Geekiness

Google Plus one (+1) on WordPress Theme

Here’s one for the web developers of the world. Google plus one went live today, so I chucked together a couple of simple functions, to include in your WordPress functions.php theme file.   function ne_addGooglePLusOneHeader() { echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js\"></script>\n"; … Continued

more bandwidth? yes please Mr Pacific Fibre

It seems the international community is starting to notice some things in the NZ internet space. This recent story on El reg “Nz boffins anchor new submarine cable” New Zealand’s new US$400m submarine communications cable project, Pacific Fibre, has signed … Continued

Pirates vs Librarians

Yep it’s the important issues I consider !!! Actually this is a somewhat important topic in New Zealand really; the laws surrounding anti-piracy and what-not in NZ. Today the NZ Herald published a story about libraries having to possibly remove … Continued

The shortest straw (or URL?)

So todays project was shorten my URLs Seems simple enough, I’ve been using bit.ly for a while mainly to ease my tweetdeck usage But last night I thought “myself” I thought “you should do your own URL shortening” I’ve seen … Continued

Duke Nukem Forever

Pre-Purchase Duke Nukem Forever It seems like this game has been a million years in the making, but finally after a million years the pre-release goes live today !!!! The King is Back! Cocked, loaded and ready for action, Duke … Continued

Why Safari? Why you do this?

Or why Safari on my iPad thinks it best to undo all my work! So this morning started out with a cooking breakfast, thanks totally to a thoughtful daughter and a deserving wife Somehow I just ended up scoring bacon … Continued

Flared Borders with CSS

I want a Pure CSS menu with nice rounded corners Well here’s the thing .. This article show a very elegant way of achieving just that !!! Ever wondered how to create an element that flares into another using only CSS? Here’s a quick tutorial … Continued