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Open DNS impressive number

Brad — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:31:32 +0000

Apparently open DNS are handling around 34 BILLION requests each day lately, that’s f€%king awesome :)

I used to have open DNS on my computers now I use google DNS, another free service I make use of that I massively recommend if you have websites is cloudflare, king of free caching, minifying and geolocation based IPSec.

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Open DNS impressive number

The JQuery Datepicker

Brad — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:46:50 +0000

Source code


<html>
<head>
<link href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#datepicker").datepicker();
});
</script>
<title>JQuery Datepicker example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
<input type="text" id="datepicker" />
 
</body>
</html>

See how the JQuery Datepicker looks below, the example uses code from the google CDN so is quick to load for your visitors no matter where they are in the world.

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The JQuery Datepicker

Using JQuery AJAX and ASP to set the innerHTML of a textarea

Brad — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:40:39 +0000

First create your page on the server that can take a parameter to get some form of data and return matches found, in this case I just want to get a body of text from a database. Note that you want to prevent caching of the response in the browser above the include that supplies the connection string in this classic ASP server side script.

Source code

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%>
<%
pStr = "private, no-cache, must-revalidate"
Response.ExpiresAbsolute = #2000-01-01#
Response.AddHeader "pragma", "no-cache"
Response.AddHeader "cache-control", pStr
%>

<%
Dim ID
ID = Request("ID")
 
Set cmd = Server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Command")
cmd.ActiveConnection = ConnString
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT TOP 1 Message FROM dbo.Table WHERE ID = " & ID
Set rs = cmd.Execute
If rs.eof = false Then
Response.Write(rs("Message"))
End If
 
Set rs = nothing
%>

Below you find the client webpage containing the code required to change the innertext of a textarea to the response returned by the page above. You don’t need to worry about uploading the JQuery API to your server as it’s hosted on Google’s CDN to make it load nice and snappy geographically.

Source code


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>AJAX post with parameters</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
 
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#getMessage").click(function(){
 
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "../AJAX/FilenameOfAboveScript.asp",
data: "caseid=<% =Request("ID") %>",
success: function(msg){
$("#message").val(msg);
//alert(msg);
}
});
 
});
});
 
</script>
</head>
 
<body>
<form action="" method="post" name="form1">
<input name="id" id="id" type="hidden" value="<% =Request("ID") %>" />
<p><input name="getMessage" id="getMessage" type="button" value="get message" /></p>
<p><textarea name="message" id="message" cols="30" rows="20"></textarea></p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Using JQuery AJAX and ASP to set the innerHTML of a textarea

My Experience with Mazuma Mobile

Brad — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:13:31 +0000

I took a couple of my old phones (E71 and k800i) on holiday to sell them but that didn’t happen so was looking to try one of those phone recycling by post companies here in the UK last week, I was about to pop down the post office with my jiffy bag full of phones last week to send them off to “Phone Recycle Bank” (found via moneysavingexpert.com) who had the highest payouts, but decided to google them for reviews where I found really bad writeups from people who had either had their phones lost or the company said the phone was not working and paid out less money.

So I did a bit more research and remembered all the mazuma mobiles ads on TV… googled their customer experiences instead where the ratings were far more positive so decided to go with them.

You start on the Mazuma website by entering the phone models you want to sell and they give you the price they are prepared to pay, which was lower than “Phone Recycle Bank” but at least the phones don’t get lost or you offered less than you thought you were going to get. Then you wack in your address, make a username and a password so they can post you a prepaid bag to send your phones to them in with a delivery note already created.

After two days the envelope arrived, I popped the phones and note in then went off to the post office to get a FREE proof of postage which was just a sticker and a receipt.

The proof of postage give you free insurance up to the value of £41 if your package does not get to mazuma, so off went the phones…

I expected to get no feedback for 2-3 days however the next morning I got an email saying the phone had been received for processing.

And sure enough later the same day (just the say after putting the phones in the post office I got the payment is on it’s way email.

Day 3 (today) I checked the bank account and sure enough there was £49 from Mazuma… I’m very impressed, now rather than cluttering up one of our brand new IKEA cupboards they turned into cash!.

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My Experience with Mazuma Mobile

Google Goggles for Android

Brad — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:35:48 +0000

Today Google launches a new version of Google Goggles that’s faster and smarter than ever before. The new Goggles 1.3 client for Android can scan barcodes almost instantly. All versions of Goggles can now recognize print ads in popular magazines and newspapers. Finally, Goggles has also learned a fun new trick for Sudoku fans.

Barcodes

When shopping offline, it’s helpful to be able to learn more about a product by scanning its barcode. With the new Android version of Google Goggles, scanning barcodes is much faster. Open Goggles and hover over the barcode or QR code. Within a second the phone gently vibrates and presents results, without requiring a button press. Simply tap on the result to read product reviews, check in-store availability and compare prices.

Print ads in magazines and newspapers

We’re excited to take another step in our vision of connecting offline media to online media. The next time you’re flipping through the pages of your favorite magazine, try taking a picture of an ad with Goggles. Goggles will recognize print ad and return web search results about the product or brand. This new feature of Goggles is enabled for print ads appearing in major U.S. magazines and newspapers from August 2010 onwards.

This feature is different from the marketing experiment that we announced in November. We’re now recognizing a much broader range of ads than we initially included in our marketing experiment. And when we recognize a print ad, we return web search results. While in the experiment, we return a specific link to an external website.

