RuddWire

todoslist.com progress update

Colin — Tue, 07 May 2013 03:43:42 +0000

application cache and local cache now work on mobile devices, so you can use the site when offline (in an airplane or in the subway, for example) and when you come back online, it will sync to the cloud (if you are signed in).

todoslist.com progress update

Colin — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:08:51 +0000

minified all JS in production (makes the site load faster)
eliminated data transfer (most of it) when sending user operations to server (makes using todoslist.com much faster)

Tried a Sumo Orange!?!

Colin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:42:43 +0000

Yup, we bought two Sumo oranges from Eataly last week, and ate them in Madison Square park. They were expensive, like $2.50 per orange, but, as a novelty date experience, it worked. We forgot to see if they could wrestle each other before we ate them.

New Manchego!

Colin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:35:05 +0000

Just got a manchego from Valley Shepard Creamery, a New Jersey cheesemaker. I bought it at the Union Square Green Market. Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow. Stay tuned for my highly regarded opinion…

Mobile Web App Reference

Colin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:03:27 +0000

iOS web app icon dimensions:
57×57px for the iPhone 3G and 3GS,
72×72px for the iPad,
114×114px for the iPhone4

Apple Device DPIs:
163dpi for the iPhone 3G and 3GS
132dpi for the iPad
326dpi for the iPhone4

Media Queries Examples:
view layout.css on http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/finally-a-fluid-hicksdesign

aboutmydevice.com : a new site that helps explore a mobile browser’s Javascript properties

Colin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:27:30 +0000

Here’s the latest website I’m releasing onto the world: aboutmydevice.com. I wrote it so that I could explore what Javascript properties, objects, and values exist on the browsers of various mobile devices. I walk into a store, go to a phone, load up aboutmydevice.com, and see what kind of properties this browser has. It’s been helpful in building things out across devices. Helpful to explore the different geolocation properties across iOS and Android, the different plugin handling, and other areas where browser makers can’t agree to just do it all the same.

I hope you find it useful.
-Colin

Hurricane Irene Update 5

Colin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:03:08 +0000

It’s some time between eleven and noon in Marsh Harbor. The winds calmed earlier in the night, and the Sea of Abaco is shining turquoise again.

Our walk through the Marsh Harbor waterfront revealed little damage. Only one power line down, some board fencing down, and a few signs down. There doesn’t appear to have been any surge. No docks have been damaged at any marinas, that we could see. Three sailboats that were anchored out in the harbor during the storm broke their holding and washed up on the southern shore. Those must have been the only sailboats that tried to ride it out on the hook, there were no other sailboats in the harbor this morning. Some dinghies in the Moorings marina caught the wind and ended up five hundred yards downshore.

Telephone service was down this morning, and the airport may only be accepting private or charter flights today. Our American Airlines flight was rescheduled to tomorrow, Saturday the 27th.

Hurricane Irene Update 4

Colin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:20:00 +0000

Still at the Abaco Beach Resort hotel, Marsh Harbor, Abaco, Bahamas. It’s nearly seven in the evening, the southern portion of the hurricane has been passing over us for at least four hours now. The winds are quite strong out of the west, but not getting stronger. We’re expecting the winds to gradually ease off in the night.

The grounds have a number of downed palms and large fallen branches. I saw one balcony railing up on the fourth floor bent back on itself, having caught the wind; other than that no damage to the building. The Boat Harbor docks are still intact, and the few boats that are left in them are still floating and well tied down.

We haven’t ventured beyond the hotel grounds – the winds are now carrying a stinging rain, and are still strong enough to launch a coconut, palm frond, or roof tile – so we don’t know how the rest of Marsh Harbor has fared. But my general impression is that Irene did not develop, while over the Abacos, into the catastrophic storm that forecasters had warned of. We do wish she would move on though.

Hurricane Irene Update 3

Colin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:40:52 +0000

A bright spot and weaker winds as the eye of the storm passes over us.The storm appears to be a little ahead of forecasts. It wasn’t supposed to each us until four this afternoon. Its early arrival is a positive sign.

Hurricane Irene Update 2

Colin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:23:00 +0000

A little after nine in the morning on Thursday August 25th, here’s a picture of the sea of abaco, looking south east from our hotel room window. The wind has picked up considerably since last night. The sea hasn’t risen yet. We still have power and water, television reception is getting spotty, as is our internet connection. We expect the storm to get stronger as the day progresses. We have filled the bathtub to give us a reserve of water, and packed our bags in case we need to move quickly.