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• Code & Design

  Bespin: Coding in the Cloud

  02.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is a neat concept. The quality of the video kind of sucks, but you’ll get the idea.
  Introducing Bespin from Dion Almaer on Vimeo.
  Did they say this project was started by someone named Russ Bespin? Who is this guy? Either that is a fake name to help fend off George Lucas’s copyright lawyers, or [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  Notice anything different?

  10.07.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Yup, that’s right…everything. I traded in my original (hacked beyond recognition) red theme, for a new, more functional minimalistic theme. It’s amazing what a fresh coat of CSS will do for a site. All the code under the hood has been overhauled as well.
  I also changed the name of the site from :skyecade online [...]

• Code & Design

  Scratch – Interactive programming language

  05.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Scratch is a new programming language developed at M.I.T. and specifically geared towards kids. Instead of using the conventional syntax based methodology, Scratch employs colorful building blocks (objects) which users can drag and drop. Each of these blocks has different attributes, and when combined with other blocks, users can alter the functionality of their program [...]

• Self Improvement

  O’Reilly School of Technology

  04.10.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  What have we here? It looks like O’Reilly – of O’Reilly Media, not Bill O’Reilly – has opened up its internet ports to all those who are interested in getting an education in technology. O’Reilly School of Technology offers a variety of online courses ranging from programming to system administration to web development. You [...]

• How To...

  Google, the new Napster

  03.15.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I saw this little trick on Digg this morning. It actually sorta, kinda works.
  Cut and paste the following text into Google:
  {-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “DIGG”}
  Replace the word “DIGG” with the name of your favorite band and voila, a listing of open indexes containing downloadable music files. Of course [...]

• How To...

  Show hidden files in OS X

  11.18.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m blogging about this so I don’t forget how to do it, but some of you may find it useful too.
  I needed to edit my .htaccess file from my web server, but when I downloaded it to my desktop (OS X), the file magically disappeared. So I downloaded it again. This time it asked [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  A sneak peek

  11.13.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Busy, busy, busy.
  So a few of us have been working on a new community site geared specifically towards geeks. The site is still being developed, but the forums are up and running and the official blog is only days away.
  Check it out at zengeeks.com. A bit of a warning though, this community [...]

• Code & Design

  IE7 problem fixed

  11.01.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  I finally fixed the IE7 problem that plagued this site, although it’s really only a temporary fix. It’s also a very ugly fix. I had to use a conditional comment in my code which detects Internet Explorer 7 browsers and then loads a separate CSS file.

  <!–[if IE 7]>
  <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”../wp-content/themes/skyecade/ie7_hacks.css” />
  < ![endif]–>

  It sucks [...]

• Code & Design

  <!- - begin IE7 hack - ->

  10.25.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Internet Explorer 7 has been out for about a week now and my head is already spinning. For those of you who are not using this <sarcasm>fabulous</sarcasm> piece of software and can’t see the horrible mess my website has become, have a look for yourself. Isn’t it fantastic?. As you can see, the lists in [...]