One number to rule them all I have just enabled Google Voice. So now you can call me without knowing my phone number. Now the benefits of being anonymous and invisible will truly come home to roost. Were I Scoble or somebody important, I could not post this widget in public because it would be . . . → Read More: Google Voice “Call Me” Widget
 5 comments - (Comments are closed)  Fun Web and Blog Goodies, Geek Stuff, Multimedia  Call me widget, google, Google Voice, telephony, test, widget I had a kind of implied request to talk about the code in this jquery jigsaw puzzle. I sort of figured you can Firebug it from hereif you like, but maybe a little expository prose will enable you to focus on the salient parts of the script. (Sorry the old link got broken when . . . → Read More: How my jQuery Drag’n’Drop Jigsaw works 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Front End Frameworks, Multimedia API, audio, database, draggable, droppable, javascript, jigsaw, jPlayer plugin, JQuery, jQuery jigsaw, jQuery-ui, mp3, widget When Google talks, I at least pay attention. Whether you like them or not, no one can deny that Google has a great deal of KLOUT on the interwebz. This Google Friend Connect thing is the latest scuttlebutt. Of course I have to try it, even though I’m not insanely hopeful that it’s going to . . . → Read More: Testing Google Friend Connect 8 comments - (Comments are closed) Fun Web and Blog Goodies, Geek Stuff compatibility, Google Friend Connect, Google stuff, home-rolled, identity, interconnect, javascript, member, social, tinker, widget, Wordpress, Wordpress MU In case you hadn’t heard, our local newspaper publishers (Gazette-Times/Democrat Herald owned by Lee Enterprises) have taken a giant step future-ward with the launch of the new mid-valley voice social network. If you are not local, I would hazard a guess that other historically print based publishers are doing a similar thing to try to . . . → Read More: No worries: this post will NOT suck you into a vortex 13 comments - (Comments are closed) Fun Web and Blog Goodies, Geek Stuff auto-blog, blog sourcing, community, community social network, Democrat Herald, driving traffic, feed, funnel, Gazette Times, go to hell, Lee Enterprises, local, meta, Mid-Valley Voice, no maintenance, recursive, self-referential, source, suck, traffic funnel, vortex, widget, yourminis Utterli seems like a lot like Twitter at first glance. The difference is that you can post voice messages, video, or stills directly to it from your mobile. . . . → Read More: Utterli: Twitter with media 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Fun Web and Blog Goodies, Geek Stuff API, audio twitter, CCNA, cell phone, embed, marathoner, media, moniker, still, tixrus, Twitter API, utterli, video, voice menu, voice message, web UI, widget Stumblers, readers, friends, and surfers, I beg your indulgence just this once. Permit me to take a break from providing you the high quality dorkage that you’ve come to take for granted and let off a major bitchy rant. If I don’t do this I’m going to blow a gasket! What’s causing my consternation? Rampant . . . → Read More: Eleven Signs that your blog sucks 21 comments - (Comments are closed) Fun Web and Blog Goodies, Geek Humor 1337speak, affiliate, bad, ban, blare, bloatware, digg, list, lolcatese, mediocrity, no-no, peel, popup, stumbleupon, sucks, sucky blogs, widget What is it with me and Text-To-Speech? Just fond memories, I guess. At one time I had a TalkR widget in my Blogger blog. It had a list of all the posts and it would speak whichever one you picked. It must have worked at one time or I would have never published it. I . . . → Read More: TalkR — Audio of your blog Comments are closed Fun Web and Blog Goodies, Hacking and Security flash, player, plugin, talkr, text to speech, widget Well there I am, summarized for all the world to see into a neat little bar graph. If you want to see how you stack up, go ahead and click the widget. It will take you to mypersonality.info where you can take the test yourself. It’s fun, fast and free and you’ll get a . . . → Read More: What type of personality are you? 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Fun Web and Blog Goodies badge, intelligence, INTP, Myers-Briggs, personality, widget |
Try my beta Word Press Plugin
Well, it had to happen. It is amazing that I’ve been using WordPress so long without getting into its guts. While hacking on the Tweet this plugin ever so gently, I started to get the feel for how WP plugins work. So I wrote a couple myself. The first one is serious old school, as . . . → Read More: Try my beta Word Press Plugin