blog.no-panic.at http://blog.no-panic.at Whatever you do, don't panic! Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:19:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. I’ll be gone http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/no-panic/~3/NOxoW8qG_Jg/ http://blog.no-panic.at/2010/08/18/ill-be-gone/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:19:59 +0000 Florian Beer http://blog.no-panic.at/?p=3407
rock im park 2010. muse 1
Image by deep_schismic via Flickr

Dear readers,

I’m just writing to let you know, that I’ll be gone for a while now.
First I’m going to work at the Frequency Festival in St. Pölten for the next few days as IT administrator.
I’m especially looking forward to see Skunk Anansie, Muse, Massive Attack and 30 Seconds To Mars.

After the Festival my girlfriend and me are heading for our big journey which will take us to the following places:

  • Singapore
  • Cairns
  • Brisbane
  • Gold Coast
  • Byron Bay
  • Sydney
  • Adelaide
  • Alice Springs
  • Melbourne
  • Hong Kong
  • …and probably a few more down under

I can’t wait until I’m back in my favorite country Australia! :)
Maybe – if I have net access – I’ll update this blog or my Flickr Account with some news while traveling but I’m not sure if I’ll find the time and motivation, so don’t bet on it ;)

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via wetterfrosch

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The timestamps on my tweets differ, depending on which URL I use to access my profile.

http://twitter.com/azath0th shows my last tweet as being published on 10:40 AM Aug 9th

http://twitter.com/Azath0th (notice the capital “A”) says the last tweet was posted on 12:40 AM Aug 9th

A two hour time difference because of a capital letter in the URL?
I assume it’s because of the GMT – CET timezone difference, but why is it triggered by different URLs as a signed-out user?

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The HTML5 Boilerplate is a (near) perfect template to start off a new web project according to the newest standards.

Read more about it on the HTML5 Boilerplate Website.

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If anything is screwed up or you just want to tell me how awesome everything is now, drop me a line in the comments.

]]> http://blog.no-panic.at/2010/08/05/template-update/feed/ 0 http://blog.no-panic.at/2010/08/05/template-update/ Re-run last command in terminal using sudo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/no-panic/~3/-pMDB93mRvk/ http://blog.no-panic.at/2010/07/26/re-run-last-command-in-terminal-using-sudo/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:22:46 +0000 Florian Beer http://blog.no-panic.at/?p=590 Why didn’t I find this sooner?

To re-run the last command in terminal use
!!
which becomes _extremely_ useful, if you forgot you needed root access
sudo !!
(read: sudo damnit! ;) )

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Dear Google Apps admin,​

In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5.  As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 ​as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.

We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010.  After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.

Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.

Starting this week, users on these older browsers will see a message in Google Docs and the Google Sites editor explaining this change and asking them to upgrade their browser.  We will also alert you again closer to March 1 to remind you of this change.

In 2009, the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements to enhance your product experience.  We are aiming to beat that in 2010 and continue to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses.

Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,
The Google Apps team

In short Google Docs & Google Sites will only support the following browsers from March 1st, 2010 (with Google Mail & Google Calendar following later that year):

  • Internet Explorer 7.0 and above
  • Firefox 3.0 and above
  • Google Chrome 4.0 and above
  • Safari 3.0 and above

Let’s hope this move creates enough momentum to get people to stop using those shitty old browsers that always give me hours (or even days) of headache, whenever I have to make sure a site is cross-browser compatible. I might even predict that this dreaded term of “cross browser compatibility” may soon be only a distant memory from the past, as all the latest browsers pretty much agree on how to render HTML and treat the DOM (and therefore JavaScript) :)

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Michael Hirschberger's professional online portfolio

Michael Hirschberger's professional online portfolio

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  • Creating a Rotating Billboard System with jQuery and CSS | Codrops
    (tags: coding javascript design css tutorials jquery tutorial slideshow animation billboard effect)
    • ]]>     http://blog.no-panic.at/2009/12/18/links-for-2009-12-17/feed/ 1 http://blog.no-panic.at/2009/12/18/links-for-2009-12-17/     Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/no-panic/~3/_aVy2se9Zu8/ http://blog.no-panic.at/2009/11/12/facebook-iphone-dev-quits-project-over-apple-tyranny/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:39:41 +0000 Florian Beer http://blog.no-panic.at/2009/11/12/facebook-iphone-dev-quits-project-over-apple-tyranny/ Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny

    What a shame! Joe Hewitt was a very skilled iPhone developer and it’s a pity to see him move back to the web because of Apple’s App Store policies.

    My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies. I respect their right to manage their platform however they want, however I am philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software platforms, and soon gatekeepers will start infesting the lives of every software developer.

    The web is still unrestricted and free, and so I am returning to my roots as a web developer. In the long term, I would like to be able to say that I helped to make the web the best mobile platform available, rather than being part of the transition to a world where every developer must go through a middleman to get their software in the hands of users.”

    via Techcrunch

    Here’s quite an interesting interview with Joe Hewitt from earlier this year at the Mobile Orchard Podcast.

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