10k Apart
Contest to build a web app in just 10k. Might actually give this a go over the weekend.
Nice site as well…
Friday Jul 30th
Twitter embed
Ok, things rolling on the blog theme and i’ve just added twitter.
It’s clearly the easiest and nicest way to do it:
<script src=”http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js” type=”text/javascript”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
new TWTR.Widget({
version: 2,
type: ‘profile’,
rpp: 4,
interval: 8000,
width: 227,
height: 300,
theme: {
shell: {
background: ‘white’,
color: ‘#5C5C5C’
},
tweets: {
background: ‘white’,
color: ‘#5C5C5C’,
links: ‘#EF0277’
}
},
features: {
scrollbar: false,
loop: true,
live: true,
hashtags: true,
timestamp: true,
avatars: false,
behavior: ‘default’
}
}).render().setUser(‘restlessmedia’).start();
</script>
Friday Jul 30th
Oasis Florist google rank #1
Really pleased with the progress Oasis Florist has made since I first developed it around 6 years ago - it now ranks #1 on google.com when searching for ‘florist jersey’.
I need to do an overhaul of the header tags and mark up but the ranking is mainly down to relevant copy and meta content.
Friday Jul 30th
Craggz and parallel
Looks like these boys have been busy.
Not only has the forces disappeared from their banner but their sound has taken a significant new direction…
http://www.craggzandparallel.com/product/
“Now I see” Feat Kasra, the stand out tune for me here.
Thursday Jul 29th
Thoughts on Designing for iPad
Thursday Jul 29th
iBum
An unusual use of Xcode if I’ve ever seen one.
Depaul UK are a homeless charity and have released an iPhone app where a homeless youth lives on your phone, seemingly to give the user an idea of what it’s like having a homeless dependent.
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ihobo/id364005732?mt=8
Thursday Jul 29th
RESTORE cannot process database ” because it is in use by this session. It is recommended that the master database be used when performing this operation
If you get this, try restoring using the master (like it says).
use master
restore database DatabaseName FROM DISK = ‘c:\Path\To\My\Bak.bak’
Boosh.
Thursday Jul 29th
Sql Server Restore failed ‘The operating system returned the error (error not found)’ while attempting restore
Had this error today trying to restore an existing db from .bak. Looks like something to do with file / user permissions.
Seems the workaround is to run the service under ‘local system account’ (making this change will require a restart of the service).
- Go to services
- Find your sql service e.g. Sql Server (SQL EXPRESS)
- Right-click and select properties
- Select ‘Log on’ tab
- Under ‘Log on as’ make sure ‘Local System Account’ is selected.
- Restart Sql Server service
Wednesday Jul 28th
Using twitter with maintenance/502 web pages
In dark times of site maintenance (force or unforced) why not use a light twitter feed on a 502 (or similar) coded page?
Bearing in mind that any custom error page should be light, you could easily call the API and give your users real-time updates on why the site might be down/unavailable and possible ETA on when the site might be back online again.
Wednesday Jul 28th
