Scrollet, a tilt scrolling bookmarklet for Firefox and Mobile Safari -
Took a break from my homework to make this.
Lets you add tilt scrolling to any page in Mobile Safari, assuming you’re using iOS 4 or greater. Also works in Firefox 3.5+ if your computer has an accelerometer (many laptops these days do).
Enjoy. It’s very pleasant to use with the Tumblr Dashboard.
It has a few issues. Source is on github.
Tumblr Notifier is resurrected. -
Notifier was broken for a bit after Tumblr changed they way they handle new post notifications. I’m happy to report it’s now back up and running. If you have Safari and love getting notified when new content appears in your Dashboard, grab it! You don’t even need to enter your credentials anymore.
Source code is available as always.
If I have time, I’ll look into making a Chrome version next.
Listenr now available in the App Store! -
Here are five promo codes to celebrate its release:
- KA7EEA9TJ6AN
- LTHX4RFE7KE7
- TJX3L7Y7T6YH
- TYA3WLW3PAP7
- HYPRLKA9MA4E
Enjoy, and spread the word!
Hao and I are thrilled to announce that Listenr has been submitted to the App Store. Hopefully it’ll be in your hands in a week’s time.
Follow this blog or our Twitter account to be notified of its availability.
This is what I’ve been working on over winter break with my buddy Hao Lian. It’s a music player for audio posts on Tumblr. For now, it’s restricted to songs in your Dashboard and Liked posts.
I fear I might be out of the country when it hits the App Store. I leave for Israel on the 3rd. Here’s to hoping for a quick, painless review process.
The App Store Submission Tip so nice they listed it twice.
I never was great at regularly updating this site. But five months between posts is a bit ridiculous. So what changes in my life might be relevant to you, dear follower?
I’ll be posting regularly about my UROP, if you’re into that kind of thing.
Afterward: I never quite got into the swing of regularly recording my observations on that tumblelog. BUT: I did manage to hobble together a website assessing the various set-top boxes. Frankly, I’m exhausted from the lot. There’s still a ton of work to be done to make this category of devices enjoyable for the end-user. Maybe I’ll do an entry about it one day. For now, I’m casting my lot with the Boxee crew. They’ve got hustle.
Tumblr Dashboard Notifier Safari Extension -
This is my first attempt at a Safari Extension. It uses the new Dashboard API to poll for unread posts in the background while you browse the web.
The source code is on github.
The latest version of Compatriot has been pushed to the Theme Garden. I’m finally eating my own dog food with this release. What you see on this blog is identical to what you’ll get upon installing the theme. I’ve got some font-embedding action going on this time around. The header is set in League Gothic and the body text is in Gentium.
Tell me if you’d like any functionality added. I still have a few ideas in the works, but I figured I’d at least make this update available in the mean time.
Apparently someone at Tumblr HQ thinks the theme is an aberration, which is fine by me. I’ll make a pretty one someday, I promise.
generalashabi asked: Hi,
I use your Compatriot theme for my blog. I have a problem with it showing all the notes when i click "show trivial". It just goes back and forth. It also happens on an Is there a way to fix it?
Ashabi.
I’m actually in the process of revising the Compatriot theme. In the next version, there will be no “show trivial” button. Likes and reblogs will be placed in separate columns and always visible. Hopefully I’ll have it done by Sunday.
While I’m working on that, you can fix the problem by going to customize->theme and clicking the “Use custom HTML” button. Then scroll down to the bottom of all the ugly code to here:
<script src="http://static.tumblr.com/3jc4ci5/w2Yktl7ph/cofunctions.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
And replace the part that says http://static.tumblr.com/3jc4ci5/w2Yktl7ph/cofunctions.js with http://static.tumblr.com/3jc4ci5/xi7l0occs/cofunctions.js.
My apologies for the inconvenience.
And digs itself deeper into irrelevance.
Traditional publishers have resorted to perverting their online content with needless pagination and obnoxious advertisements.
So what does poor Jimmy Reader do when he has to print a physical copy of the article for whatever reason? Click the nice “Print Version” button, of course.
Oh, what’s that, Mr. Publisher? You can’t get ad revenue from a print page? Some readers are resorting to clicking “Print Preview” and then pressing their convenient little Read Later bookmarklet because they’re fed up with your shenanigans?
Ah, so rather than offer readers real incentives to pay for content or employing less obtrusive advertising techniques, you make your Print Previews completely worthless.
And if you think that’s funny, try requesting a WebReprint. The Wall Street Journal now charges $475 to link to one of its articles. For a month. And then the URL expires.