If you are creating a web application and you need to have the ability to schedule resources (people, machines, Precious Moments figurines, etc) it can sometimes be a cumbersome task. With this drag and drop schedule you won’t have to worry about the end user making typos in an html form and causing more trouble [...]

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del.icio.us now provides linkrolls via javascript. All you have to do to use it is copy the following script to your editor (it’s all one line, so remove any line breaks): <script type=”text/javascript”src=”http://del.icio.us/feeds/js/techrageo.us/tech?tags;extended;count=14;title=my%20del.icio.us;bullet=%C2%BB;icon;sort=alpha”></script> Then adjust the querystring to your needs as follows Modify “techrageo.us” to whoever’s del.icio.us links you want to monitor Modify “tech” to [...]

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We’ve all been there. You need to use a Combo box on your web form, but there are none. So you either have to settle for a textbox or a select widget. Or, at best, put them both on your form and allow the user to select which one to use. Of course, this only [...]

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RuiCarmo of Tao of Mac has a great tutorial on hacking Google Earth KML (Keyhole Markup Language) files in PHP. Fun stuff. Seen here. Google Earth / Keyhole is a downloadable mapping application that’s free for the downloading. Google Earth Plus is a $20 upgraded version that includes GPS integration, high-res printing, email support, annotation, [...]

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SVG images are here, soon they will pretty standard on the web. The Adobe SVG plugin allows users to view the images and soon Mozilla Firefox will have SVG support built in so that no external plugin will be necessary. Why use SVG images instead of standards like JPG or PNG? In most instances they [...]

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At OnLamp, Top Ten Data Crunching Tips and Tricks, a cursory overview of some data crunching and munging techniques (maybe not the top ten, though). Comments posted there by readers are awfully cranky, but it’s still a good read. Every day, all over the world, programmers have to recycle legacy data, translate from one vendor’s [...]

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More great free product at ilovejackdaniels.com, a MySQL Cheat Sheat. How can you go wrong? Has MySQL functions, data types, PHP MySQL functions, and sample queries. Good stuff.

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