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Starting Out
by leon on January 2, 2012
This summer marks 4 years since I graduated form Birmingham City University with a bachelors degree in MultiMedia Technology. Since then, I’ve worked for a number of companies including the University that I graduated from. In that time I have (…)
Testing a custom URL shortener
by leon on May 2, 2010
Testing a custom url shortener
jQuery ajax loading widget
by leon on October 14, 2009
Even though i’ve been using jQuery to make web apps for quite a while, this simple function passed me by until quite recently. When loading data asynchronously, the end user doesn’t get any feedback that anything is actually happening (unless (…)
Really simple jQuery alerts
by leon on June 6, 2009
Over the last few month’s I have been using jQuery more and more in my web projects to do everything from style forms to adding interactivty to lists via drag and drop. In this post I will share with you (…)
Update to Mashup
by leon on March 2, 2009
So it seems my server got overloaded due to the excessive api calls my lastest mashup was making to the last.fm server. This did work fine when I had it running locally, I may post a video of it in (…)
How I came to love my Apple TV
by leon on January 4, 2009
(with a little help from my iPhone) So I finally gave in and brought an Apple TV last month and managed to get a little discount thanks to the Thanksgiving Sale. It was a long and arduous decision; I read (…)
Custom ringtones for your iPhone
by leon on December 16, 2008
Just a quick post to show you a web service that allows you to create and download ringtones for your iPhone. Simply head to http://audiko.net and follow the instructions. Here is one I made earlier: http://audiko.net/ringtone/Roots+Manuva/886290/Buff+Nuff+%28Prod.+By+Toddla+T%29/en.html?fresh
Flash, XML and foreign characters
by leon on November 20, 2008
The Scenario You are creating a Flash project that feeds text in from an external XML file. The text is currently in English but there is a requirement that the text be changed to other languages. The Problem You have (…)
GoogleMaps/Locator Panel Error
by leon on August 7, 2008
I have just spotted an error with the location abilities of the two apps I have made that use the GMap component that causes the Flash to crash. As soon as I can I will investigate these errors. Sorry for (…)
I’m in Web Designer Mag
by leon on July 3, 2008
The latest issue of Web Designer Mag recently landed on my door mat and I was pleasantly surprised to see some of my work included in the mag and on their promotional disc. I was contacted by the editor a (…)