Coding Horror reviews JavaScript. The links are particularly interesting for up-to-date sources. CH is somewhat Microsoft friendly, so I'm surprised they missed the chance to point out that Microsoft (gulp) made two very large contributions to AJAX. They established the asynchronous XML data exchange and they forced JavaScript into the standards world.
It's one of the great ironies of computing history that Microsoft's actions, which were in part efforts to torpedo Netscape, instead enabled Gmail.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Google on the move: Flash slideshows and way better book search
The shredding and digitization of a 2025 UCSD library was one of the central events in Vinge's recent novel, Rainbows End. In the book Vinge refers to Google's digitization efforts, and today the Memex company ("all knowledge all connected") has another big book announcement.
Note especially that Google Book Search is now integrated with local library services. Wow, what a slick way to mollify librarians ... (I'm now subscribing to Google's book search blog.)
Also, Flash slideshows -- which I'll certainly be playing with ...
Note especially that Google Book Search is now integrated with local library services. Wow, what a slick way to mollify librarians ... (I'm now subscribing to Google's book search blog.)
Also, Flash slideshows -- which I'll certainly be playing with ...
Official Google Blogand on another Google front today
... Now when you search you'll get both digitized book results as well as records for millions of other books that still just exist in the analog world.
When you view these new added [jf: analog] book records, you can often read reviews, a summary, or see what other people had to say about the book around the web.... we offer links to buy the book or find it in a library near you.
To find out more, check out our post on Inside Google Book Search.
... You can use our free photo sharing service, Picasa Web Albums, to create nifty portable Flash slideshows that you can easily embed in any blog or web page.I tried the book search on my son's favorite book "So Others May Live", but our local libraries are not onboard yet. I'll have to see if I can encourage them to participate.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
How to move a domain name
Moving a domain name from Network Solutions to the OpenSRS service used by my service provider (Lunarpages) was surprisingly complex. For the sake of anyone having to do this, these are the key steps:
- Go to Network Solutions and login in to my account there.
- Find the domain name, click on it, and find the control that locks the domain. Unlock it.
- Now there's another obscure link on the same page that, confusingly, says "lock" or get "transfer code". Click on it and request the code. It's emailed out.
- Now to to Lunarpages and fill out their form. They needed all kinds of things, including my credit card info (for verification - yes, it's stupid), domain information, copy of domain record, password for my cpanel access, etc.
- Now it should hopefully transfer ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Google search views: map and timeline
Google has opened their Experimental Search to the public. The cool ones are timeline and map, and you can use them for any Google search (they work best for people, organizations, places):
timeline: use the search term "view:timeline"Try these:
map: use the search term "view:map"
"dark matter" view:mapThe standard view is "list view" but view:list doesn't work. I tried some other views but didn't find any easter eggs ...
"bill clinton" view:timeline
Google redoes their search: Integrated search
The announcement suggests we try the new improved steve jobs search. I took more notice of the the new top menus associated with personalized search. They produce an odd fusion between search and Google services associated with my Gmail username. I'm not sure I see the point, but I'll keep playing with it.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Word 2007 XML File Format Converter for Mac
TUAW has the story. Alas, we all need this. BTW, TUAW is being quite impressive lately.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Disable the 'delete go back' booby trap in Firefox
macosxhints.com - Block the 'Delete goes back' action in Firefox.
It's an OS X hint, but of course it works everywhere. I just disabled it on XP. It's a booby-trap, not a feature.
It's an OS X hint, but of course it works everywhere. I just disabled it on XP. It's a booby-trap, not a feature.
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