Tag: notian

  • Summer Styles ’06

    As a programmer I’m not expected to have a good looking site, in fact i’m probably expected to have an ugly website. It took me a year to recognize this, but now that I have I can focus on adding kewl functions to my site, rather than stressing about how ugly it is. That said,…


  • Parachute Beta is live!

    I’ve FINALLY been able to sit down and complete dropbox (now PARACHUTE) code to a level I’m willing to release on a private beta basis. If all goes well, I’ll a release a public beta within a week. Sign Up Here. Parachute? Am I jumping? What am I dropping? Links, sounds delicious doesn’t it? And…


  • better bandwidth protection: revisited

    I meant to post this a couple of days after my initial bandwidth protection post, but alas, updating this site is usually the last thing on my mind. Firstly, I glazed over something I probably should have explained in more detail. That is, the php file masquerades as the media file. The media files should…


  • inDiggnation 1.0

    The first ever response cast, Indiggnation! The first installment documents issues with digg.com and foreseen problems with the OpenID protocol. Ian can be found at www.notian.netRyan can be found at ohryan.ca Intro music is Melt-Banana – Showroom Dummies Phrase BlogCast Here is the story I mentioned a digg that links to Engadget, which links to…


  • Eureka!

    I am presently writing this post from Mozilla Thunderbird. The latest behind the scenes addition to my awesome website. Inspired by my recent adventures in moblogging, I wrote a script to check a specific (supersecret) email box for new mail. The mail is then parsed for relevant data (thanks to Ian for pointing pointing out…