CodeHighlighter 0.2 is a unobtrusive DOM script that allows you to add IDE editor style coloured formatting to your HTML code examples. It´s small (4K), easy to use and supports JavaScript, HTML and CSS although you can configure the script to highlight any language.
Take a look at the examples and documentation. Feedback is muchly apprieciated.
There´s much more coming too. We´ll be back in the UK in about 2 months time and big things are afoot. Watch this space.
As if there's not been enough said about the recent @media conference I thought I'd say a little bit more.
Firstly, it was great to come back to London for a while and see friends and familiar places and have a bit of English cider. I had drastic jetlag though for the entire time which made the whole thing somewhat painful but more than worth it. Before coming I actually thought that alot of the presentations would be pitched a bit below my skill level and was looking forward to the social part of the event more but I was very wrong. Many of the speakers came up with really interesting topics, especially Zeldman with his history of WaSP which was really good.
The social aspects of the conference were still the highlight none the less. It was excellent to meet up with PPK finally and have a good chat about stuff. I'm still not convinced about this behaviour layer business at all. I hop I managed to get my point across. It could have been touch and go though with all the booze about. In the words of PK, "I've had too much of these huge english pints!". I also really wanted to have more chance to speak to Jeremy Keith after his presentation as well but never seemed to make it. Although I've been out of the loop lately (and out of the country) rest assured that when I'm back I'll be making some moves. As most of you know I've got quite an interest in JavaScript and now it seems the rest of the web world has too which is great. Another aspect of the web that was brought up was web applications and this is something that I plan to spend alot of time on when I get back.
Finally, I was really sorry to miss the JavaScript meet up on saturday. Apparently the JavaScript revolution happened and I missed it. Arse. We were elsewhere planning our own revolution. Watch this space.
Anyway, it was very good and made a change to this travelling business. Cheers Pat. Good skills.
Backpack It! is a Greasemonkey user script that allows quick and easy adding of web page content (text and images) as notes to your Backpack with a simple keypress. Today I'm releasing the initial version 0.1.
To install the script ensure you have Firefox running with Greasemonkey 0.3 or above installed then right click on the link below and choose 'Install User Script'.
Before you start using it you must configure it by adding you Backpack account's URL and API Token. Your URL will be in the form of http://yourusername.backpackit.com please ommit the trailing slash. You can obtain the API token by going to the account page of your Backpack and clicking the 'Show API Key' link at the bottom of the page.
Once you have this press Ctrl+Shift+B to bring up the Backpack It! configuration screen then fill in your details. Finish by clicking 'Update Configuration'.
PLEASE NOTE: Your API key is stored locally on your machine and is not sent to any external sources. Check the source if you don't believe me.
Now on any site you can select text on the page then press Ctrl+Shift+N to add the text and a link to the page as a note to your Backpack. Just select a page and your done. Easy.
You can also add images by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P and clicking an image on the screen but image support is in very early stages at the moment. Watch this space for further versions.
This is a very early version of Backpack It! and I plan to add alot more features in the coming weeks. Any feedback or feature requests are most welcome. Consider this version a sneak peak at what's to come. The latest stable version will be available in my Subversion code dump.
Erm, that's all folks. Hope you find it useful.
Mr Cameron Adams has maimed me...erm, I mean memed me. It's like the blog equivelent of a chain letter where you have to blog the answer to the same questions that the person who sent it to you did. Well, while I don't condone this type of activity, this one is about music and I am bored so here we go...
Total volume of music files on my computer:
None, oh..actually I have just downloaded The Pants Dance from Dick and Dom in da Bungalow (Don't ask)...that's 456KB then.
The last CD I bought was:
I don't normally buy CDs but as I'm travelling I've had no choice. It was Guerilla Black - Guerilla City. He looks and sounds exactly like Biggie but hey, Biggie can't release albums when he's dead like Tupac can so it's got to be done. 2 or 3 amazing songs, rest are okay. Just like a Biggie album.
Song playing right now:
I'm listening to Jenna G's show on 1xtra dunno what the song is though. Ain't she done well? Used to do lots of gigs with her back in Manchester.
Five songs I listen to a lot/mean a lot to me:
Those selections aren't in any way my definative top five ever. That's simply too much to ask. It's just what came to mind at the time.
Five people to whom I am passing the baton:
Oh shit, this is the harsh bit. My selections are based on who I think will be most up for bollocking on about music and alternatively who I think is most likely to be bored.
Well, that passed an hour.
On a final note, cheers to Matt, Cameron, Lachlan and all the Melbourne WSG people as well as Seb and Trent and the Trading Post crew for helping us feel at home while we were in your home city. It's been good. Going for some beers in Melbourne this friday for a farewell type thing so let me know if your around.
If you'd like to request a CV, contact me about work or DJing or just generally hook up. Fill out the form below and I'll get back to you. If you are contacting me with techincal questions don't expect an answer. Unfortunately, I get tons of email asking me how to do things and I usually haven't got the time to answer them - I'll do my best though. Cheers.