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Thoughts on Flash – we should use HTML5, CSS and JavaScript in stead
Steve Jobs just posted his Thoughts on Flash. Let me add another thought: I hate flash apps. Flash should go, and we all should go for HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. The primary reason I dislike Flash is...
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Microsoft: IE9 also favours HTML5 over Flash (IEBlog : HTML5 Video)
Last week, I blogged that we should move away from Flash to HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, commenting on Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash post announcing support for HTML5 including video playback of H.264...
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For a good laugh: Modern computer languages are a bit like people in some...
For a good laugh: read the Modern computer languages are a bit like people in some ways thread in the CodeProject lounge. –jeroen Via: The Lounge – CodeProject.Filed under: .NET, C#, Delphi,...
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Formatted sourcecode in WordPress: uses SyntaxHighlighter 3.0; complete list...
In the past I wrote a few blog posts on posting sourcecode in WordPress. Nick Hodges‘ last Flotsam and Jetsam blog post pointed me to the SyntaxHighlighter JavaScript that is used by WordPress and many...
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The hilarious answer on Stack Overflow in why not to parse html with RegEx
Quite a while ago, user bobince wrote great answer on why not to parse html with RegEx. Somehow people fail to recognize the brilliance of the answer, and try to simplify it into something like “don’t,...
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Stack Overflow ebooks
Greg Hewgill published a bunch Stack Overflow ebooks and StackExchange stats. His readme explains a bit more on the books. The blog he maintains makes up for some nice reading too. Be sure to read the...
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Free: German HTML5 Cheat Sheet (via Google Translate)
While speaking at the German BASTA 2011 Fall conference, I noticed a German HTML 5 Cheat Sheet. I recently found out that a PDF and XPS of that sheet is available. Here is the English translation of...
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:: Strip HTML Tags :: Online Tools
Handy when copy-pasting stuff from the Web or Word Processor and your tools keep too much formatting: HTML Tags Stripper is designed to strip HTML tags from the text. It will also strip embedded...
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Which “Posting categories” overview do you like most?
I’m experimenting with the Posting categories overview page as a prequel to a proper tag cloud (and a series of posts on how to get there). Please let me know in the comments which of the below ones...
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Paros Proxy | TestingSecurity.com
On the research list as it seems a lot wider than HTTP Fiddler: Paros Proxy Paros is a valuable testing tool for your security and vulnerability testing. Paros can be used to spider/crawl your entire...
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XML and HTML escapes
While reviewing some client’s code, I noticed they were generating and parsing XML and HTML by hand (do not ever do that yourself!). Before refactoring this into something that uses libraries that...
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Many more event videos available at Channel 9 (was: PDC10 – view Microsoft...
Dang; I thought this had long left the posting queue, but somehow it ended in the drafts (: Since then, many more event videos made it to Channel 9, including Build 2011, and TechDays 2012. Anyway,...
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Displaying formulas using HTML (via: More TVM–calculating the IRR :...
I saw julian Bucknall post some beautiful formatted functions in a few of his Algorithms for the masses blog and wondered how he did it. \[a = P . r^N . \frac { (1 – r) } { (1 - r^N) }\] Why is his...
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Word Clouds and algorithms to generate them
While preparing for the Category Cloud series of posts, I found a lot of helpful links. Here they are: Tag Cloud Font Distribution Algorithm | Echo Chamber Project. Carso Leong’s Blog: Create Tag Cloud...
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inessential.com: Brian’s Stupid Feed Tricks
If you think it’s easy to deal with RSS read this: inessential.com: Brian’s Stupid Feed Tricks. It reminds me so much about handling StUF. –jeroenFiled under: Development, HTML, HTML5,...
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Parameters for use in a Google Maps URL (zoom level, position, map-type, etc;...
Thanks for StackOverflow user xordon for this answer: This is current accepted way to link to a specific lat lon (rather than search for the nearest object)....
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Interesting series of Chrome Development articles by Umar Hansa | Nettuts+
If you (want to) do web-development with Chrome, then be sure to read the articles by Umar Hansa | Nettuts+. At the time of writing, there were three articles centered around using Google Chrome as...
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Generating complex math visualizations in SVG using C# and ILNumerics – Scott...
Funny how Generating complex math visualizations in SVG using C# and ILNumerics and MathViz (no, not this MathViz!) look so similar. I hope the MathViz code becomes public one day. –jeroen via:...
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Generate HTML Tables Clean and Fast
I wish I had found about Generate HTML Tables Clean and Fast years ago. Every once in a while I want to generate the source code for an HTML table with some content easily. I’ve found no tool doing...
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HTTP protocol requires you to escape spaces (usually with %20 or with +), but...
Since the time that spaces are allowed in path and file names, it has caused confusion. I personally like the readability of spaces, but still tend to avoid them as they usually cause more harm than...
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