tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14336262024-02-28T03:08:36.615-08:00JulianĀ“s Web Technology HacksHTML 5, Javascript, Google APIs, whatever it takes.Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-51519326753433957722011-01-30T17:23:00.000-08:002011-01-30T18:01:53.984-08:00<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">One Day in 4AL</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Period 5, Friday, 1986<br />
Aka why teaching sucks. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This is an actual transcript from a tape recording I made of what Social Studies was like at Wellington College with Mr Henderson in 1986. It was a conservative, academic all boys' school where everyone was called by their last names mostly.<br />
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Whenever I find myself bemoaning how schooling has gone downhill, I'm reminded of this. If you're ever considering being a teacher, try and do basically the exact opposite of Mr Henderson (aka 'fascist boot') did. I guess in the end, it was all fun and there weren't any knives or terrorizing so I guess it was pretty tame.<br />
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This class was by no means unusual -- everyone quickly realised that Mr H was in la-la land and almost nothing got done.<br />
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Jargonbuster note: a '<b>meat</b>' was a popular term back then for a moron or stupid person. I think it was shorthand for meat head. And a <b>Room 9</b> was an afternoon detention. And 'sucked' meant 'serves you right'.<br />
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Mr H: Oh, not you again, do you have to come here?<br />
Reed: Oh, no we'll quite happily go home sir.<br />
C.O.G, Me, Hince: Oh yeah, we'll go home, ok, see ya, bye!<br />
<i>We start to leave the class room</i><br />
Mr H: No, no, I was only joking, I'm not allowed to let you go.<br />
Reed: but we won't tell.<br />
Mr H: No, come on, everyone sit down.<br />
<i>We all sit down. Class trickles in. Usual hubbub of class. </i><br />
Phear: Hey, Harris, hold this end of the rubber band and I'll...<br />
<i>Biro whistles across the classroom, just missing Hay, bounces all over the place</i><br />
Harris: Far out man!<br />
Hince: heheheheheh! Look! It just missed Hay! Haaahahahhaha!<br />
Hay: Bloody hell Dorian! <i>Bends down, picks up pen, chucks it at Dorian, misses, hitting Mr H, who's close by</i><br />
Mr H: Who threw that?<br />
CLASS: HAY DID!<br />
Laking: What a MEAT!<br />
<i>CLASS laughs</i><br />
Mr H: Hay go outside!<br />
Hay: But I've only just come in!<br />
<i>CLASS laughs again. But this time most of the class have come in. </i><br />
<i>Wharton enters. </i><br />
Wharton: Hey Hay, where are you going?<br />
Hince: Hey hey Hay! <i>(Reference to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WT-fxBNKs8#t=0m09s">Fat Albert</a>)</i><br />
Hay: Shut up Hince! Your'e such a meat!<br />
CLASS: Wooooooooooohh<i>. Laughter.</i><br />
<i>Hay, totally pissed off, goes outside. Wharton follows. </i><br />
Kennedy: Hey Julian, <i>(shows rubber band)</i>, Heh heh heh<br />
Harris: Get um, get Baldwin!<br />
<i>Kennedy smiles cunningly and fires missile across the room. Baldwin is hit on the head by the missile. </i><br />
Baldwin: Ow, who did that?<br />
Kennedy: It wasn't me<i>. Totally innocently apart from a stupid grin on his face</i><br />
Hince: <i>Sarcastically</i>. No Kennedy, it <i>wasn't</i> you.<br />
Baldwin: KENNEDY DON'T FIRE BITS OF PAPER AT ME!<br />
Mr H, <i>who by now has gone into a mild stupor: </i>Who is that yelling like that?<br />
Simpson: It was Baldwin, sir. <br />
Mr H: Baldwin, be quiet<br />
Bucknell: Give him a Room 9<br />
Baldwin: That was Bucknell sir, spelt B-u-c-k-n-e-l-l<br />
<i>Class laughs</i><br />
Bucknell: <i>That</i> was Baldwin, sir<br />
Baldwin, <i>who by now is involved in a full scale war between Hince, Bettelheim, Kennedy, and various other people)</i>: Hah, sucked Hince, I got ya right down the back.<br />
Hince<i>, struggling to get it out</i>: Right, let's get BALDWIN!<br />
<i>Pellets whistle across the class room. One hits me</i><br />
Harris: Right Bettel. <i>I fling the biro that hit Mr H</i><br />
Bettel: Ow, that hurt<br />
Harris: Well it wasn't supported to be relaxing, Robert<br />
Mr H, <i>who is now beginning to look like a volcanic plum</i>: Look, 4AL, BE QUIET!<br />
Simpson, <i>growling loudly</i>: Rrrrraaaarrrr!<br />
Mr H: And we can do without the noises, thank you.<br />
Bucknell: That was Simpson, sir, spelt S-i--<br />
Mr H: Shut up!<br />
Reed, Hince, COG, plus various others: wooooooooohhhh!<br />
Mr H: Look I think have <i>had enough</i> of you. <i>Pointing to Bucknell. </i>Go outside.<br />
Bucknell: Me?<br />
Mr H: Yes you, go on outside.<br />
