Archive for February, 2005

Make your own Mr Men and Little Miss

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

I may not be able to watch Mr Men on TV every day any more but I can still indulge in a little nostalgia by making my own Little Miss. Thanks to linkbunnies for reminding me of this gem. My favourite was always Little Miss Shy. I’m still working on completing my Mr Men library [...]

Ajax – Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

I’m glad I remembered to read last Friday’s technology pages in The Irish Times. Danny O’Brien‘s column was about the new approach to building web applications called Ajax. It’s the reason Google’s newest offerings, like Google Maps and Gmail, function so smoothly, resembling desktop applications rather than the traditional request and wait web model. Adaptive [...]

blogging for a living

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005

Influential tech blogger Jason Kottke, has decided to follow the dream and try blogging as a full time job. After 7 years of maintaining his popular weblog, he has bravely decided to quit his web design job for a year. Rather than fund this through advertising or charging for access, he is holding a 3 [...]

is anyone out there?

Monday, February 21st, 2005

I’ve been tuning into RTE‘s latest religious offering,Is Anyone Out There?, after er on Sunday nights of late. The show is presented by Anna Nolan, one of the original Big Brother contestants. Despite being one of the presenters of the appalling The Afternoon Show, she makes a decent job of this. The end result is [...]