2010
04.22
It seems a little strange, I am used to API V3, forgive me (which I do prefer).
GEvent.addListener(map,”click”, function(overlay, latlng, overlaylatlng) {
if (overlaylatlng) {
alert(overlaylatlng.lat()+’,'+overlaylatlng.lng());
}
if (latlng) {
alert(latlng.lat()+’,'+latlng.lng());
}
});
GEvent.addListener(map,”click”, function(overlay, latlng, overlaylatlng) { if (overlaylatlng) { alert(overlaylatlng.lat()+’,'+overlaylatlng.lng()); } if (latlng) { alert(latlng.lat()+’,'+latlng.lng()); }});
Tags: click, event, Google, google maps Category Uncategorized |
2010
04.22
Tags: chicken, techno Category Uncategorized |
2010
04.21
I came across an awesome site for free GIS Data while trying to make a map of Southern Africa for a website. The site has a nice layout and nice colours, it has a very down to earth feel. haha
Tags: Awesome, free gis data Category Uncategorized |
2009
10.16
As the saying goes, time flies when your having fun. Well that is true of course, and everyone loves to have fun, but isn’t this far worse; time flies when your working hard. But wait a minute, everyone tells me I must work hard most of the time. I even feel like I must work hard most of the time, so does this mean time is going to fly most of the time?
Well yes it does, that’s exactly what it means. When I concentrate a lot I almost completely loose track of time passing. The result of this is hours, days, weeks passing by really quickly. The more we notice time passing, the slower time seems to go by. This isn’t a great scenario because when we’re noticing time pass, we tend to not be working, and not be eating.
Tags: time flies Category Short Posts |
2009
10.14
Feeling bored? Feel like procrastinating the day or night away? Feel like doing something with almost absolutely no point for hours on end? Feel like working on something for hours that adds no real value to your life or existence in any way what so ever? (Wow, that sounds like…… Wow)
Well then thisissand.com is just what you need. You can create all sorts of wonderful designs, provided they are comprised of strange pyramid shapes and you don’t mind it having a sandy texture. I do find it quite amusing though, the way the little granules of sand tumble down my monolithic grand sand pile. I must say I have created some rather awesome pyramids, consisting of many psychedelic stripes and colours.
The aspect of thisissand.com that intrigues me the most the is scripting going on behind the scenes, I’d like to have a look at that Action Script! The way people recreate physics on objects using programming interests me greatly.
End.
Category Cool Geek Stuff, Short Posts |
2009
10.04
I found some pretty kewl free open source mind mapping software. I am quite the fan of mind mapping, I like to keep track of what I am thinking on a subject and to allow me to reiterate on my ideas and thoughts. This is what mind mapping allows.
The software I found is called Freemind. Its really simple to use, it allows you to focus your thoughts on the actual idea or problem you are trying to map.
Tags: mind mapping software, open source Category Short Posts |
2009
09.18
I had been looking for free software that would allow me to draw lovely diagrams and flow chart type things, to aid me in my software and project planning adventures. Well I found something that is usable. It’s called Dia.
Dia is “A program for drawing structured diagrams.” Its open source, which is awesome. It could do a better job at anti-aliasing.. but otherwise it’s quite impressive. Now I have no idea what a diagram drawing application, at it’s best, can be. That is to say I have never used Microsoft Visio. So my views may be slightly primitive. Dia does seem to do what I need it to though, I can edit the squares and arrows and stuff all I need to, draw custom shapes and draw nice curving arrows too! There are tons of other diagram sheets, for making all kinds of diagrams!
Anyway, if you are looking for a nice diagram application that is free try out Dia
Screenshot of Dia from dia.installer.de
Tags: diagram, free software, project planning, Visio Category Uncategorized |
2009
09.11
At this time, I believe the most common used resolution on the internet is 1024×768 (I hope that changes… soon). And I have read the best website width for a website designed for 1024×768 is 960px, which seems pretty good to me!
So how is this easily done? How can I create the 960 px wide block and center it in 2 steps?
- Create a new image with a width of 960 px and a height of 1200 px.
- From the top menu click Image then click Canvas Size. Set the width of your New Canvas to 1200 px.
- Set the Canvas Extension colour to black.
You can now add guides to show you where your websites boundaries are.
Tags: Photoshop, website Category Short Posts |
2009
08.24
Are you one of the many many geek types who think Notepad is awesome? You should try Notepad++ it is even more awesome!
You can use Notepad++ for everything you used normal Notepad for, some of the great things about it include; tons of plug-ins, syntax highlighting for just about any programming or scripting language you can think of, and one of my favourites; the FTP plug-in! This plug-in is awesome, you can login to an FTP server and start to edit files as you please, the files are stored locally in a temp location and the remote version is updated on save.. AWESOME!
Tags: Awesome, Notepad, programming Category Cool Geek Stuff |
2009
08.20
For a project I am currently working on I wanted to write code to plot items in a circle. I knew I needed to use trigonometry I just didnt know how to use it.. at all. I left school before (bad idea) I learnt trigonometry. I was also under the impression that it would be really difficult, however this is most certainly not the case.
I did a quick google search on trigonometry and action script, within 2 seconds I had found the perfect article; Trigonometry and Flash. This article told me everything I wanted to know, within an hour I had created the code in my application that I needed.
I reccomend this article to anyone, it’s awesome. Trigonometry and Flash
Tags: flash, trigonometry Category Short Posts |
