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Programmatically Detect AdBlock Plus 2

Dec

2010

One issue that comes up time and again when working on classified sites such as Daft.ie and Adverts.ie is the inadvertent blocking of site functionality by the AdBlock Plus extension. As so many parts of classified sites will logically have phrases like “ad” in the url, legitimate site content and features can be blocked inadvertently ...

Extending Twitter – adding Imgur previews 3

Nov

2010

Update 08/12/2010 – There’s now a Firefox Extension in the Add-Ons sandbox available for adding this media preview to Twitter, as well as previews for Daft.ie and Adverts.ie ads. With their recent site redesign, Twitter added a number of interesting new features. One of the more useful of these is the media preview. From ...

But how will the markets react?

Nov

2010

Over the last few weeks, as Ireland has continued a head-long dive in to a financial abyss, it seems that every policy proposal, every political criticism and even every newspaper editorial has met the default response of “how will the markets react?”

Analytics eccentricities

Jun

2010

Back around the start of March, I noticed that pretty much every time I logged in to Google Analytics I was running in to problems with the summary views. The dashboard would typically load up my list of sites, then freeze without actually fetching any data. Refreshing the page would usually sort this out, before ...

A Grab Bag of Bookmarklets

Apr

2010

A (semi-) frequently updated list of simple bookmarklets I’ve found somewhat useful. Some of the more complex ones for use on twitter.com (Custom filtering of the timeline and Hovercard removal) are discussed in more detail elsewhere on the site. The below are a collection of short and sweet bookmarklets that do a simple but effective ...

Bookmarklets – a quick explanation! 4

Apr

2010

I’ve been tinkering quite a bit lately with improving the twitter web interface with the use of bookmarklets. I’ve put together a series of bookmarklets which allow you to do everything from apply custom filters to your twitter timeline, to removing the “Hovercards” which Twitter have recently added. Most of the feedback I’ve received both ...

DeClutter 19

Mar

2010

Updated 28/03/2010 – changed how the bookmarklet re-applies itself to now work in realtime, rather than at clumsy, staggered intervals. Twitter can be a very useful tool, particularly once you’ve built up a decent-sized network of people with interests common to your own. The twitter timeline is often compared to being in a pub filled ...