Yet Another Browser

I've been tinkering with flock, I havnt found anything that will make me switch from chrome yet. Time will tell.

Content-aware resizing of pictures (seam carving)

Go get Seam Carving GUI and have fun, it’s free and available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Google Chrome Frame fixes IE6

PHP Syntax Highlighting

highlight_string('<?php phpinfo(); ?>');

will result in give the html required to color the syntax appropriately

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

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So handy!

Google Voice and its awesomeness

So here is an embedded voicemail from google voice, which manages all my sms, and voicemails. very slick.

self:: vs this->

Here is an example of correct usage of $this and self for non-static and static member variables:

PHP Code:

class X {
private $non_static_member = 1;
private static $static_member = 2;

function __construct() {
echo $this->non_static_member . ' '
. self::$static_member;
}
}

new X();
?>

Here is an example of incorrect usage of $this and self for non-static and static member variables:

PHP Code:

class X {
private $non_static_member = 1;
private static $static_member = 2;

function __construct() {
echo self::$non_static_member . ' '
. $this->static_member;
}
}

new X();
?>

Here is an example of polymorphism with $this for member functions:

PHP Code:

class X {
function foo() {
echo 'X::foo()';
}

function bar() {
$this->foo();
}
}

class Y extends X {
function foo() {
echo 'Y::foo()';
}
}

$x = new Y();
$x->bar();
?>

Here is an example of suppressing polymorphic behaviour by using self for member functions:

PHP Code:

class X {
function foo() {
echo 'X::foo()';
}

function bar() {
self::foo();
}
}

class Y extends X {
function foo() {
echo 'Y::foo()';
}
}

$x = new Y();
$x->bar();
?>

The idea is that $this->foo() calls the foo() member function of whatever is the exact type of the current object. If the object is of type X, it thus calls X::foo(). If the object is of type Y, it calls Y::foo(). But with self::foo(), X::foo() is always called.

CSS clutter, resolved

It might be an old trick, but i like it. when you find yourself linking to many CSS files and want to clear up some of them, just link to one, and use:

@import url("common.css");
@import url("links.css");
@import url("content.css");
@import url("buttons.css");
@import url("cp.css");
@import url("forms.css");
@import url("tweaks.css");
@import url("colours.css");