Archive for January, 2009

Freebase – Structured Data

Can’t believe I’ve not spotted this before. Freebase is a freely editable store of structured data. If you want a table of programming languages or Greek poets then Freebase can provide. This has endless possibilities for tinkering and scripting with. If you’ve not seen before then I strongly recommend a visit.

New Mac, Wii and DS

I’ve not been posting in a while as I received a new Wii, DS and Mac over the Christmas period which has kept me very busy – thats on top of working all the hours god sends! I’m not rich – nor is my family. There was a windfall that enabled presents to be bought [...]

Wow – Mysql Site

When did this happen?

AbeBooks UK: Another Netvibes Plugin

I’m loving the Netvibes plugins at the moment and I produced a second one today.  This time I’ve decided to have the body of it as static HTML rather than generating it using the included widget API.  It seems to start faster as a result. The widget is simply a search box for finding cheap [...]

First Netvibes Plugin

Just finished my first Netvibes plugin.  Hopefully it’ll be the first of many to come as I’ve now got the hang of the Universal Widget API (UWA) now. My first widget is mainly for UK users who take a lot of flights.  Its a Lastminute.com flight checker widget so you can find the latest pricing [...]