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Visualise your table data.

Shaun — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:35:33 +0000

I got a link from Ajaxian this morning to a cool new JQuery plug-in that allows you to produce Accessible charts from HTML Tables incredibly easily. Using a single line: <code>$('table').visualize(); </code> You get a nicely rendered chart added to your page. The website for the plugin has all the details and a couple of examples for you [...]

Overlord – a note of thanks.

Shaun — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:58:19 +0000

It’s been 65 years since allied forces launched the biggest invasion force ever known, in an attempt at breaking the German hold on Europe. Tomorrow will mark the official day that everyone remembers as it was the 6th of June 1944 that saw brave men from the allied forces fight on the beaches and in [...]

New Firebug extension from Google.

Shaun — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:52:29 +0000

According to this article on Ajaxian today, Google have released a new plug-in, called Page Speed, for Firebug which is aimed at improving the performance of websites. The features look excellent and I imagine everyone will benefit from using it especially web designers. It looks like targeted, smart performance improvements can be easily identified and in [...]

Android Developer Challenge 2…

Shaun — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:53:22 +0000

Start your engines! Details are out on the android developers blog. Looks like this time consumers get to play a part in judging too with a downloadable judging app being made available, nice touch. I for one hope that we get some more inventive stuff this time round, Android 1.5 will be a good base and hopefully [...]

Left 4 Dead 2 due in November!

Shaun — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:41:39 +0000

Valve released a statement on Monday giving details of the sequal to the best selling Left 4 Dead that released last year. Left 4 Dead is an all action Zombie shooter with several twists that have had gamers raving for some time now. You can play in solo mode with 3 AI characters [...]

Dilbert strikes again!

Shaun — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:22:43 +0000

I dunno how he does it! Today and tomorrow is 1 on 1 meetings with the boss for performance reviews! It’s freaky how Scott Adams does it! Share This Post Hide Sites $$('div.d688').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });

I am Dilbert 80;

Shaun — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:19:32 +0000

I think I must be living out a Dilbert cartoon. Almost every strip is a snapshot of my daily working life. This latest one is so close to the truth it’s freaky. Scott Adams has a birds eye view of my life 80o Share This Post Hide Sites $$('div.d684').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });

Operation Flashpoint 2

Shaun — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:09:53 +0000

Another great game coming soon, I am a big fan of the original Operation Flashpoint, not so much the ARMA spin off. This one looks damn good Share This Post Hide Sites $$('div.d680').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });

Space Marine – New Warhammer Game coming soon.

Shaun — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:50:54 +0000

I am Sooooo looking forward to this game coming out… Share This Post Hide Sites $$('div.d675').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });

Conditional compiling in Flex 3

Shaun — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:18:00 +0000

As a developer I find it handy to build in debugging to new development so I can actively monitor the application during the early development stages. This allows me to quickly check if a ’small’ change I just made to the app has broken something I established earlier in the development stage. There are various [...]