Fun
A Tale of Hotlinking
For the uninitiated, “hotlinking” (also known as inline linking) is where you embed an image in a web page, but instead of that image being on the same server, the page links to an image elsewhere on the web and downloads it from there each time. Great you might think, I don’t have to worry about storing the image on my server, and I’m not going to have lots of bandwidth problems since it’s not being retrieved from there either! Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work like that since it means that the person who is hosting the image is having to pay for the bandwidth each time that image is downloaded from your page (i.e. each time that web page is accessed). There is also the risk that the person you’re ripping off can have some fun… (more…)
Shortened URL: http://go.dave-wood.org/35
Miniature Websites
It’s amazing what you can find in the Web when you’re idly surfing! Can’t even remember how I came across this little gem, but it is a little slice of Internet history it would seem (although I don’t remember hearing about it at the time). Built by Alan Outten in 2002 Guimp claimed to be the “World’s Smallest Website”… not the case any more (see later) but it’s still a damn impressive achievement. Fitting in only 18×18 pixels (the thumbnail to this post is actual size) it’s amazing what you can actually achieve. Of course, it’s difficult to remember that just because it’s so small doesn’t mean that there can be a lot of html behind it, but from a design perspective the space has been optimised to the max. Below are some screenshots showing one of the menus, a screenshot from the picture gallery and a mini “Game of Life” (the games are particularly impressive and also include Pac Man and Asteroids, all perfectly playable). All at actual size of course. (more…)
Shortened URL: http://go.dave-wood.org/c
QR Code for Website
In the spirit of doing something just because I can, I decided to generate a QR Code for this website. Of course if you can see this you already know the address, but over time this is something I can start adding to paperwork and suchlike. Generated using “Barcode Assistant”, which is the best (free) application I’ve found for the Blackberry (by Apodidae Mobile Software).
Shortened URL: http://go.dave-wood.org/1n
Cool interlude…
Timelapse – The City Limits from Dominic on Vimeo.
Shortened URL: http://go.dave-wood.org/2h
