Just installed the very cool WPTouch plugin (http://www.bravenewcode.com/products/wptouch/), which effortlessly creates a Smartphone friendly version of any WordPress blog. Anyone running a WordPress blog should look at installing this plugin, as it’s incredibly simple to install and setup.

Last night I was at the launch of The Thomas Oliver Band’s (@TTOB) brand spanking new video for their song Goin’ Home. Big-Ups to the guys, this is definitely a very cool video. Be sure to check them out at http://www.thethomasoliverband.com/.

Update to original post: Utilising Facebook Chat (without needing to be on Facebook) Facebook Chat can now be used with chat clients that support Jabber – this includes iChat, Adium, Pidgin and AIM. Facebook has kindly provided a page to help users setup here: http://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php I’ve managed to successfully set it up on both Adium [...]

This here’s my first post of a (hopefully) weekly series I’m calling 4Links, it’s simply just 4 interesting pages I’ve discovered during that week. underscore.js An interesting JavaScript library designed to run alongside of jQuery. Although I haven’t yet used coded with it, it appears to provide functionality that would be found in Ruby. Definitely [...]

Last Tuesday saw the somewhat official release of ProjectX‘s Mapsicle onto the Google Maps Utility Library. Mapsicle is an extension to the Streetview Panorama feature in the Google Maps API, which allows text, images or any HTML content to be assigned to a particular location and overlaid on the Streetview Panorama. If you want to [...]

After weeks of procrastination, I’ve finally switched over from Blogger.com to my new WordPress.org blog which I’m hosting on Rackspace Cloud. All the previous posts have been imported from blogger, and can still also be accessed at cameron-prebble.blogspot.com. Hopefully this change is going to motivate me to do a lot more blogging, so keep an [...]

Just launched from the Greater Wellington Regional Council is the new Cycling & Walking Journey Planner. Built by the team at ProjectX Technology the Journey Planner provides optimised routes for both walking and cycling for the entire Wellington Region. Unlike the walking routes provided on Google Maps, this Journey Planner also uses the many public [...]

Tonight I’ll be doing a quick talk at the New Zealand Computer Society’s Evening with Industry up at Victoria University. This event is designed to inform students who are about to graduate what to expect when trying to enter the IT workforce.I’ll be outlining my time spent with ProjectX Technology and Made from New Zealand, [...]

Just thought I’d let the people know that Elston Gun, one of Wellington’s most awesome live bands, are for a limited time letting you download their latest single Chaperone for free as part of Amplifier’s Free Lunch campaign. If you enjoy their sound be sure to also check out their debut EP ‘White Noise’ released [...]