Sudoku

Our favorite weekend distraction is a quiet 15 minutes spent solving a Sudoku puzzle. But even that can be an frustrating experience if (like us) you make a mistake and are unable to solve the puzzle. Now, Goggles on Android and iPhone can recognize puzzles and provide answers to help make you faster than a Sudoku champ. So if you ever get stuck, take a clear picture of the entire puzzle with Goggles and we’ll tell you the correct solution. Check out this video to see how it works.

Google Goggles 1.3 with improved barcode scanning is available for download in Android Market. Recognition of print ads and Sudoku solver is now enabled for the Google Goggles app on Android, as well as the Goggles component of the Google Mobile App on iPhone.

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Google Goggles for Android

O2 Joggler – £49.99 Now with FREE App Store * still available instore & order online for delivery after 17/04*

Brad — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:55:35 +0000

The O2 Joggler will be available at 1/2 price for a period of 2 weeks from 2nd April.

You can now download free Apps (from 1st April) from the O2 App store (inc Google maps, You Tube, Google Calendar etc).

Offer ends 15th April

The OS kernel runs on Linux 2.6
The GUI is Flash based: Flash 10 and Action Script 3
Display
7 diagonal TFT LCD with 16.7M colors (24 bits)
800?80 resolution (WVGA), 225 dpi
Brightness: 350 cd/m2
Contrast: 300:1
Viewing angle: 130° horizontal, 110° vertical
Glass-surface touchscreen
Capacitive touch
No stylus

Get this for only £49.99 before 15th April here!

What others are saying about the Joggler

“Well the O/H was not impressed that I bought one as she said its just a useless gadget but now she listens to the internet radio through the aux input on her kitchen mini system. She has all her fav stations saved and as I type she is dancing around the kitchen and just said this thing is fantastic”"

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O2 Joggler – £49.99 Now with FREE App Store * still available instore & order online for delivery after 17/04*

Want a Google Wave invitation?

Brad — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:18:41 +0000

Looks like they have opened the floodgates again, I have 16 invitations available to send out, let me know if you want one. Brad Post from: Personal Blog of Brad McAllisterWant a Google Wave invitation?

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Started using Google Wave today

Brad — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:51:05 +0000

Thanks to Avron for the invite, I’m now able to have a play with Google Wave, first thing I notice is that you can’t hook it up with your Google Apps account – and you need to come up with a new username just for the Wave.

Lets play!

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Started using Google Wave today

Get paid for stuff for free with these google queries

Brad — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:17:55 +0000

It’s important when you are selling something online to secure the page where the customer gets the goods so that search engines dont index the page, many webmasters make this slip-up, heres a couple of quick queries you can tell your friends about – or just send them to this page where I will add more as in time…

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22CLICKBANK%2FKEYNETICS+will+appear%22&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=inurl%3A%22cbreceipt%22+&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___GB215

If you understand the principle – you are looking for pages indexed in google that confirm someone has paid for something and are now offering the links to the goods, you can start playing…. here are some queries to get you started:

Your credit card or bank statement will show a charge from CLKBANK*com
A charge from CLKBANK
A Charge from paypal
Paypal payment or paypal payment confirmed
Paypal Statement
CLKBANK save as
CLKBANK Download instructions
CLKBANK*com
cbreceipt or cbreceipt click
CLKBANK right click or CLKBANK click
Download the latest version of adobe acrobat reader
right click save target as
right click save
right click save file as
Click here to download
Save target as
Save file as
recieve future updates
username is password is
username: password:
Members or Members area
Thank you for your order
Thank you for your purchase
Thanks for your order
Thanks for your purchase
Thanks for purchasing……
Order Confirmation
Order Confirmed

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Get paid for stuff for free with these google queries

The problem with Linux

Brad — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:53:19 +0000

So I have ubuntu la de da 9 on my vista laptop courtesy of a virtualbox partition so I don’t have to worry about fucking up by beloved windows laptop that I have setup to do anything I need so I can do business online.

And time after time I get the same shit with linux (which I have been having a stab at once every couple of years since ages ago), you want to do something, so you must find out a program that enables you to do it.

You look around google for people that wanted to do the same thing and you end up with a program name that means nothing to any normal human being, which you then install through a command line using lots of “flags” that again mean nothing to anyone that does not do this sort of shit all the time.

So you think, great, now I got my program, it’s even open source and thats amazing… but wait a second, the installer fucks out because you didn’t have some other stupid thing installed, so you go to some ugly wiki shit to get that, work out how to get hold of it and put it on, but then oops… that shit needs you to install something else from some other place.. and so it goes on and on and on… until yet again you go mwahhhh fuck it, I will just stick with windows where I can actually get stuff done rather than pissing about with installers and getting nothing actually done.

For those wondering what the hell I am trying to do, I’m wondering how to crack WPA wifi network passwords with ubuntu and aircrack-ng.

And have lots of things installed that may or may not be related to eachother, but ultimately from all these shitty youtube tutorials made by people who do just spend their lives on the command line rather than producing things that are intelligible to someone new to linux… anyway.. I have achieved nothing so far.

But at least I have a work in progress that I can choose to go back to whever I can be bothered to have another stab, at least I found that this virtualbox thing is a nice way to virtualise an OS to play around with.

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The problem with Linux