alfa.org.uk » internet http://www.alfa.org.uk somewhere only we know Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:14:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Google Does Evil In China? http://www.alfa.org.uk/2006/02/03/google-does-evil-in-china/ http://www.alfa.org.uk/2006/02/03/google-does-evil-in-china/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:39:49 +0000 alfa http://www.alfa.org.uk/2006/02/03/google-does-evil-in-china/ There’s been a lot in the news about Google’s decision to provide “search” technology to China. I think there are two URLs that really sum up the issue:

http://images.google.com/images?q=tiananmen

http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen

Quite, quite terrifying.

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]]> http://www.alfa.org.uk/2005/08/25/google-talk/feed/ 0 Lulu http://www.alfa.org.uk/2005/06/09/lulu/ http://www.alfa.org.uk/2005/06/09/lulu/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:19:00 +0000 alfa http://www.alfa.org.uk/2005/06/09/lulu/ It’s rare you see an internet startup that’s a genuine “wow, cool idea” these days, but Lulu may just be one..

Threadless is another if you haven’t already seen it – if only they took PayPal though :(

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This is so unbelievably cool – try dragging the map and zooming in and out.

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Aside: Maybe I need a link-blog, as well as a main blog…

]]> http://www.alfa.org.uk/2005/02/18/pimpzilla/feed/ 0 The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/12/10/the-world-is-full-of-crashing-bores/ http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/12/10/the-world-is-full-of-crashing-bores/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:00:00 +0000 alfa http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/12/10/the-world-is-full-of-crashing-bores/ Google quietly launched a new service the other day: Google Suggest. It does find-as-you-type search suggestions, similar to the way iTunes lets you search your music collection.

However, guess what just typing the letter “p” brings up…

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]]> http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/08/30/gmail-invites/feed/ 1 Browser Shenannigans http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/07/16/browser-shenannigans/ http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/07/16/browser-shenannigans/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:16:00 +0000 alfa http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/07/16/browser-shenannigans/ Sorry, that was a cheap usage of the word ‘shenannigans’ – although it is a fantastic word.

Er, right, what was I going to write about. Oh yes, HTML.

Apple is proposing extending HTML. The latest betas of their Safari browser contain four (count ‘em) changes to HTML, including a new <canvas> tag, which basically allows DOM-scriptable access to a 2D drawing layer in the browser.

Yes, you read that right. Apple wants to allow developers to script (most likely in Javascript) drawing on an “HTML” canvas. *Sigh*. Basically you define your <canvas> tag, then you can call getContext() on it to access it through the DOM. Then they give you a whole load of 2D drawing APIs, so you’ve got your own lovely Microsoft Paint-alike. In your browser. And you draw through Javascript.

Have these people not heard of SVG? This is exactly the kind of thing SVG was designed for! God, why not do it properly?? Extend XHTML to allow XSLT to generate embedded SVG!

Oh, and did I mention they’ve forked their own standards body, so all this stuff is being developed outside the W3C?

This really pains me, when people have spent years trying to standardise the Web and prevent forking…

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]]> http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/07/15/more-reading/feed/ 0 Long Shot http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/06/24/long-shot/ http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/06/24/long-shot/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:45:00 +0000 alfa http://www.alfa.org.uk/2004/06/24/long-shot/ If anyone has a spare GMail invite, I’d be eternally grateful…

I can pay in beer or sexual favours.

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