working on a project for a client where I wanted to be able to link to things like http://mysite.com/about/, and these requests would be processed by a PHP file. I did something similar with the short url generator, and it [...]
It’s time for another edition of links that nobody cares about but me! Number One: The Manchineel Tree I’m pretty obsessed with this thing. I’m currently re-reading The Swiss Family Robinson, one of my favourite childhood books which, in retrospect, was a really weird book for me to like as a kid. One thing the [...]
A little over a month ago I released a PHP Script called Short URL (I know, super exciting & original name, right?) …But it had no way to deal with lost passwords. Basically, if you forgot your password, you were up shit creek without a paddle, because the copy in the database is encrypted and [...]
I couldn’t stand my old macbook anymore. It served me well, but after 3 & 1/2 years it was starting to get a little rough around the edges, mainly involving the trackpad, which has become so frustrating to use in its old age. So… I went ahead and bought this: View on Instagram So far [...]
There are some great JQuery tooltip plugins out there that allow for some amazing tooltip transitions and much better cross-browser compatibility, but it is 100% possible to have some cute tooltips with nothing but CSS. View the demo Part One: HTML For CSS tooltips, you don’t need anything extra for your links. No extra class, [...]
Christmas Lights view on instagr.am My only feeble attempt at decorating this place for Christmas. Oh yeah, and that thing on the windowsill is a Pomander that I made all by myself. Except I got bored after making just one and now it sits there like some sad rotting clove-orange and nobody knows what it’s [...]
I have never had cable in my life. Growing up, my parents never had any interest in paying for something so unnecessary, and as an adult, I carried that value forward, mainly because if I lived without cable for 20 years, why would I want it now? However. In the last two years, I have [...]
I got a question in the comments from my previous form validation post: Is there a way to do it so if at least one checkbox is checked, the GOOD (check) shows up but if not the BAD (x) shows up? Jamie As a result, I’ve decided to add a bit more to this tutorial: [...]
I’m kind of thinking that good way to make a small amount of money is to start selling themes on sites like themeforest.net, but before I start doing that I really need to brush up on my wordpress skills. Making themes for myself is easy, because I can just hack away and not worry about [...]
Smashing Magazine: Redesigning the country selector Seeing more than 20 uncategorized options can be bewildering, and country drop-downs often offer hundreds of options (according to ISO 3166, there are 249 countries). Read the article I love this solution, and the commenters also contribute a lot of great ideas and helpful tips. One of my favourite [...]
The couple with the coolest goddamn sunglasses. (Happy Anniversary Benny!)
Sunset, taken with Dermandar. Not bad, although there are definitely some parts where you can tell it was pieced together.
I’ve written a post on JQuery form validation before and it became my #2 most popular post (#1 being my “like this” wordpress plugin, which also needs clean up, but that will come later…), so I figured this was something I should clean up and re-post. View the demo Client Side Form Validation* Is not [...]
Finally. Adobe Systems Inc. is halting development of its popular Flash Player for use in mobile browsers. Full Article
view on instagr.am An extra stunning sunrise. I love the reflection of the colours in the water. Taken with HDR foto, the best free photography app I could find. Not sure how it measures up to the pricier apps, but I’m curious to find out! Does anyone have any experience with other photography apps, free [...]
view on instagr.am Had a “Who can take the best photo of these crunched cars” competition with Ben… I won, although he got some pretty cool shots as well. Posted without instagram filters, for your viewing pleasure!
Some examples of free hosted services for short urls are moourl.com and bitly.com. But making them personalized = so much cooler. For example, if you go to r.osey.me/s/google, you will be redirected to google.com. If you go to r.osey.me/s/twitter, twitter.com Not only that, but you get to keep track of how many people are clicking [...]
As the owner of a brand new iPhone 4s, one thing I was looking forward to was downsizing my camera situation and relying only on my phone for photography. I’ve been playing around with the idea of photos of the same spot at different times of day and in different sorts of weather. It’s hard [...]