Category: General

Yahoo Maps with custom looks

Justin Everett-Church has done some neat stuff with Flash 8 and the new Yahoo! Maps API. He demonstrates how to essentially skin the maps that you show so they can match the look of your site. He provides examples of a...

General

Unison: file synchronizer

Sort of like rsync, but it can sync changes on either side (reporting when there are unresolvable conflicts of course). Interesting - I could imagine this being used as the basis for PIM or database synchronization, for backup...

General

Oracle to release free version of 10g

Wow, Oracle is planning to release a free version of their database to compete with open-source databases like MySQL.

General

Breakfast at the Prolific Oven

.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Breakfast at the Prolific Oven,...

General

Yahoo! Hacks published

This might be an interesting read......

GeneralMac

Adium “Deny bug” is driving me nuts

So every time someone tries to add me to their buddy list, Adium pops up a confirmation dialog that's cut off and that only offers me the option to deny: This is driving me and the people who are trying to add me nuts. Each time...

General

Google can’t use “GMail” in the UK

Google is unable to use the name "Gmail" in the UK And in related news, Google suffered another setback, forced to change the name of its free wireless hotspot service after failing to secure the necessary trademark for "gspot"....