Category Archives for Geekery
Bits of geekery from across interweb
Twitter for activism
In a few hours I’m giving this presentation at the CAAT National Gathering later today so thought I’d just share it here as well… might not make quite as much sense without the rambling geek audio accompaniment. Twitter for activism …
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CSS3 transformations
Experimenting with the possibilities of CSS3 transformations and the timed element of them. No longer does a CSS rollover state simply mean a colour change, you now have movement that you can schedule. Prior to this the options for this …
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Semantic web for ecampaigners
What is the Semantic Web?
The Semantic Web, also known as Web 3.0, comes from Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision for the Web as a platform to facilitate simple exchange of data. A simple way to understand what it is and what it might mean for us as e-campaigners is to compare it to the W3C standards for XHTML and CSS.
I Can Has Tipz 2 Create Succesful Meme?
Sorry, just can’t keep up the lolcat speak, but there are definitely some lessons to be learned from Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh:
Lego Sabotage
I’m guesing most people have seen the lego classic photo series, like Balakov’s on Flickr: Well inevitably, it gets better… This version of The Beastie Boys’ Sabotage is almost impossible to tell from the original (with the possible exception of …
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Idiot’s guide to Twitter
This is the absolute basics of setting up Twitter, simply because I couldn’t find it put so simply anywhere else. If I get a chance I’ll come back and embellish this a little with some specific tips and tools for …
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Adding Youtube or Vimeo video to WordPress MU
Seems there was a bit of a bug with the last WordPress MU (WPMU) upgrade which means if you want to be able to embed Youtube or Vimeo video in a post, you’ll need to update your kses.php file. It …
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Smithson v Oeffinger Layer Tennis
For quite some time now, I’ve been a devotee of Layer Tennis, a game almost as brilliant as Dandy Racquetball… I think the stakes have been raised with this bout between Matt Smithson & Daniel Oeffinger.
Semantic web at ECF2010
Some notes from the eCampaigning Forum 2010… “Data Hugging Disorder” – how can we persuade organisations to release their strangle hold on data and shift to the mindset of data being open by default. i.e. justifying why you don’t want …
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Hugs for Monsters IE6 messages
I imagine the fame Joe of Hugs for Monsters fame has garnered from these IE6 splash pages is probably doing his head in a bit by now (sorry Joe!) The problem is, he said what sooo many webbies were thinking …
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