Mac & Prism

by leon on December 13, 2007

Following my implementation of a Flash based desktop widget for viewing RSS feeds, I decided to experiment with Mozilla Prism.   This idea is simple; rather than having to load up a web browser and type the url to a (…)

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Flash desktop RSS widget v1

by leon on December 10, 2007

Ok, so widgets (gadgets for you Windows boys) aren’t exactly groudbreaking anymore, but this still has its uses. It’s a Flash based script that allows you to parse and display any RSS feed. In this example I am using it (…)

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Browsershots.org

by leon on December 6, 2007

I came across a really useful and easy to use site called browsershots. The idea is simple – you submit your site, and it gives you screenshots of what your site looks like in various browsers on various platforms. This (…)

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Iconfinder

by leon on December 4, 2007

I was searching for some icons for a project, and came across a great site called iconfinder. It acts as a search engine for icons and is really usefull for creating web based projects, as all the icons are in (…)

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FireFox: The Web Designer Pack

by leon on December 3, 2007

So your a budding new web designer, or even a seasoned pro? Whatever your skill level, no master is complete without a good set of tools. Luckily for us there are lots of tools to help us on our way. (…)

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Ubumtu?

by leon on November 29, 2007

Ubumtu (see what I did there?), It made me smile anyways!! Maybe this is what Vista should do to try and claw some custom back? Saying that, I think it will take a lot more than bare bottoms to get (…)

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The most common search term?

by leon on November 29, 2007

What do you reckon the most common search term is? Try typing in ‘http:/’ in to Google, and you will get approx 2.2 Trillion results. If you were to click on each one, and wait for the site to load (…)

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I’ve converted

by leon on November 28, 2007

I’ve finally joined the iPod revolution, by purchasing a new (ish) iPod from the Apple store. Up until now, I have been using the rather pathetic 2Gb of storage on my Nokia N73. For not a lot of money, I (…)

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Candybar 3 is out

by leon on November 27, 2007

CandyBar 3 is finally out. I’ve been really looking forward to the new features, and they include: Integrated CandyBar together with Pixadex with an entirely new interface Added large (512 x 512) icon support Leopard dock customization Additional system icons (…)

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Update!! Pretty up those stacks

by leon on November 15, 2007

Just a quick update to my previous entry on how to make the stacks look pretty. Rather than downloading FileXaminer I decided to modify the dates myself so all you now need to do is drop them into your stack (…)

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