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Ethereal Cereal

The occasional scrapbook of Brian McAllister, an Irish-born web developer currently coding in Lyon, France…

CSS Tooltips using generated content and HTML5 "data-" attributes

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A quick & dirty lunchtime experiment on creating tooltips by using :before & :after generated content and the new HTML5 “data-” attribute.

Posted Jun 21, 2010 · Read more…

Humanised browsing history experiment

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An attempt at presenting the user with a “Humanised” on-site browsing history i.e. a listing of the exact path taken to arrive at the current page and not, as with a breadcrumb-trail, the page’s position within the current site hierarchy.

Posted Jun 04, 2010 · Read more…

HTML5, ARIA Roles, and Screen Readers in May 2010

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HTML5, ARIA Roles, and Screen Readers in May 2010. Essential reading. # ~ (0) 06·05·10

An interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids

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Here’s two unbelievably depressing links: An interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids and a video of one of these heavy-handed SWAT raids in action. # ~ (1) 06·05·10

Italian Spiderman Trailer

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Here’s the trailer for the rather fabulous Italian Spiderman. # ~ (0) 19·04·10

http://placehold.it/

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http://placehold.it/ – quick and simple image placeholders. # ~ (0) 07·04·10

Whitney Houston?

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Wow… just wow, this Japanese dude does a rather stunning Whitney Houston impersonation! # ~ (0) 07·04·10

Leander Vyvey 22 floor roof jump

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Is this for real? Leander Vyvey 22 floor roof jump. # ~ (0) 26·03·10

1941 Time Traveller?

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Has a time traveller from our decade been captured in a 1941 photograph? (source) # ~ (0) 23·03·10

Just Hashing is Far from Enough for Storing Passwords

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Just Hashing is Far from Enough for Storing Passwords – How to Position against Dictionary and Rainbow Table Attacks.

Great article from a snappy development blog… # ~ (0) 19·03·10

Last Minutes with ODEN

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People, do not watch this video if you have a dog, if you have ever had a dog or if you ever plan on having a dog. This is powerful, heartbreaking stuff. I remember crying for a week when Bessie died (yeah, yeah, she was called Bessie) – in front of an entire room full of work colleagues from Oracle to boot! Dogs tend to do things like that to you… # ~ (0) 10·02·10

Mashup #1

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What a mashup – ‘promesas’ by los mono with ‘intergalactic’ by beastie boys! # ~ (0) 26·01·10

Uttarayan Kite Festival

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I’m getting itchy feet. I haven’t “travelled” in almost seven years and long for even a few months of walking Indian trails once again – flickr photostreams like the Uttarayan Kite Festival by the meanest Indian aren’t helping to calm my roving instinct any!

I remember being amazed at the kite festival and buying a kite for one of the children who had decided to accompany me that day – the kite is cheap, it’s the string that costs money. I also remember… actually, I could go on all day so I just won’t start, just check the photos)! # ~ (0) 25·01·10

jsFiddle

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One for the bookmarks… jsFiddle – an online editor for the web. It supports all major Javascript libraries out there, has snazzy syntax highlighting within the code editor(s) and looks dam nice to boot. Nice work from Piotr & Oskar. # ~ (0) 21·01·10

Flash Runtime in Javascript

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Beautiful & Scary stuff… Tobias Schneider has built a Flash runtime in Javascript – codenamed “Gordon” (as in “Flash Gordon”). I just love Javascript hackers! This really is an exciting time to develop for the web. # ~ (0) 14·01·10

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