Archive for August, 2007

jQuery Plugin for Keyboard Hooking.
August 29, 2007

I rewrote (granted permissions by author) the great JavaScript module by Binny V A shortcut.js as a jQuery plug-in.
Code Sample and download a pre alpha version are available at Google Code
Cheers,

Uncache IE Ajax Cache (XHR GET)
August 27, 2007

In IE (v: 7.0.5730.11) all GET request are cached. Go figure why.
In order to solve this issue, you can either switch to POST, or add a time stamp to any url you send.
function uncache (url){
return url + “&uncache=” + new Date().getTime();
}

Who made reddit?
August 18, 2007

Today I noticed that Aaron Swartz’s name is missing from the list of those who made reddit. For some reasons I think the name is missing on purpose.
When I read Aaron’s post Office Space, I felt the same as I felt When I read How Software Company Dies. These are the mistakes done every day [...]

Looking at gift horse in the mouth (or Google Reader is missing a core feature)
August 18, 2007

I know they said: don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Yet, since I have been riding on this horse for so many miles, I feel comfortable to point out few missing features I believe would make this a-grade web application even better.
I could not believe that a *Made In Google* application will miss [...]

10 Years of Rendering Proprietary Vector Graphic Content
August 11, 2007

1997 was the releasing year of Macromedia Flash 2. Since then, GNU/Linux became the most progressive operating system, mySQL is one of the most popular database on earth. Firefox has bitten and beaten IE, and Open-Source software is the hottest thing Intel processors ever calculate. Yet, at this moment, in case my artistic soul has [...]