Archive for February, 2009.
Feb 26 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | Add a Comment
I wrote a couple of posts recently that might be of interest to Web developers. The first was on canonical URLs and the second was on the Fileinfo extension for PHP.
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft now support a new value for the rel attribute of the link tag that allows one to publicly specify their preferred version of a URL. The value is "canonical" and it's simple to use: <link rel="canonical" href="http://your-site.com/preferred/url/" />. Read my post
The PHP Fileinfo extension is useful for determining the MIME types of files. The returned type is not based on a file's extension, but rather on certain byte sequences at specific positions within the file.
The first post I wrote describes how to compile and install Fileinfo on a Media Temple dedicated virtual server. The second talks about how to use Fileinfo and includes a wrapper class that might be helpful.
Feb 25 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | Add a Comment
because I just found my true career path: that of a beatboxing flautist!
Via @davefletcher. Source YouTube
Feb 17 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | Add a Comment
Please note—The NY Web Standards Meetup: Advanced Google Maps API has been rescheduled from 19 February 2009 to 26 February 2009.
The New York Web Standards Meetup Group will meet next Thursday (26 February 2009) at theMechanism at 7:00 pm.
After a brief intro to/review of the Google Maps API, Jeffrey Barke (theMechanism) will cover some advanced Google Maps API topics, including server- and client-side clustering, creating custom base maps and some GIS-like functions.
Attendees should have some experience with JavaScript and familiarity with the Google Maps API.
26 February 2009 . 7:00 pm
theMechanism
440 9th Avenue 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001 [map]
RSVP now!
Please contact theMechanism if you'd like to present at a future New York Web Standards meetup.
