Nomulous Blog » Projects http://nomulous.com/blog Caveat Lector Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:43:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 ACLr8 site redesign http://nomulous.com/blog/aclr8-site-redesign/ http://nomulous.com/blog/aclr8-site-redesign/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:22:23 +0000 nomulous http://nomulous.com/blog/?p=211 It’s not much, but the ACLr8 site has been changed a bit. I added MacUpdate and stuff. Also, quite an accomplishment for me, I’ve finally managed to make a page have a minimum page length but no maximum. That is, if your screen is smaller than the content, you’ll get a scroll bar. But if it is larger, the page continues until the bottom of the user’s screen. Go to the ACLr8 page and press Cmd/Ctrl and Minus (-) to see what I mean. Really it’s just two divs, set with absolute position on top of each other. One contains the content (haha) and has no set height, and the other has a height of 100%, but is just an empty background. Simple, really. I just never had the idea until today.

I also got a nice email from Softpedia telling me they’ve added ACLr8 to their database, and that they’ve deemed it “100% clean” and all that. It was nice to hear. ‘Cause I was pretty sure I put a virus in there somewhere.

Softpedia 100% Clean

]]> http://nomulous.com/blog/aclr8-site-redesign/feed/ 0 ZI.GS is no more http://nomulous.com/blog/zi-gs-is-no-more/ http://nomulous.com/blog/zi-gs-is-no-more/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:33:32 +0000 nomulous http://nomulous.com/blog/?p=132 The not-so-legendary URL shortener has been a fun development project, and I’ve learned a lot from it’s creation. However, after reading about it in approximately seven different places, I have decided that URL shorteners aren’t good for the internet as a whole, and that I no longer support their use. They have only one legitimate use really, and that is Twitter. And for Twitter, there are a hundred shorteners out there already with way better interfaces, reliability, and support.

ZI.GS, requiescat in pace.

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]]> http://nomulous.com/blog/aclr8-finds-a-new-home/feed/ 2 ZI.GS updates: captcha removed, API in progress http://nomulous.com/blog/zi-gs-updates-captcha-removed-api-in-progress/ http://nomulous.com/blog/zi-gs-updates-captcha-removed-api-in-progress/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:39:53 +0000 nomulous http://nomulous.com/blog/?p=91 Robots rejoice! ZI.GS no longer requires a Captcha challenge-response in order to create short URLs. It was removed to make the service smoother and easier to use. Since most other services did not have them, it seemed to be more annoying than useful.

Also, plans for the future! A ZI.GS API (Application Programming Interface) is in the process of development. This will allow programmers to design alternative (and even system-native) interfaces for exactly the same service.

So what are you waiting for? Shorten your URLs at ZI.GS!

]]> http://nomulous.com/blog/zi-gs-updates-captcha-removed-api-in-progress/feed/ 0 From “removeUnexpectedACL” to “ACLr8″ http://nomulous.com/blog/from-removeunexpectedacl-to-aclr8/ http://nomulous.com/blog/from-removeunexpectedacl-to-aclr8/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:07:35 +0000 nomulous http://nomulous.com/blog/?p=79 I just received a huge shipment of cheese and I don’t know what to do with it. So, I’ll be changing the name of the ACL tool from “removeUnexpectedACL” to “ACLr8″. But who cares?

Download ACLr8 here.
Update: ACLr8 now has its own page here.

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