Though i'm not the designer type, i like to follow Smashing Magazine, very nice articles, monthly wallpapers :) and much more. So, when the pre-order notice on the Smashing Book came out, i immediately subscribed.

Though the wait went on for almost four months, it finally arrived and i have been hooked on it for almost tree days. I have enjoyed every page until now, a very fine read. It covers many topics on design and usability, presenting technics and small guides. I highly recommend it!

Check it your self at Smashing Book, related links from the book Smashing Links and another happy owner with a small review at pixelflips.com.

Ramaze was used for a small web application we had to build for a college assignment (soundtape.git). It was a great experience, and for sure, if need arises, i'll use it again for any project i can squeeze it in. This post tries to be a small overview of the framework with some working examples and general overview, also keep in mind that this is my personal view and opinion on the framework. Feel free to send in corrections of any kind.

Ramaze is a small web framework built on Ruby, now split in two parts, Innate and Ramaze.

Created this little script, so i could have Growl notifications from Fluid SBB running FriendFeed. It works for the real-time version of FriendFeed (https://friendfeed.com/realtime?embed=1), haven't tested it with any others.

I'm not very used to JavaScript or jQuery, which was used for DOM parsing, so improvements and advices are welcome.

To clear the badge just click on the top blue bar, it should get it cleared.

Hope you find it useful and fortunately it won't eat your cat.

FriendFeed User Script Local

FriendFeed User Script (User Scripts.com)

Just an update to the previous post about Fluid User Style For FriendFeed.

The CSS are now reduced, there's a packed and a readable version. Also added a user style for the real time version (Mini-Window).

iPhone version Pattern: *friendfeed.com/iphone/*

Real Time Pattern: *friendfeed.com/*realtime?embed=1

Preview:

Real Time on the left, iPhone on the right

And the User Styles

When i logged into gmail (google apps version) today i was presented a new look, but couldn't find a themes tab. No problem, i'm happy with the fresh aspect.

Another goodie was, Gears support available, meaning offline email.

With all the new stuff available for Google Apps i decided to try and log on Google Reader with the Google Apps account. Good news, it worked :)

I'm quite pleased, i was waiting on some of these features for some time!

After all i managed to get the smiley on the MacBook sooner than Sunday!

It wasn't hard to get it done, just a bit scary. I always get worried opening laptops. Anyway, it was a rather easy process.

Part one (The need for patience):

The worst part was removing the monitor screws, they are really hard to access with a normal screwdriver. I believe one can find a small bended screwdriver. 

iColours Just Arrived!, originally uploaded by ethiainen.

Sometime ago i found iColours and liked the concept. It allows you to customize your MacBook by replacing the the apple on the back of the screen. Check iColours.ca!

Unfortunately i won't be able to install it until Sunday :/ i'm loaded with college work. Anyway, i'm going for the yellow.

It's my PlayStation Miiiaauuuuu!, originally uploaded by ethiainen.

Zira: I can't play.... but i can sit on it!