January 2008
41 posts
Some jQuery that automagically add Google Analytics tracking code to links that reference non-HTML docs. A simplified version of Colm McBarron’s script.
$(document).ready(function() {
$("a").each(function() {
var path = this.href;
if (path.match(/\.(doc|pdf|xls|ppt|zip|txt|vsd|vxd|js|css|rar|exe|wma|mov|avi|wmv|mp3)$/)) {
$(this).click(function() {
...
Suspicious Package →
A plugin for the Quick Look that allows you to preview the contents of a standard Apple installer package without launching the Installer. Probably not necessary given the lack of malware on OS X, but cool nonetheless.
Brother GT-541 →
A digital garment printer. 600dpi on a tee? Gimme.
“You’ve got to ride in on the horse you came into town on, and that’s...”
– Jim Courier spouts pearls of wisdom at the Australian Open.
“The CT scanner was “the greatest legacy” of the Beatles, with the...”
– From the Wikipedia entry on Computed Tomography*
* Having been stung with a $450 bill for a CT scan after my accident, I thought I’d better figure out what CT at least stood for.
Chyrp →
Non-hosted Tumblr-esque engine. Looks to be very cool. I really like the idea of ‘feathers,’ essentially templates for different content types — there’s some great potential for adding coolness there.
Handpresso →
Espresso on-the-go for the hopelessly caffeine-addicted.
“You can also swipe with three fingers to use the browser’s forward and back...”
– Hands on with the MacBook Air.
Gimme.
Just noticed that Twitterific doesn’t change your iChat status if you’ve updated with an @reply. That is super-awesome.
Good excuse to head to the pub →
Now I have a reason beyond ‘I want to drink beer’
WatchHere’s Looking At You
“What do you think you look like? And what do others think of you? A film about first impressions from artists Lenka Clayton and James Price.”
Scrivener →
Check out the screencast. I wish I’d had this while I’d been studying, it seems as though it’d be great for compiling and sorting out your research and writing for essays/papers. Certainly better than my stuff-everything-into-one-gigantic-word-document-so
Twitter Stats →
Script that generate graphy goodness from your twitter stats. Yay for data visualisation.
Light Scoop →
A wonderfully simple addition to make the pop-up flash on your camera useful instead of just crap.
Energy Saving Smart Strip With Autoswitching... →
Gots to get me some of these. I’ve been hanging out for a consumer version since coming across a similar prototype thing a while back (can’t seem to find it anymore).
Caipirinha →
Very tasty, I drank more than a few of these while in Brasil. They’d go down pretty well in Australia I think, if only limes weren’t $100 a kilo.
