Soon after the launch of the Portland-based location tracking site, Shizzow, I put together client of sorts using a set of javascripts and CSS styles inside of a Fluid site-specific browser. I recently updated this code to work with the latest design revision of Shizzow and decided to take the opportunity to bundle them up [...]
Category Archives: Technology
Introducing TweetScope
In November, I launched afterhours.reidab.com, a little site to display the #afterhours hashtag used by many Portlanders to discuss their late-night activities on Twitter. The concept of pairing design with Twitter search results appealed to me and I soon spawned other sites tracking bacon, electric blankets, those damn kids these days with that noise they [...]
Behind the Scenes: CubeSpace IP5 Video
In the week leading up to Ignite Portland 5, I worked on producing two 30-second sponsor videos: one for Open Source Bridge and one for CubeSpace. Sponsor videos at Ignite Portland are an interesting concept that allow our sponsors to talk to the audience in a short, controlled fashion. Think of TV ads, but without [...]
The New Plazes Makes Me Sad
In which Reid mourns the loss of the original Plazes service and talks about how he wishes location-based services worked.
Frankenpower
The AC adapter on my Powerbook started shorting out last week but I could usually fiddle with it and get it to work. Yesterday, in the middle of such fiddling, there was a little spark and it started to burn through the casing (and my finger). Having nothing much to lose, and not wanting [...]
MacGyver Image Resizing
You’ve got 15 seconds to take a screenshot and resize it for use in a post, a Mac with a clean OS install, and a paper clip. You double click the file on the desktop and up pops your image in Preview. That’s no good, Preview can’t resize images… or can it?Even though [...]
WordPress 2.1 needs more developer documentation
I installed WordPress 2.1 today, eager to make use of some of the new plugin features only to find that there isn't really any documentation on them. I'd like to echo the sentiment mentioned here and say that WordPress really does need stronger developer documentation. I want to be able to look to the documentation [...]
Remove Uploadr Titles
Update: Since I wrote this, Flickr has released a new uploadr that handles embedded metadata properly. Yay!
Problem: The Mac OS X version of the Flickr Uploadr (http://flickr.com/tools) automatically enters the filename in the title field. Contents of this field override title information that is already stored in the file’s metadata. This means that if you [...]
Attachment List WordPress Plugin
Inspired by, and based on, Harvey Ramer's Autolink Attachment Plugin, this plugin lists attachments to a WordPress 2.x post in a list following the text. Only attachments that are not already linked to or displayed in the post text will be shown (this is mainly to prevent inline images from being listed).
Attachments are shown with [...]
Dropdown Archives Widget for WordPress
This widget displays your WordPress archive as a dropdown menu. It supports dates, categories, and tags (if UTW is installed). Dates can either be shown in the default WP format, or in a hierarchy. The widget title may be left blank to display the menu without a title. To see what this looks like in [...]