For assignment 3 I took the opportunity to have a look at Yahoo’s new visual mashup editor Pipes. Below are links to the end project that was created.
Itunes Project Main
Itunes Top Songs
Itunes Top Paid or Free Applications
Assignment 3 Links
Looking back and Reflecting
This subject has been a nice change of pace for me. Instead of being tied down to using the traditional programming languages we were able to explore different methods of developing and deploying web applications.
I believe that this subject has opened my eyes to a new world of tackling various software development problems and I [...]
Browser Market Share
Cnet has recently release some interesting statistics regarding the various web browser market shares. Although, it is not surprising to see that the IE and Firefox are the top two most used browsers. However, it is interesting to note the considerable jump in market share for Google’s new Chome browser.
Despite, still being in its early [...]
Youtube HD
It’s a weird contradiction with the internet. The online world is supposed to be dynamic, constantly changing, open to new ideas. Yet every time something moves forward, there seems to be an outcry. That’s what’s happened with YouTube.
The site has introduced widescreen, high-definition (HD) video playback. For fans of numbers with an x in the [...]
Mumbai Meri Jaan…..
With the recent attacks on Mumbai, one can only look back and ask how did this happen??? How could these terrorists walk through the city of Mumbai and then cause the havoc that they did without being stopped.
Didn’t the world learn anything from 9/11??? When did we become complacent again and forget that these [...]
The Rise of Rails….
Before Ruby on Rails became except as one of the leading development platforms currently available a lot of people laughed it off as nothing but hype over something new, for the sake of something new.
However, over the last decade the Rails framework has proven itself to be more than a shallow framework, which wouldn’t be [...]
Linux + Iphone = ILinux
In an interesting development a team of developers has successfully gotten Linux to run on the Iphone. This is an truly amazing feat due to the Iphone’s popularity and the different features that the Iphone contains.
However, as of right now iPhone Linux is still in development stages and is missing a lot of features like [...]
Yahoo Pipes – Plumbing the way of the future
Yahoo Pipes is a free online service that lets you remix popular feed types and create data mashups using a visual editor. The visual editor is a key component as it, theoretically, makes the service accessible to users who have little to no programming knowledge.
In practice, this means that you can use Pipes to pick [...]
Analytical Toolkit – The Devil’s Work
After having put Analytical Toolkit on hold during the first part of my degree, the time has finally come that I can no longer avoid it.
I was really dreading taking this subject due to the level of maths that is required, however, after having endured the worst of the subject I am kicking myself [...]
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo – HD REMIX
More than 14 years after the original Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo was released, Capcom has gone back and recreated the game but this time with brand spanking new 1080p graphics and remixed music.
However, this is not these are not the only changes that have been made. The team at Capcom has put in the [...]
