If you need read only access to a google docs spreadsheet it’s much faster and easier to use an exported version. Just go to File > Download As > Web Page and it’ll open a new window with the fully loaded spreadsheet. Here’s a public spreadsheet if you want to try it out.
Month: October 2013
Status for Facebook
I recently built a 3rd party Facebook app for iOS that makes your Facebook feed look like your twitter feed Check it our for free in the app store.
Problems authenticating on public wifi
At Starbucks or McDonalds, on airplanes, at libraries or anywhere else they have free wifi you get popups asking you to accept terms and conditions and click a [Connect Now] button. If you ever have problems getting these screens to display it’s almost certainly because you’re using non-default DNS servers. The solution for me was… Continue reading Problems authenticating on public wifi
Debugging bottlenecks in Javascript
For most bottleneck debugging Chrome Inspector’s profiles view in invaluable until a bottleneck is identified and then it becomes a bit cumbersome. I like to have a quicker overview of the piece i’m working on optimizing. I use this small and easy timer snippet. var timer = { start: function() { timer.t = new Date().getTime();… Continue reading Debugging bottlenecks in Javascript
Spider Match! is featured in iTunes!
I’m not sure what this will mean for sales but really cool either way. Check it out in the app store
Logging into postgres on Bitnami’s Ruby Stack VM
The VM for the Bitnami Ruby Stack doesn’t have the correct credentials for postgres anywhere that I could find. Incorrect credentials that I saw on the Bitnami site, in the docs hosted on the VM, or on the internet while searching for a solution: user: root pass: user: root pass: root user: administrator pass: bitnami… Continue reading Logging into postgres on Bitnami’s Ruby Stack VM
Custom cursors, relative paths, and internet explorer
Custom cursors in an external CSS file will 404 in Internet Explorer unless your using fully qualified urls. This effects IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9 and IE10. What is happening Internet Explorer for some ungodly reason treats relative font paths as relative to the page, not relative to the CSS File. My Fix You can fully… Continue reading Custom cursors, relative paths, and internet explorer