<i>Absentee form guy (AFG) pops his head around the door</i>: Absentees, sir.<br />
Mr H: And you can too.<br />
AFG: Me? But I've got to collect the ---<br />
Mr H: Don't argue, go out!<br />
Simpson: Hahahaha!<br />
<i>CLASS laughs</i><br />
Mr H: Right, class: Quieten down now.<br />
<i>Class continues to talk.</i><br />
<i>Mr H waits for a full 5 minutes</i><br />
Hoggard: Shut up guys!<br />
Kerr, <i>really loud</i>: SHOOOOOSH!<br />
Hince: Shut up Kerr!<br />
Phear: Yeah Kerr, god you're a meat!<br />
Laking: What a meat, man!<br />
<i>Class finally quietens down. This is a 55 minute lesson, and at this point we must be a good 15 minutes into the class. What follows just gets weirder.</i><br />
<i>Silence. </i><br />
Laking, <i>deliberately exaggerated</i>: HAHAHAhaha.<br />
Mr H: Who is that laughing?<br />
Hoggard: That was Laking, sir<br />
Mr H: Shut UP you!<br />
Hoggard: I was just telling --<br />
Mr H: You were just talking out of turn, that's what you were doing!<br />
Welch: No he was just telling Laking to ---<br />
Mr H: Look: BE QUIET! Laking and you and you<i> (pointing to Hoggard and Welch)</i> go outside.<br />
Welch: I don' see why I should go outside because --<br />
Reed: Don't argue Welch<br />
CLASS<i> sort of together</i>: Yeah Welch, don't argue!<br />
Welch: <i>I</i> was just saying -- before I was rudely interrupted <i>glaring at Reed who goes red</i>) that I don't see why I should go out when Laking's the one who caused it all.<br />
Mr H: The reaosn you are going out is because you and Hoggard rudely interrupted me, as you always do.<br />
Simpson: Hahahah!<br />
Welsh: Fair enough. Come on Hoggard, hey bring your tennis ball.<br />
Hoggard: Yeh, okay.<br />
<i>They start to leave the room with a tennis ball.</i><br />
Mr H: Where are you going with that tennis ball?<br />
Welch: We're just going outside, like you said.<br />
Hoggard, Yeah, because you said --<br />
Mr H: All right, sid down, I've had enough of you tow, you've got a ROOM 9.<br />
<i>Class laughs hysterically</i><br />
Hoggard, <i>incredulous</i>: What for?<br />
Mr H: For being totally uncooperative<br />
Welch: Is there any way we can get it taken off?<br />
Mr H: No, I'm fed up with you so sit down and SHUT UP.<br />
<i>Class</i>: Woooooohhhhh<br />
Mr H: And none of that silly woooh-ing either.<br />
Welch, <i>putting hand up</i>: I know, how about if we go outside for the period, and be quiet, will you consider it?<br />
Mr H <i>Sighs</i>: Okay.<br />
Simpson: Hahahaha!<br />
Hince<i> in absolute disbelief</i>: Whaaat?<br />
Harris: God he's a pushover<br />
Phear: I'll say.<br />
<i>Door opens</i>.<br />
Phear: Hey there's Hay outside. Hince fire a pellet at him.<br />
<i>Hince fires a pellet with an old garter he found outside Room 7</i><br />
Hince: Wahay! God eeem! (He's an Aussie)<br />
Mr H: Chris, come here, and hand out these sheets please.<br />
Baldwin: Ha, SUCKED Hay!<br />
Hay<i> from outside classroom</i>: Right, Hince!<br />
<i>Hay then chucks an eraser but the door closes and it ricochets all over the place outside the room</i><br />
Kerr: Shit, see that! Haha! It bounced off the door and went into the rubbish bin outside! Heeheeheehee!<br />
<i>Class laughter</i><br />
Mr H: Right class, obviously you can't keep yourselves quiet, so I'm going to make a 10 minute silence while you get on with that sheet that was handed out to you by Chris here.<br />
Bucknell: What sheet?<br />
<i>Class laughter</i><br />
<i>Silence.</i><br />
Laking, <i>deliberately exaggerated once again</i>: Hahahaha!<br />
<i>Class laughter</i><br />
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</i>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-3043738281645449412010-05-03T07:02:00.001-07:002010-05-03T07:02:28.719-07:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>My number one reason for not buying Spotify. For the FIFTH time now Spotify has randomly, without notice, removed a vast number of tracks in my playlist. I can understand that there might be changes in publishing policy, but if I had owned the tracks, I'd never be in this situation. (the album in question was Mark Isham's Castalia, which luckily I do have a CD of, but also _every single track by Cesaria Evora was removed last night :( :( :( )<br /><br /><br /><br />The very least they could do is notify me that they disappeared so I don't spend time wondering whether I've gone crazy.<br /><br /><br /><br />Spotify seems to be having licensing / communication problems.