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Getting FB access token

Facebook Graph API — getting access tokens completely “borrowed” from this site Assume an application with an id 116122545078207, and using the URL of the blog (http://benbiddington.wordpress.com) to collect request tokens. Following the instructions as specified in section 3.5.1.1., Client Requests Authorization, of the specification, this is … Continue reading
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Big Brother

Big Brother just got scarier: Japanese CCTV camera can scan 36 million faces per second – and recognise anyone who has walked into its gaze Biometric camera stores details of everyone who walks past it Stores ‘library’ of face info … Continue reading
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Google to Claim Clam

Google to Claim Clam Last week, tech giant Google secured a patent on research for a processor two times faster than the leading Intel processor. So what’s the real ‘mussel’ behind Google’s new processor chip? Mollusk meat. So how will … Continue reading
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Enabling PHP and Apache in Mac OSX

Enabling PHP and Apache in Leopard [entirely borrowed from http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/php_leopard.php] Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) comes with both Apache 2.2.6 and PHP 5.2.4 preinstalled, but they’re not enabled by default. The following instructions should help you get up and running. Open … Continue reading
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URL encode/decode

Helpful tool in case you don’t have all the%20characters%20memorized: This is useful for dynamically creating Twitter messages, or just generating URL-safe code for non alphanumeric characters. Also, the textarea is pretty. This is also a plus. URL Decoder/Encoder Input a … Continue reading
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CSS Shapes

Whether or not you will find a practical use for this or not, you have got to admit that this is pretty sweet. No images at all – just CSS3. Also, you can edit the CSS right there in the … Continue reading
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HTML ipsum

This is a shot list of commonly reused elements I use for web development. http://corbdesign.com/geek/css.php http://corbdesign.com/geek/nerd.php Jquery core http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js Jquery UI http://jqueryui.com/ FireBug for Any Browser: <script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js’></script> Firebug Lite BookMarklet Conditional CSS: <!–[if IE 6]> Special instructions for … Continue reading
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HTML special Characters
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It’s Greek to me

Greek HTML Character codes. For those special times you need to use the very special characters. Let your loved ones know they are loved by using Greek characters at inopportune moments! <3
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My Computer <3

My computer is nice. It’s not the shiniest, most expensive tower, but is plenty powerful and has capability for change in the future. I had looked around casually for towers that might interest me, and looked at some of the … Continue reading
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