Monthly Archives: September 2006

An API for Electricity Usage?

Written on September 26, 2006 at 12:39 am, by

Public APIs are everywhere. Google has its search, maps and GoogleBase APIs, Yahoo has its own series of APIs from Yahoo! Maps to Financial Data, to photos, let’s not forget Flickr, BlinkSale and Basecamp.

Code Monkey

Written on September 20, 2006 at 7:15 pm, by

  Mike just sent me a link to this great song by Jonathan Coulton, check it out at http://www.myspace.com/jonathancoulton

Blog Redesign

Written on September 18, 2006 at 7:00 am, by

I’m currently amidst a blog redesign. I upgraded to the latest WordPress release, and figured I’d refresh the theme while I was at it. I’ll be starting to use asides as well as finishing up the work section with a shiney new Yahoo! UI carousel component.

SensNation 2006-07 Kick Off Campaign

Written on September 18, 2006 at 2:08 am, by

With a new season around the corner, we decided to launch the latest set of feature enhancements over at SensNation. Some features I worked on over the summer include: YouTube video integration Charter Member Status / Rewards T-Shirts Ottawa Senators Wiki free SensNation.net email addresses

Zim PPLive Another Bandwagon Scramble for Cowpland

Written on September 15, 2006 at 7:03 pm, by

I wasn’t really surprised to note that earlier this week Michael Cowpland’s company ZIM announced they would be partnering with the Chinese company PPLive. With earnings down, and ZIMs SMS sales on the decline (a visit to their bulk SMS site mentioned that “We regret to inform you that www.zimsms.com is no longer available. AllContinue Reading