Google Chrome : array evals return out of order
I just want to make others aware of a little quirk with Google Chrome’s Javascript engine (V8), eval’d associative JSON arrays (aka objects) are returned in the incorrect order . The problem is that...
View ArticleTrac ticket: reset to new
We have recently moved from Mantis to Trac at work for our bug/task tracking, but we have encountered a slight issue with Trac’s workflow management. The issue is that we wanted to be able to move a...
View ArticlejQuery fadeIn/fadeOut IE cleartype glitch
While using the jQuery javascript library today at work, I noticed a glitch under IE7. When fading a html node with the .fadeIn() and .fadeOut() functions in jQuery, IE drops the windows Cleartype...
View ArticleIssues with mysql 2.7 gem
I’ve been trying to get a rails development setup running on my Leopard install. After managing to get the mysql gem installed without errors, I can’t use the gem in any projects. When I run rake...
View ArticleRails gem install mysql throws error: *** extconf.rb failed ***
Whilst reading guides on how to setup a rails dev server under OS X (both Tiger and Leopard), I kept running into issues installing the mysql gem. The guides would instruct you to install the mysql...
View Articlenatsort() pain in PHP
While writing some software for work which works out distances between geographic locations, I discovered some nastiness with the natsort() function in php. This function implements a sort algorithm...
View ArticleAPML2JSON Script/Service
This script takes an APML feed, and parses it into valid APML-JSON based on the APML-JSON spec on the APML wiki. Instead of manually parsing the APML into JSON, I have used the XSLT file attached to...
View ArticleBlu-ray PS3 stuttering playback woes… Solved!
This blog post is for anyone who owns a PS3 and has discovered that *some* Blu-ray discs have stuttering/dropped frames playback. I purchased a Playstation 3 back in April 2007, and received a free...
View ArticleJSON-APML Tag Cloud
As a member of the APML Google group, I’m constantly reading and keeping in touch with the APML developments. The latest development that sparked my interest was the need for a JSON equivalent of the...
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