Free book from Dilbers Author

This has been available for ages, but I only just noticed it. http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/godsdebris/

Free from the guy that writes dilbert.. it claims to be a thought experiment.

I have been accused several times of not fully qualifying as a geek. This is mainly due to having inadvertantly failed to read several Neal Stephenson books. I am currently attempting to make amends for this oversite by reading "The Dimand Age". So far.. I am loving it. It's all Nano-tech and programmery. Definately my sort of thing.

"Snow Crash" is actually the next on my list.

Any recommendations for must read geek books?

Round corners on divs using css and javascript

I saw this recently so I thought I would pass it on.

MockiKit - A suite of lightweight javascript libraries.
I love the 'rounded corners' feature. (see http://www.mochikit.com/examples/rounded_corners/index.html)

The round corners code is based on the Rico library ( see http://openrico.org/rico/home.page )

.. which in turn based its implementation on "Nifty Corners: rounded corners without images " see http://pro.html.it/esempio/nifty/

So what's next... is getting closer

I posted a while ago about how I felt that developing in text files is such a bad idea. That code should be a structure in memory. This would enable features like: being able to instantly evaluate tests as you change the code. The ultimate in timely feedback.

Well I just came across this project today, which is getting a long way towards the future I predict.

Check out the movie demo..

Then imagine duplicating the state each time you set up a test so you can see all tests in your state at the same time. I'd love to try TDD with this tool.

Ajax in action

The best site I have seem (to demo Ajax) is script.aculo.us



It really gives you the feeling that web app clients are starting to get a little fatter again.

And... we're back!

I had some problems recently with getting my bog working. I was convinced it was a Blogger problem. Turns out I had run out of space on my server, so it was my bad.

Big thanks to Christine at Blogger Support for all her help.

Note: the Atom feed should be working again now too. :)