If there was any doubt that big business controls the government, there shouldn’t be any after 2 bills – SOPA and PIPA are about to pass in US Congress and the Senate. These 2 bills are so obviously drafted by big media companies in order to protect their copyrighted content in an attempt to eradicate [...]
Nov
8
2011
8
2011
Using Google Feed API to parse external RSS/XML feeds
Recently, I have been tasked to parse an XML/RSS feed using only client-side code. As the website is being migrated from Apache to IIS, it is difficult to settle on which server-side code to use (asp.net or php or python) thus the reasoning behind using pure Javascript/jquery for the task. At first, I thought that [...]
Oct
24
2011
24
2011
Using jParse to post-process an XML feed
I have used jquery to parse XML in the past for simple tasks. But rewriting the same code every time gets tedious and cumbersome. So I have resorted to using jParse – which is a freely available plug-in especially made for this task. The plug-in works great straight out of the box and you can [...]
Oct
14
2011
14
2011
HP Touchpad overclocking, tips and tricks!
[Update]: On Oct 18th, HP released an OTA update to version 3.0.4 which renders most of the patches and the overclocking non-operational. However, the update seems to have made the Touchpad more responsive and speedier. It also included a Camera app for taking images with the camera that works better than other free 3rd-party apps. [...]
Oct
6
2011
6
2011
The passing of an icon . . .
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple passed away yesterday, Oct 5, 2011. I have read numerous biographies about him and had concluded that while I was a huge fan of Jobs (much more than Apple, as a company) I wouldn’t necessarily want to work for him – he was extremely meticulous, argumentative and once he [...]
