Mark Hedley a.k.a. Ox

iPhone OS rollback from 4.0 to 3.1.3

Posted at July 21, 2010

Just call me Mr iPhone Rollbacker from 4.0 to 3.1.3. fixer!!! After marathon session finally managed to revert son’s phone to previous version. But Steve Jobs has a lot to answer for, it should not have been that difficult!!!

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Firefox web browser | Help us test the latest beta

Posted at July 13, 2010

I am, are you?

Firefox web browser | Help us test the latest beta.

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LESS – Leaner CSS

Posted at July 12, 2010

Adds lots of useful features for CSS, in fact why wasn’t it like this all along would have been things a lot easier and cleaner.

LESS – Leaner CSS.

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Simon York Handyman – new site

Posted at July 9, 2010

New site been developed providing handyman services to the York area. See www.simonyorkhandyman.co.uk for more information.

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Google acquires 3D desktop BumpTop

Posted at May 5, 2010

I looked at BumpTop previously and thought it made for an interesting desktop, just wonder Google are planning to do with it?

Google acquires 3D desktop BumpTop.

Gadgets

Simple Twitter RSS Processing

Posted at April 26, 2010

I required a simple feed from Twitter into www.MindOver-matter.co.uk/news.php. There are numerous examples around but a lot of them are very convoluted. Below is an simple code example. The function could of course be modifed to be generic whereby user info etc would be passed in.

<?php

function parse_cache_feed($usernames, $limit) {
  $feed = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/130211322.rss";
  $xml = new SimpleXMLElement(file_get_contents($feed));
  if (count($xml->channel->item) == 0)  {
?>
          <p class="tweet">
              Sorry but failed to connect to Twitter for latest updates,
              it is probably busy so try again later.
              Or look <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MindOverMatter8">here</a>
          </p>
<?php
  } else {
      foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item) {
          ?>
          <div class="calendar">
             <div class="calendar-month">
                  <?php echo date("M",strtotime($item->pubDate)) ?>
             </div>
             <div class="calendar-day">
                  <?php echo date("d",strtotime($item->pubDate)) ?>
             </div>
          </div>
          <p>
            <?php echo str_replace("MindOverMatter8:","",$item->description); ?>
          </p>
<?php
      }
  }
} 

?>

Development

Using site speed in web search ranking

Posted at April 12, 2010

Google as added yet another criteria to its algorithms to achieve good search ranking; speed of site. This can only be a good step in the right direction forcing designers and developers to ensure that their sites are optimized as much as possible.

The article has a number of references to some good free tools to evaluate the speed of the site.

See Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Using site speed in web search ranking.

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Mind Over Matter Hypnotherapy in West Yorkshire – unlock your potential

Posted at April 12, 2010

Would you like to live your life with better health, greater happiness and increased confidence and success? Well you can make those positive changes with hypnosis! You can live your life the way you’ve always wanted, releasing bad habits, fears, and removing the limitations that are holding you back?

via Stop smoking or lose weight with hypnosis by Mind Over Matter Hypnotherapy in Wakefield, West Yorkshire – unlock your potential.

Another great site by markOnline for all your website design and website development.

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