</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/cmF6p3Pj3H2/My-number-one-reason-for-not-buying-Spotify-For">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-33917694518328891882010-05-03T06:33:00.001-07:002010-05-03T06:33:01.825-07:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>My number one reason for not buying Spotify. For the FIFTH time now Spotify has randomly, without notice, removed a vast number of tracks in my playlist. I can understand that there might be changes in publishing policy, but if I had owned the tracks, I'd never be in this situation. (the album in question was Mark Isham's Castalia, which luckily I do have a CD of, but also _every single track by Cesaria Evora was removed last night :( :( :( )<br /><br /><br /><br />The very least they could do is notify me that they disappeared so I don't spend time wondering whether I've gone crazy.<br /><br /><br /><br />Spotify seems to be having licensing / communication problems.</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/cmF6p3Pj3H2/My-number-one-reason-for-not-buying-Spotify-For">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-18310986875426772892010-04-12T20:46:00.001-07:002010-04-12T20:46:19.886-07:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Uploads by boxabirds<div>J Jr</div><img src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZeNwgQh1rwU&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1" width="640"><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/ARpSfjs9WK7/J-Jr">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-1772324916798187082010-04-11T04:51:00.001-07:002010-04-11T04:51:01.023-07:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>I wonder whether there's a good business opportunity providing high quality hosting for open source apps. Tried to use another 'free' GTD Tracks site (<a href="http://gtdify.com" class="ot-anchor">gtdify.com</a>) and it was down for critical parts of yesterday.</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/89bdYSU7irF/I-wonder-whether-theres-a-good-business">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-75957511728510993522010-03-23T03:17:00.001-07:002010-03-23T03:17:41.486-07:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>Totally loving this site. Takes snapshots of a page loading every 0.1s. Then you compare over time. <br /><br /><br /><br />Check out all the major search engines:<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=100321_6533,100321_6534,100321_6535,100321_6536,100321_6537" class="ot-anchor">http://www<wbr>.webpagetest.org/vid<wbr>eo/compare.php?tests<wbr>=100321_6533,100321_<wbr>6534,100321_6535,100<wbr>321_6536,100321_6537<wbr></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Google.com: visible elements at 0.5s, fully loaded at 1.8s<br /><br />Bing: visible elements at 0.4s not fully loaded until 3.2s<br /><br />Ask.com: don't even... ask</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/j4iTXFnX86p/Totally-loving-this-site-Takes-snapshots-of-a-page">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-58124168849929590602010-03-19T10:12:00.001-07:002010-03-19T10:12:30.488-07:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Google Reader<div><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/03/jet_ski_jet_pack_jetlev.html"><b>Jet ski + jet pack = "Jetlev"</b></a> - <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/" class="ot-origin-anchor">MAKE Magazine</a></div><img src="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/03/03/jetlevflyer.jpg" width="640"><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/6j8ATco7kgF/Jet-ski-jet-pack-Jetlev-MAKE-Magazine">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-78009339920372291382010-03-18T20:47:00.001-07:002010-03-18T20:47:59.625-07:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Uploads by boxabirds<div>Gtug lon chrome and html5 2010-03-16-17-59-12</div><img src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WM6pggjnV5o&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1" width="640"><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/8KRtBGRLLKx/Gtug-lon-chrome-and-html5-2010-03-16-17-59-12">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-69760519413207660732010-03-18T05:51:00.000-07:002010-03-18T05:56:50.338-07:00Now <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-stars-for-bookmarking/">Google bookmarks has a very high profile discovery point</a>, Matt Cutts pointed out the neat 'Bookmarklet' feature. <br />
<br />
Here's a small tweak to the Google Bookmarklet to include the selected text in the 'Notes' section:<br />
<br />
Drag this to your bookmarks bar: <br />
<a href="javascript:(function(){var a=window,b=document,c=encodeURIComponent,d=a.open('http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk='+c(b.location)+'&annotation='+document.getSelection()+'&title='+c(b.title),'bkmk_popup','left='+((a.screenX||a.screenLeft)+10)+',top='+((a.screenY||a.screenTop)+10)+',height=420px,width=550px,resizable=1,alwaysRaised=1');a.setTimeout(function(){d.focus()},300)})();">Add to Google Bookmarks</a><br />
