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AJAX RSS Reader update
Posted : Monday April 6th, 2009

Following up on my AJAX RSS reader I made some improvements so now it can be used to read any RSS compatible feed. The reader is available ...read more

An AJAX RSS reader
Posted : Sunday April 5th, 2009

I threw together a little AJAX based RSS reader. You can see it at here. My idea when doing this was that I wa...read more

Still finding the way
Posted : Saturday April 4th, 2009

If had to choose an internet enabled fad that we could all best do without it would have to be comments on stories posted on news (newspaper, tv, etc) sites. What a waste of spa...read more

These guys didn't make $11,668.00 on Google and neither will you
Posted : Saturday March 7th, 2009

As part of my ongoing effort to expose shady operators for the scum they are a brief note about some of the ads displ...read more

Chrome Server : First impressions
Posted : Monday January 26th, 2009

Someone I know beta launched a new web-platform "thingy" today called Chrome Se...read more

RSS parsing with PHP
Posted : Tuesday January 6th, 2009

I've been looking for a bit for a decent RSS parser in PHP and I think I found one called Magpie. I've also been on the hunt for ...read more

Facebook in decline?
Posted : Tuesday December 16th, 2008

I am noticing recently a number of negative new developments at Facebook. Starting with some "questionable" ads. For example one app in particular keeps randomly redirecting me ...read more

Blog spammers blacklist
Posted : Thursday December 11th, 2008

I am currently putting together a small site and list that will have blacklists of domains spammed as well as IP addresses used by spammers for spam blasting blog comments. ...read more

Changing of the guard
Posted : Friday December 5th, 2008

Earlier this week Ted Rogers the head of a Canadian telecommunications conglomerate passed away. T...read more

Well I'm addicted
Posted : Tuesday December 2nd, 2008

To creating RSS feeds. Maybe caffeine too. But creating new RSS feeds for sure. I had done a few for a few minor things before but a few weeks back I created som...read more

Aaarrrrrrghhhhh
Posted : Saturday November 29th, 2008

I know it's been said before but it would be nice if there was some cross-browser support in CSS that actually looked the same. Mainly this is all IE's fault but all the...read more

Throttling updated but not concluded
Posted : Tuesday November 25th, 2008

So last week the CRTC finally rules on the "packet shaping" or "throttling" being performed by ...read more

Any less spam for you?
Posted : Wednesday November 19th, 2008

A big story last week in the world of the internet was the shut down...read more

Utterly Hopeless
Posted : Monday November 10th, 2008

So recently I have been working on some dynamic content fancy-nesses for a client. Basically what's happening is that a few RSS feeds are being read in and dumped into a databas...read more

Things that would be nice that won't happen
Posted : Saturday October 25th, 2008

Everyone has a list of pet peeves, things that annoy you that you wish could be changed although they probably won't. I was thinking this week of a few things that really irrita...read more

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