Written on November 8, 2006 at 3:13 am, by Chris
As a followup on my previous post on the potential of a Smart Meter API, I’ve put together a quick proof of concept using the rate chart located here. Ideally, you’d want this data to be supllied live by the LDC or lacking such support, screen scraped from the LDC’s website to automatically monitor unexpectedContinue Reading
Written on October 11, 2006 at 1:11 am, by Chris
It’s still unofficial (Donncha hasn’t posted an announcement yet) but WordPress MU 1.0 has been released. So far, I’ve noticed a marked increase in stability, less annoying bugs, and some snazzy new CSS and UI improvements. If you’re looking to launch your own multi-blog platform, make sure to take a look at WordPress MU.
Written on September 26, 2006 at 12:39 am, by Chris
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.
Written on July 7, 2006 at 10:51 am, by Chris
I’m not sure when this happened, but I logged into Facebook today to see the option to Active my Mobile on Facebook. My first impressions are that these makes facebook a lot more useful in the real world. Can’t remember a friend’s cell #? No problem, text "cell john smith" to FBOOK and if theyContinue Reading
Written on April 17, 2006 at 6:00 pm, by Chris
I’ve been more and more thinking on Internet Reputation possibilities since I read Michael Arrington’s blog entry in his List of Companies I’d Like to Profile and thought I’d share some of my thoughts here – which probably just summarize various articles on the topic available on the net. Reputations are relative. Reputations are contextual.Continue Reading