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Logging into iTunes through port 443?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

I've been working on a way to allow users to log into their Apple accounts on iTunes through cloudTunes. I've been Telneting the iTunes Music Store server through port 443 but I'm not sure I'm sending my request to the right place or whether I'm missing some credentials cos it doesn't respond.

V93WO VHd7V

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

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flyTunes renamed...

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Some may have been wondering why the flyTunes application I launched about a month ago has been re-christened "cloudTunes". It's got to do with legal stuff that includes words like "seniour user" and "forward confusion doctrine". The short and simple of it is that I've renamed it because the name "FlyTunes" is being used by FlyTunes.fm and they've expressed their concern about the application having a silimar name to theirs, and because their company references Apple products and services, again, similarity, confusion...

I was getting attached to "flyTunes". I guess cloudTunes isn't so bad, I could get used to it. Jury's till out on the name though... stay *tuned* ;-)

And if you've got a better/cooler/catchier/funkier idea for a name shoot me an email or drop a comment.

Wimbomedia Sandbox

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

This is the link to the Wimbomedia Sandbox...

http://www.petrosalema.com/wimbo

Very rough, but communicates my ideas...

Repse Energy

Sun, 18 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

I promised to post up the work just finished for a client so here it is:

flyTunes!

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

It's been a while since I've written anything — anything that wasn't code that is... I've been really busy with a project for a client. I'll have a link to it up once it's cleared.

I've also been at work on something really neat this week: flyTunes. flyTunes allows you to browse albums from the iTunes Music Store on your browser.

Broadband Disconnectivity Anxiety Disorder

Thu, 08 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

I'm sitting in front of my computer in cold sweat and slightly shivering from relief... I woke up this morning to find that my hosting service was down, — leaving me without access to any of my websites and projects!

Javascript and Darfur

Sun, 04 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

The Darfur Wall is great in its simplicity: A wall of white and gray numbers, each denoting a life lost in Darfur. Click on any dark number and donate a dollar to "light" it in recognition of that life.

ineedcoffee

Sat, 03 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Good morning. Here is a website dedicated to the miracle that is coffee. ineedcoffee.com.

Helvetica: what a good tool should look like

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Helvetica, the 50 year old typeface is the most popular brand font in the world. If you're in doubt, ask yourself what do all these company logos have in common:

3D in Flash (Plus source code)

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

I came across an old peice of Flash work I did about 2 years ago amongst some of my old files on the computer. I did this when I was developing a Flash website as part of the Dark Gloriole video game project. I eventually abandoned the website idea this because building the game demanded too much time.

But what I have left is a neat little peice of a 3D engine implemented in Flash — complete with backface-culling an all! Some time in the future, when I have time I'll revisit this whole 3D thing, it was a lot of nerdy fun.

Google's keeping its ears close to the ground

Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

It seems people at Google keep their ears close to the ground — or at least pays attention to what the guys at 37Signals say.

You've probably seen that Google has rolled out an auto-complete feature for it's front page. As the user enters their query into the search bar, a dropdown list of suggestions appears with the number of search results estimated for each suggested query.

What you might not have known is that 37Signals had suggested this exact feature a while back in a post titled "Better Google". I find all this curious because Google has some of the most stringent requirements to adding features to its famously sparse front page.

Here are snapshots of 37Signals idea, and Google implementation

Create Latte art

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Create cool Latte art using Flash.

Great example of interactive marketing

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

In a great example of interactive marketing, McDonalds put up push-puzzle poster adverts to promote their new 1 Euro coffee.

iRobot: A Wired article that reads like a hollywood spec script

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots?

Excuse for coffee

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Thought I'd drop a line to the 2 people who actually read this blog (hi mum, hi dad). I've been coding all day. It's sunny outside, which is a good excuse for coffee... Off for a coffee break.

I nearly died watching this

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

How to spell definitely. They should *definently* do a website on how to spell receive... or is it recieve?

It's a gray morning, but I'm all sunny inside today. So while I finish off my second cup of coffee, I'm going to start another "How to" article – while I'm still in a magnanimous disposition...

Check out iinnovate.blogspot.com, great podcasts.

Here is an interesting article about How Adobe's Photoshop Was Born.

Johnny Lee's amazing Wii Remote hacks

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Johnny Chung Lee is insanely clever!

His websites Carnegie Mellon University and procrastineering are worth checking out.