- The ability to filter the feed based on minimum and maximum numbers of Diggs
- The option to embed videos from Google Video, YouTube, and Metacafe directly in the feed (I have tested this in RSSOwl and Google Reader thus far).
Link: DiggReSS
Monday, April 30, 2007
I spent a few minutes today adding two features to DiggReSS:
Link: DiggReSS
posted by Chad at 3:16 PMLink: DiggReSS
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
PrintLink is a Firefox extension that adds a hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+V) to Firefox. This shortcut opens the printer-friendly version of a page (if it exists).
PrintLink is coded to be as adaptive as possible in finding the link and redirecting the current page. However, if it is unable to find such a page or it is horribly mired in Javascript (e.g. CNN uses a service called Clickability which requires a "partnerID"), it will simply execute the link or the onClick Javascript.
In short: this extension will hopefully open the print view of a given website in the same tab or worst case: in a popup.
Let me know if you have any bugs / problems / comments / suggestions either in the comments or at: randomtechprojects at gmail.com
Project Page (details): Link
Install (Firefox 2.*): Link
posted by Chad at 5:02 PMPrintLink is coded to be as adaptive as possible in finding the link and redirecting the current page. However, if it is unable to find such a page or it is horribly mired in Javascript (e.g. CNN uses a service called Clickability which requires a "partnerID"), it will simply execute the link or the onClick Javascript.
In short: this extension will hopefully open the print view of a given website in the same tab or worst case: in a popup.
Let me know if you have any bugs / problems / comments / suggestions either in the comments or at: randomtechprojects at gmail.com
Project Page (details): Link
Install (Firefox 2.*): Link
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
It still has a full listing of the creeps and their associated value, health, speed, and type. The primary changes are in the format and coolness coefficient.
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
The Digg API is now officially released. It is so nice to finally have the documentation for something that I've been trying to use for about two months now. It has clued me in on a several features that I had been craving in my DiggReSS feed (which is finally resurrected after about a month of being dead).
DiggReSS is my alternative Digg RSS feed. It links directly to the article in question while providing several other article related links (the Digg page and various mirrors).
DiggReSS in RSSOwl
As of this morning DiggReSS has the ability to choose individual topics (e.g. Apple or Playable Web Games). I also implemented a caching system which will store the feed on my server with a timestamp. This way it will request updates at most once every five minutes and is thus much kinder to the Digg server (mmh… irony).
Note to API users:
If you're using PHP, make sure that you have ini_set('user_agent', 'APPLICATION NAME'); somewhere in your application, otherwise the Digg API will simply return a blank page.
DiggReSS: Link
Digg API Documentation: Link
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Friday, April 13, 2007
--- UPDATED ---now in html and javascript: Link
Desktop Tower Defense has become a bit of an obsession lately. It is a game of strategy, timing, and now: statistical analysis. If you haven't played it, I suggest that you avoid it like the plague. If you're hopelessly entangled with it, then continue reading.
To determine the best use of gold I tossed together a webpage with information about the Creeps and Towers.
- Creeps: type, health, speed, value, count, total gold per level, and total gold to that point
- Towers: Cost at level, upgrade cost, sell value, damage, range, speed.
Links:
The Sheet (now in html and Javascript): Link
Game: Desktop Tower Defense
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
The 5th person (the creator of MS Word) has now paid his way into space. This twenty million dollar per head thrill has brought Russia around 100 million dollars in the last few years. My first thought with that realization was: "why isn't NASA doing that"? They need funding after all:
(AP) -- The chairman of the U.S. House science committee said Thursday that NASA is headed for "a train wreck" if the space agency isn't better funded to finish building the international space station and develop the next-generation spacecraft. Link
Tossing the rich and famous into space would solve two of the problems NASA currently faces: the funding issue and the fact that nobody is all that excited about space travel anymore. A handful of exciting commercials, a dash of press conferences with the returned astronauts, and other PR tricks would go a long way to revitalizing American interest in the space program.
It is just a thought, and there is probably some legislation against it, but it would be better to keep those dollars in America.
posted by Chad at 5:09 PM(AP) -- The chairman of the U.S. House science committee said Thursday that NASA is headed for "a train wreck" if the space agency isn't better funded to finish building the international space station and develop the next-generation spacecraft. Link
Tossing the rich and famous into space would solve two of the problems NASA currently faces: the funding issue and the fact that nobody is all that excited about space travel anymore. A handful of exciting commercials, a dash of press conferences with the returned astronauts, and other PR tricks would go a long way to revitalizing American interest in the space program.
It is just a thought, and there is probably some legislation against it, but it would be better to keep those dollars in America.
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