Programming

Media24 goes opensource with Drupal?

By Robin / Apr 7th, 2008 / Category: , News, Programming

It’s not too often we see large media companies embracing Open Source technologies, so it is really great to see one of South Africa’s large media houses embracing Drupal, an Open Source CMS.
This morning I read an Aricle on bizcommunity outlining the launch of gotravel24.co.za. In general the site promotes travel in and around South Africa. [...]

Google launches Code University

By Robin / Mar 19th, 2008 / Category: , News, Programming

Well perhaps it is not so much a launch as a re-launch. Mid 2007 Google launched an educational program. At the time it was called ‘Google Code for Educators’. Google has now re-designed the site and re-launched as the Google Code University. The site is aimed at helping educators and students alike become more familiar [...]

The Springleap web based image manipulation bundle

By Robin / Mar 15th, 2008 / Category: , Design, Downloads, Library, News, Programming, Showcase, Tutorials

For a while now I have been wanting to share a few scripts to help visitors with image manipulation. Only thing is I did not want to list out all the tricks I have learned without any context. Recently, a South African site called Springleap launched. Springleap allows visitors to upload t-shirt designs. Visitors then [...]

Pull and save an image on your server from any site

By admin / Mar 14th, 2008 / Category: , Programming

This is a little script I’ve been playing with. I’m using it on my pet project GoGuide.co.za, a social bookmarking site. The plan is for the site to pull a thumbnail image of a submitted URL’s page. The script scans specified sites for the first image with a width greater than 200px. [...]

Pageflakes or Netvibe panes
 

PageFlakes or a NetVibes implementation in Gaia with very few lines of code!