The internet through a developers eyes

What is the internet coming to?

Posted last year, mid-December by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, Web Design, Internet.
Post Views: 430 Views.

Tonight I can’t sleep so I decided to browse the internet and see what is out there. Find cool sites using the latest technology, design techniques and grabbing web 2.0 by the balls and creating it into a work of art. But to my dispear all I have found is websites only fit to be deleted from my browser history.

(more…)

0 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

So where has the Irish Developer been?

Posted last year, at the start of November by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, Web Design, Portfolio, Site News.
Post Views: 345 Views.

I know it has been a long time since my last post. And being honest I have been really busy. But I plan to do a huge revamp of Irish Developer.

(more…)

0 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

Adding .flv MIME type in IIS

Posted last year, mid-April by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, Servers, Windows, Flash Video.
Post Views: 2,407 Views.

By default Flash video is not in the MIME type list of Windows IIS because of this IIS doesn’t know how to handle it and Flash videos will not work until you do the following.

(more…)

0 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

How does your website look on other browsers?

Posted last year, mid-April by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, Web Design.
Post Views: 1,401 Views.

Ever wondered how you website looks on other browsers, versions and platforms? Generally it is very hard to know how your design will act. If you are designing on a windows platform, you are limited to the browsers you can test in. But there is a website out there to help you get around browser and platform problems, Browser Shots

(more…)

7 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

To be or not to be! Becoming the Google Bot

Posted last year, at the end of March by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, Internet, Google.
Post Views: 711 Views.

While reading Not Another One!!, The online ramblings of Niall Donegan I had a quick look at Nialls latest post Useful Firefox Extensions and I am a big fan of Firefox. Mainly down to the ability to add extentions. And Niall was listing off his favorite extentions. And one called User Agent Switcher. And what he said caught my eye…
(more…)

3 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

BarCamp Dublin 2007

Posted last year, at the end of March by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, Internet, Blogging, Events.
Post Views: 552 Views.

On the 21st of April 2007, Digital Hub in Dublin will host this years BarCamp Dublin. For anyone unclear what BarCamp is or what happenes at one, check out the Wikipedia. So far there has been alot of sign ups for it, over 70 with nearly 20 speakers. This will be my first attendance. Attendees from my blog roll include Cormac Moylan and Gavin from Ireland SEO Marketing. Which should make for an interesting day. One of the major sponcers is Microsoft, god help who ever they are sending if they ask about my experinces of Windows Vista!

Offical Webpage for Barcamp Dublin 2007 http://barcamp.org/BarCampIreland3

6 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

What am I listening to?

Posted last year, at the end of March by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, Flash.
Post Views: 510 Views.

Here is a cool Flash app I built to interface with a XML feed from my desktop of what I am listening to on iTunes. I wrote a blog post titled MySpace Now Playing back in Aug 2006, here is the updated version of that Flash application.
(more…)

2 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

ASP Cheat Sheet

Posted last year, at the end of March by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, ASP, VBScript.
Post Views: 551 Views.

One of the blogs I read called ILOVEJACKDANIELS has a great cheat sheet for anyone learning or working with ASP VBScript. The blog also have many other cheat sheets worth checking out.

0 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

Google Desktop XML back door!

Posted last year, mid-March by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, IIS 5.x +, Internet, Search, Servers, Platforms, Windows, Google.
Post Views: 902 Views.

Did you know that Google Desktop contains a back door? Would you believe me if I said it was XML? Well next time you do a search on Google Desktop, add the following to the end of the results URL “&format=xml” and you will see your results in XML format.
(more…)

2 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

Flash Video

Posted last year, mid-March by Dave.
Categories: Web Developement, Servers, Flash, Flash Video, FMS 2.0.
Post Views: 556 Views.

I am just completing a Flash Video tour system for the company I work for. Below is a demo of one of the videos.
(more…)

5 comments.  Print  Email  PDF  

Older »