The command line tool to build, deploy and manage Cordova-based applications. Once installed — via npm — you get to do stuff like this: cordova create ~/KewlApp cd ~/KewlApp cordova platform add ios cordova platform add android cordova plugin add http://example.org/Kewlio-1.2.3.tar.gz cordova build Great to see how the Cordova Platform (formerly known as PhoneGap — …
Geocoder — The almost missing Geocoder PHP 5.3 library.
Uses FreeGeoIp, HostIp, IpInfoDB, Yahoo! PlaceFinder, Google Maps, Bing Maps, OpenStreetMaps, Geoip, and CloudMade geocoding services to geocode addresses and IP Addresses. <?php // Create an adapter $adapter = new \Geocoder\HttpAdapter\BuzzHttpAdapter(); // Create a Geocoder object and pass it your adapter $geocoder = new \Geocoder\Geocoder(); // Then, register all providers your want $geocoder->registerProviders(array( new \Geocoder\Provider\YahooProvider( …
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Impaktor— The Drum Synthesizer
gifsockets
This library shows how to achieve realtime text communication using GIF images as transport. The idea is pretty simple. We use Animated Gif images to stream data in real time to the browser. Since a gif image doesn’t specify how many frames it has, once the browser opens it, it will keep waiting for new …
NoPassword Pattern
NoPassword factors out the password from the registration process. You “register” with an email address and receive a link that gives you a session on that browser until you log out. If you ever need to log in from somewhere else, you can request another email with a link that will log you in wherever …
Burnside, a Tweet-to-Email Gateway
From the guys over at Panic, who handle all support tweets via e-mail using a self-built solution named Burnside which bridges the gap between Twitter and e-mail: Tweets go into a regular mailbox. When we reply, they go back out as tweets. Since multiple people can work out of the same IMAP box, it’s fast …
Rear-view mirror
Major Samsung Galaxy TouchWiz exploit hard resets a device by just visiting a website
Adobe Edge Webfonts
Edge Web Fonts is a free service that provides access to a large library of fonts for your web site. It’s one of the Edge Tools & Services from Adobe. Use of the fonts is free and unlimited, see the terms for details. Also integrated in their new set of Edge products Too bad they …
Explore the ocean with Google Maps
Starting today, you can use Google Maps to find a sea turtle swimming among a school of fish, follow a manta ray and experience the reef at sunset—just as I did on my first dive in the Great Barrier Reef last year. Longing back to that time I went diving the Great Barrier Reef Google …