Web 2.0 API Mashups from Mashup-o-Maniac! Latest posts http://mashup.omani.ac copyright 2008 Alternative Vote The referendum on whether to replace First Past the Post with the Alternative Vote is looming, so I thought I'd make this mashup to understand it a bit better. You can even use it to vote on things yourself, like what DVD to watch on a film night, for example.

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/alternative_vote Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:15:40 GMT ProfilePics A random little project that allows you to have a bit of fun with your Facebook profile. Upload a source image and this will crop images for you so that they fit on your page and create an interesting effect. To see what I mean, have a look here.

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/profilepics Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:26:42 GMT Ohloh OAuth PHP Example Ohloh is a fantastic site for developers and like all good sites, they have an API! It uses OAuth, which sometimes can be a bit difficult to get one's head around, so I've written an example that should make it easier!

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/ohloh_oauth_php_example Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:43:11 GMT NetFlix API OAuth PHP Example Netflix, the DVD rental company, have a very useful API! It uses OAuth to authenticate users, so I thought it might be useful to write some example code in PHP to help get folks started. Download here

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/netflix_api_oauth_php_example Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:32:16 GMT Google Playground Google have come up with a Code Playground which should be great for web mashup enthusiasts wanting to try out Google's selection of APIs. It's like a little sandbox where you can get your hands dirty testing what can be achieved!

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/google_playground Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:23:37 GMT London Bus Route Maps We've launched a new sister site called WhatBus.com which displays an integrated map of all the bus routes in London, a bit like the ubiquitous London Tube map. Hope it's useful!

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/london_bus_route_maps Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:31:29 GMT Google Gadgets API The little boxes on your Google homepage (also know as your "iGoogle" page) are called Google Gadgets. The documentation for the API is pretty good and we've made a few gadgets of our own!

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/google_gadgets_api Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:05:08 GMT eBay Local In a previous post we mentioned a site called eBay-o-maniac. Well, there's a cool new feature called eBay Local which locates auctions near a given postcode (i.e. near where you live) so that you can arrange collection with the seller and save on postage. Check it out!

Keyword search has just been added to their Realtime Spy feature as well.

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/ebay_local Wed, 27 May 2009 16:08:37 GMT Tweets spoken out loud Just been playing with the Microsoft Speech API and have integrated it into a version of Twitter Watch to make Twitter Watch Speech! It will only work if you have Microsoft Speech installed though (it will be if you have a "Speech" section in your control panel), and Internet Explorer, albeit on a lowered security setting (i.e. enabling "Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting" in custom security settings). But you trust me, right?!

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/tweets_spoken_out_loud Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:20:40 GMT Question Bank The Yahoo Answers API allows developers access to all the questions being asked there, so we've made a mashup called Question Bank that provides an auto-updating feed of the latest questions, given a region of interest and category. If you can help answer a query, do help out!

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]]> http://mashup.omani.ac/posts/question_bank Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:21:59 GMT