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I’m really into my Google Maps at the moment. With the amount I’m using it, it’s easily my favourite Google service, except maybe Gmail. Or Reader. Or Analytics. Screw it, they’re all brilliant.
The latest creation comes from a service called map a list, which Lifehacker played with a month ago. I couldn’t think of a [...]

Spent half an hour this evening trying to think on what the deal with iTunes’ new Genius feature is… nobody’s totally clear on how it works, so I thought I’d half-heartedly check into whether it works better for people with a more mainstream music taste or not. Here’s the results from me pulling a few [...]

I’m lucky to be going to the Future of Web Apps conference this October… and unlike last year, I’m there on a proper student ticket this time. That means I get to go see talks from the likes of Digg, Google, Dopplr, Rev3, Twitter, Sun, Amazon, and Facebook (deep breath), as well as some from [...]

No matter how much negative press the App Store is getting at the moment, I’m continually surprised by the availability (and quality) of the software you can get without spending anything at all. Trailguru is a MediaWiki (think software that runs Wikipedia) based site for tracking your running, hiking and snowboarding using GPS.
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Just in case you were wondering what Asynchronous Javascript and XML really looks like in my mind:

Wish there was an HD copy of that ad lying around somewhere, it’s possibly my favourite of all time. Low res originally found there.

Since I first started teaching myself PHP as well as GET and POST methods back in May to throw together a scrobbler for Last.fm, I’ve wanted to update it to make it a little more… AJAX-y (as the kids are saying today).
Yesterday, I started looking into the best way to go about doing this and [...]