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<em>NOTE: Chrome / Firefox only currently. Testing and refining with other browsers.</em>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-7394125218375058072010-03-15T11:09:00.001-07:002010-03-15T11:09:08.505-07:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>What Pengiun books is doing with the iPad. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdExukJVUGI" class="ot-anchor">http://www.youtube.c<wbr>om/watch?v=jdExukJVU<wbr>GI</a><br /><br />page turning cf <a href="http://vimeo.com/8217311" class="ot-anchor">http://vimeo.com/821<wbr>7311</a> which I think is better</div><img src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jdExukJVUGI&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1" width="640"><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/SCj9x7HN5YM/What-Pengiun-books-is-doing-with-the-iPad-http-www">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-67272396954249883602010-03-12T07:48:00.001-08:002010-03-12T07:48:43.242-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>I've started getting a regular trickle of users subscribing to my new blog, <a href="http://thingswellmade.com" class="ot-anchor">http://thingswellmad<wbr>e.com</a>. It's lovely and everything, but I'm not really sure why they are :)<br /><br /><br /><br />I don't see any spam.</div><img src="http://s7v1.scene7.com/is/image/JohnLewis/000014202?$gallery$" width="640"><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/HXSX9BCtw71/Ive-started-getting-a-regular-trickle-of-users">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-37652694402675150882010-03-10T23:02:00.003-08:002010-03-10T23:02:20.922-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>Really enjoyed the Twitter Developer Nest last night. Ewan McCloud (<a href="http://ewan.net/" class="ot-anchor">http://ewan.net/</a>) is a hilarious and exemplary speaker whose vitriol on the mobile industry is entertaining and informative.</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/EutpeYG56kH/Really-enjoyed-the-Twitter-Developer-Nest-last">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-6603333833973589422010-03-10T23:02:00.001-08:002010-03-10T23:02:08.702-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>Really enjoyed the Twitter Developer Nest last night. Ewan McCloud (<a href="http://ewan.net/" class="ot-anchor">http://ewan.net/</a>) is a hilarious and exemplary speaker whose vitriol on the mobile industry.</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/EutpeYG56kH/Really-enjoyed-the-Twitter-Developer-Nest-last">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-15774390458180169752010-03-09T03:04:00.001-08:002010-03-09T03:04:55.847-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>Snow in Barcelona in March! Insanity!<br /><br /><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?sourceid=chrome&q=barcelona+snow&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&ei=LiuWS_XRMNG6jAep4cWeCg&sa=X&oi=news_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CAsQsQQwAA" class="ot-anchor">http://news<wbr>.google.co.uk/news?s<wbr>ourceid=chrome&q=bar<wbr>celona+snow&um=1&ie=<wbr>UTF-8&hl=en&ei=LiuWS<wbr>_XRMNG6jAep4cWeCg&sa<wbr>=X&oi=news_group&ct=<wbr>title&resnum=1&ved=0<wbr>CAsQsQQwAA</a></div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/iitGbT6msRu/Snow-in-Barcelona-in-March-Insanity-http-news">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-55673658530608988922010-03-06T09:35:00.001-08:002010-03-06T09:35:38.935-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>DLL hell on the Mac. OMG what waste of life :(</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/NrouAbXTGsY/DLL-hell-on-the-Mac-OMG-what-waste-of-life">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-90021942106939930002010-03-05T09:37:00.001-08:002010-03-05T09:37:57.196-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>Autotranscription for everyone on YouTube -- finally! wohoo!<br /><br /><a href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/03/future-will-be-captioned-improving.html" class="ot-anchor">http://youtube<wbr>-global.blogspot.com<wbr>/2010/03/future-will<wbr>-be-captioned-improv<wbr>ing.html</a><br /><br />Well. English speaking anyway. But can translate the resulting text into 50 languages.