Code and Geek Stuff
Gradient Buttons and HSL
For future reference, James Tauber has a very useful article on using the HSL color scheme to create shiny gradient buttons. It?s worth knowing that in Java HSL is actually called HSB (brightness in ....... read more
9 days ago
I Love mod_proxy
After my amazingly successful use of mod_proxy to provide clean URLs in an IWWCM instance, it?s been added to my bag of useful tricks to know about. When you realize you can proxy differently based ....... read more
19 days ago
Why Do We Have Same-Host Restrictions?
There?s a lot of talk around at the moment about how to allow cross-domain AJAX requests without compromising security. What I don?t get, is why this whole thing is an issue. What?s the difference be ....... read more
Tue,
30 Sep 2008
Installing Quickr on Existing WAS/Portal
Dear lazyweb (actually, just more intelligent web, I?ve done a lot of searching on this already?),
I have a nice install of WebSphere Application Server and IBM Portal 6.0.1.3 up and running with ....... read more
Wed,
24 Sep 2008
Loading PICT Images In Java
Since the search function for Apple?s mailing lists is pretty much useless, I?m making a note of the Reading PICT Images thread which contains numerous options for rendering PICT images in Java on OS ....... read more
Mon,
15 Sep 2008
Annoying Discovery of the Day
So here?s a surprise - FireFox 3.0.1 can?t handle RSS/Atom feeds that have a port number in the URL. The problem stems from the fact that it uses a custom feed: protocol instead of just working off o ....... read more
Fri,
05 Sep 2008
The Problem With Atom
I?ve always liked the Atom spec. It?s neat and tidy with strict rules about what?s valid and what?s not with all those rough corners and incompatibilities of RSS sorted out (well, mostly). If I ru ....... read more
Mon,
01 Sep 2008
Rendering vs Editing
Working in the world of editors there are a range of blog posts that float back up to the surface every so often, generally because they discuss an age old concern that just keeps resurfacing. Re ....... read more
Fri,
29 Aug 2008
java.net.URL Timeouts
Sylvain Wallez:
If your application uses java.net.URL, and chances it does are very high, and you are using Sun's JVM (since 1.4.2), you should set the sun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout and ....... read more
Tue,
26 Aug 2008
MathML in Web Pages
Dear Lazyweb,
Since this worked so well to find a great article on HTTP caching? Does anyone know of a good introductory article for how to get MathML to display in Web Pages across multiple br ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008
Simple HTTP Caching Introduction
Dear Lazy Web,
Can anyone point me to a simple introduction to HTTP caching? I know quite a lot about it and can just dive into the relevant standards, but I?m writing an article that will be r ....... read more
Mon,
28 Jul 2008
Third Party Interfaces
From CMSWire:
Optaros has announced the launch of a new user interface framework for Alfresco. DoCASU 1.0 is an open source initiative, bringing AJAX and Rich Internet Application features to t ....... read more
Fri,
25 Jul 2008
Content In The Mobile World
I had two of our keen young developers (Dylan and Suneth) email me overnight to ask my CTO-ish opinion of trends in the mobile space and how they might apply to Ephox. It?s a very good question - ....... read more
Tue,
22 Jul 2008
Backups Of The Cloud
Mike Gunderloy provides an overview of the terms and conditions from three of the popular online office applications and questions who owns your documents? The more important point that comes out ....... read more
Fri,
04 Jul 2008
Just Take The Money!
It?s really amazing how many web sites have broken shopping carts in one form or another. It?s the ultimate form of stealing defeat from the jaws of victory. The favorite is always shopping carts ....... read more
Mon,
30 Jun 2008
More On NewsGator Syncing
Got a couple of good comments on my last post about NewsGator Syncing that I thought were worth following up on. Firstly, Greg Reinacker points to the article I had in mind about how NewsGator pol ....... read more
Sun,
22 Jun 2008
The Problem With NewsGator Syncing
I love the fact that I can read my feeds in NetNewsWire and on my iPhone seamlessly, but there?s one really annoying aspect that?s almost driving me to turn off syncing for a large number of feeds ....... read more
Fri,
20 Jun 2008
Reinventing HTTP Caching with Gears
I?ve seen in a few places people getting excited about the upcoming support for Google Gears in WordPress as a way to locally cache common files so they don?t have to be downloaded repeatedly. For ....... read more
Tue,
17 Jun 2008
Unmetered Internet Is Not A Civil Right
Kevin Gamble echoes an increasingly common theme at the moment, complaining that some US ISPs are trialling metered internet plans instead of unlimited data:
This is serious stuff. This is an b ....... read more
Mon,
16 Jun 2008
Tomcat, OS X, Safari and GoDaddy SSL Certificates
There?s already a lot of stuff written on the internet about how GoDaddy SSL certificates aren?t recognized by Mac but are by Windows, all of it pointing to ?a configuration problem?. I?m not sure h ....... read more
Wed,
04 Jun 2008