http://www.coderanger.com/blog news about what I am developing and other random thoughts Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:55:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye then nothing will... http://www.katiemelua.com/tesco/christmas/ Buy a copy now and support the Red Cross http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/two-of-the-most-beautiful-singers-together/ I thought I would post this as its just a thought, I know people (I don't do it myself, I can't stand downloading stuff from torrent) who download episodes and movies from the net ... why? because its not broadcast in the UK yet and has been showing in the ... http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/07/how-to-reduce-movie-and-tv-piracy/ I am just in the middle of watching Jobs' Keynote at WWDC07 and was interested in the new 'webclip' technology. From computerworld: WebClip enables users to "scissor" a portion of a Web page and then turn it into a stand-alone Dashboard widget This basically allows you to create a 'widget' on your desktop ... http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/11/does-leopard-promote-content-theft/ A new build is available that fixes a couple of bugs and adds some new features: Fixed bug so you can get version information from different language EXEs Modified so it will run a DOS Command task tool process from given search paths if a path is not given, also removed ... http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/08/buildit-20-build-121-released/ From: http://www.fearthecowboy.com/2007/02/javascript-cool-feature-of-day-on.html A nice little one-liner script you can use in your HMTL page to run some a function when the browser is done loading the HTML. I have been using this cool little snippet for a while, something I factored down for my own purposes, and tucked away in my little bag ... http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/08/javascript-cool-feature-of-the-day-on-browser-ready/ I was reading an interesting post by Craig Fitzpatrick and felt I ought to put in my two-pennies-worth. I totally agree with his statement: It's the experience level of the user. And that changes over time. Newbie users LOVE simple products because they're not intimidating. They're easy to get started. But although I ... http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/27/creating-a-multi-tiered-product/ Do you remember Flooz? It sold dollars that could be exchanged for gifts. Whoopi Goldberg stumped for it and Flooz survived the implosion of 2000. Then in 2001, one of its biggest customers, Cisco Systems, wanted to renegotiate a multimillion-dollar contract. Flooz survived that as well. Then the company noticed that ... http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/19/remember-flooz/ A new build is available that fixes a couple of bugs: Fixed a problem with the FTP Task failing with an "incorrect parameter" message after IE7 was installed Fixed a crash bug when running a file that runs and external BuildIT Task http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/22/buildit-20-build-116-released/ Bush's March to War http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/22/march-to-war/ A new build is available that adds a couple of minor features and fixes: Added ability to 'copy' an item in the File Management Task list Added nice new QHTM List Box control for Insert Items dialog and made it sizeable Added graphics to most dialogs Improved/Changed task graphics and icons Fixed some nasty ... http://www.coderanger.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/23/buildit-20-build-115-released/