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  • Zend Framework and Doctrine on Nov 20, 2009 in Uncategorized

    Well it’s looking like Doctrine is the heavy weight data mapping solution of the lot. Zend Framework was often criticized for having no serious Model methods. Models was just sort of where you put your nuts and bolts database code. Some folk...

  • How to integrate a jQuery plugin into Yii Framework on Nov 13, 2009 in Uncategorized

    I have been studying up on Yii framework as a potential alternative to Zend. It has its pluses and minuses. Yii framework comes with jQuery included at the core. It was ridiculously easy to download a jQuery plugin, drop it in as a black box, foll...

  • Twitter list apps on Nov 3, 2009 in Uncategorized

    They couldn’t be too long in coming! The best thing about Twitter is its API. I was told by someone in the know that 90% of Twitter’s traffic comes through its API, not through people directly surfing it. Anyway, the new lists are GREA...

  • Twibbons for Toonlet on Nov 1, 2009 in Uncategorized

    Here’s a little Twitter app for you while we all wait for some serious list apps: This one is called twibbon, and what it does is overlays a little icon over your twitter avatar to show you support something. First I placed the zend framework...

  • Toonlet with Audio on Oct 29, 2009 in Uncategorized

    I just clipped each individual frame of one of my toonlets and put them in an open office presentation. Then I fired up Berio and ran the slideshow fullscreen while I read the lines. Then I imported the whole thing into IMovie, clipped the beginnin...

  • Berio Free Video Screen Capture for Leopard on Oct 20, 2009 in Geek Stuff audio AV Berio capture download education FREE Leopard MacOSX video capture videos

    Camtasia is awesome, but pricey. For the likes of me, who doesn’t do video screen capture for a living, the price just isn’t justified. Leopard comes with an app to do capture, but it requires a hookup to a MacOSX server. Out of luck a...

  • Scary Facebook Hackage on Oct 20, 2009 in Uncategorized

    Paul Fenwick graced us with the following presentation at Barcamp Melbourne. Armed with only the documentation from Facebook’s API he proceded to submit queries to their query engine and it is amazing what he dug up on the volunteers who agree...