</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/NvP2U8Ym5h7/Autotranscription-for-everyone-on-YouTube-finally">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-87687091352716391402010-03-04T20:52:00.001-08:002010-03-04T20:52:17.648-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Uploads by boxabirds<div>Opera brunch at brasserie St Jacques</div><img src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nb_R5Vh3QLg&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1" width="640"><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/XhZrPtfzG6A/Opera-brunch-at-brasserie-St-Jacques">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-85295623948999589462010-03-04T20:51:00.001-08:002010-03-04T20:51:15.437-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Uploads by boxabirds<div>Opera brunch at brasserie St Jacques</div><img src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nb_R5Vh3QLg&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1" width="640"><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/XhZrPtfzG6A/Opera-brunch-at-brasserie-St-Jacques">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-88588587230560063842010-03-04T19:22:00.001-08:002010-03-04T19:22:34.552-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>Internet Vitalstatics: interesting<br /><br /><a href="http://mashable.com/2010/02/26/state-of-internet/" class="ot-anchor">http://ma<wbr>shable.com/2010/02/2<wbr>6/state-of-internet/<wbr></a></div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/Nvz64hxaPrE/Internet-Vitalstatics-interestinghttp-mashable-com">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-59560928966946392092010-03-03T02:17:00.001-08:002010-03-03T02:17:24.742-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div><a href="http://building-iphone-apps.labs.oreilly.com/" class="ot-anchor">http://building-ipho<wbr>ne-apps.labs.oreilly<wbr>.com/</a><br /><br />Online version is free!</div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/VrA2vz9LMR7/http-building-iphone-apps-labs-oreilly-com-Online">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-87389018786799255522010-02-27T19:57:00.001-08:002010-02-27T19:57:10.851-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>Spread the word: <a href="http://chilepersonfinder.appspot.com/" class="ot-anchor">http://chilepersonfi<wbr>nder.appspot.com/</a></div><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/DdPkvES375L/Spread-the-word-http-chilepersonfinder-appspot-com">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-15643530221404609482010-02-26T22:01:00.001-08:002010-02-26T22:01:07.577-08:00Buzz by Julian Harris from Buzz<div>Chat roulette: a movie<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/9669721" class="ot-anchor">http://vimeo.<wbr>com/9669721</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />cheers @<a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/115013450716432975264" class="proflink">Jonathan Markwell</a></div><img src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9669721&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&fullscreen=1&autoplay=1" width="640"><br><a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/118299777136505117634/GXSKbDaruTG/Chat-roulette-a-movie-http-vimeo-com-9669721">Comment via Buzz</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-64529375455624288172010-02-24T11:30:00.001-08:002010-02-24T11:30:58.139-08:00Sorry. This blog is a bit messed up right now because I accidentally routed my Buzz posts to it and the system that does it has no unsubscribe :(Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-35509474830062348412010-02-12T04:19:00.000-08:002010-02-12T07:11:48.562-08:00How to access an arbitrary Document from jQuery.<br />
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I've had great difficulty finding this on the web so here it is, and as usual its super simple but that didn't stop me taking hours to find it.<br />
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jQuery uses the notation $('div#test') as shorthand to access node 'thing' in the current Document.<br />
If you are processing an XML document you read from an external source and want to just grab a bit of it and use jQuery, then you use this (assuming xhr is the XmlHttpRequest):<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">var xmlDoc = $(xhr.responseXML); </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">var myValue = xmlDoc.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">find('towel#colour').attr("blue")</span></span></b><br />
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So once again, if you want to use selectors on documents other than the current DOM Document, use <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">find()</span>.<br />
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View <a href="http://api.jquery.com/find/">find()</a> docs which, ironically, are hard to find on jQuery.comJulianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433626.post-78711654783660253592010-01-29T05:56:00.000-08:002010-01-29T05:56:49.963-08:00Knowledge nugget: What is the maximum number of static files that you can upload to an Google AppEngine application?<br />
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The maximum number of static files you can upload is 3000 (not code files). <a href="http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=161#c87">Read more</a>Julianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029963506159254401noreply@blogger.com0