Category Archives: Coolhunting

Killing Me "Quickly" With Coffee

Posted on November 7, 2005 by James McParlane

Death by Caffeine http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/ How much of your favorite caffeinated drink would it take to kill you? Take this quick test and find out: You could drink 109.17 cups of Brewed Coffee before croaking

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God Save King Mike

Posted on November 3, 2005 by James McParlane

JERILDERIE, Australia (AP) — If Australian forklift operator Mike Hastings is, as genealogists contend, the rightful heir to the British throne, then he really needs to brush up on his tea-making skills. A documentary team from Britain’s Channel Four conducted … Continue reading →

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Safari Passes Acid2 Test

Posted on November 1, 2005 by James McParlane

“The update also makes Safari the first major browser to pass the Acid2 test. The probe verifies a browser’s compliance with several current internet standards. A quick probe by vnunet.com found that neither of the current versions of Firefox, Internet … Continue reading →

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Flock

Posted on October 27, 2005 by James McParlane

Its not often that I find an application that uses more memory than Microsoft Outlook, if that was the aim of Flock then they have succeeded. Seriously, good idea, and an obvious idea that everyone is moving towards, but it … Continue reading →

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Podcasting Timeline

Posted on October 13, 2005 by James McParlane

Podcasting is a method of publishing audio and video programs via the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed of new files (usually MP3s). “Podcasting” combines the words “broadcasting” and “iPod.” It became popular in late 2004, largely due … Continue reading →

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Today, 24 Hour Laundry Launched Its First Product 'Ning'

Posted on October 5, 2005 by James McParlane

Ning is a free online service (or, as we like to call it, a Playground) for people to build and run social applications. Social “apps” are web applications that enable anyone to match, transact, and communicate with other people. Our … Continue reading →

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JavaScript Logging With FVLogger And The MetaWrap Logging Class

Posted on September 16, 2005 by James McParlane

Adds cool logging widget to your pages. Something else I was thinking about building, but now someone has done it for me.. w00t – Looks great! http://alistapart.textdrive.com/articles/jslogging#fvlogger [Update] Decided to write my own after all. Needed some good logging for … Continue reading →

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Windows Media Center Version Of BigPond V8 Supercars

Posted on September 11, 2005 by James McParlane

If you are wondering why I have been not posting much to the blog recently, or if you met me in person lately, why I have been so tired and not really in the mood to talk, its because I have … Continue reading →

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Javascript ActiveRecord

Posted on September 5, 2005 by James McParlane

Ruby’s ActiveRecord Implementation is a very cool part of the very cool Ruby on Rails (RoR) project. RoR is a great way to build a database driven web page. It has weaknesses if you’re trying to build something that’s truly … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Stacking Browser Event Handlers From JavaScript

Posted on September 2, 2005 by James McParlane

You learn something new every day, which is why I love being alive. Its an astounding coincidence that just when I needed to implement a cross browser method of stacking event handlers (for MetaWrap WireWrap), this blog post came out … Continue reading →

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