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Polyline/polygon tool for Google Maps
This small tool aids you in getting the coordinates for your polyline or polygon. By: Martin Ove Hi all. I made a little tool, which can make the process of finding coordinates for polygons and polylines in Google Maps a lot easier and intuitive. It lets you draw a line with multiple points by just…
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Getting started with PHP
EasyPHP gets you up and running in just a few minutes. By: Martin Ove PHP plays a huge role in the internet today, but unlike JavaScript, HTML and the likes, you can’t just try it out by typing a few commands into a text file and opening it with your browser. PHP has to be…
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Pointsystemet – En interaktiv grafik
[tweetmeme]Af: Martin Ove Udlændingeaftalen med tilhørende pointsystem faldt på plads onsdag d.17 november, og det gav mig en idé til en interaktiv grafik, man kunne lave i den forbindelse. Jeg har indsat en rå udgave nedenunder, og i første omgang er du meget velkommen til at se, om du kan samle nok point sammen. Senere…
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Tablet anno 2008
[tweetmeme]I shot this picture back in june 2008 and today I was reminded of it. The screen shows the N810 Internet Tablet with a bluetooth keyboard running Google Docs and saying “Who needs a laptop?” in danish. (Photo: Martin Ove Christensen) By: Martin Ove Today I saw the Galaxy Tab on the website of a…
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Getting started with JavaScript – Online tutorials
[tweetmeme]If you want to learn JavaScript, these two sites will make your life easier. By: Martin Ove Learning new stuff is a lot easier, when you have access to good and inspiring materials to aid you on the way. I wanna share two sites with you, that have taught me the JavaScript I know. If…
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I found a way
So, Front Page Category didn’t cut it for me. It was to “exclusive”, so to say. The plugin did exclude the category “Blog” from the frontpage, but it also made it impossible for the category posts widget to display posts from the category. That wasn’t good, cause I do want the blog to be more…
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First “blog” post on this site
I wanted to have a blog on this site beside the more in-depth “How-to” stuff. I had to figure out how to keep the blog posts away from the frontpage, as I wouldn’t like for the small ramblings to take attention away from the heavier posts. Anyways, I might have found the answer in the…
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Webscraping with Python – Getting started
[tweetmeme]If you have no idea on how to start scraping the web with Python, then read on. The first small step is simpler than I thought it would be. By: Martin Ove This post will teach you how to fetch the HTML of a website using Python in windows. This is as far as I…
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Getting started with Python – Free ebook
A small screenshot of the Python prompt and the familiar logo pulled from Wikimedia Commons. By: Martin Ove [tweetmeme]A few days ago it was announced, that there’s gonna be held courses in programming for journalist in Denmark next year. Check out the blogpost from the guys behind it (in danish). They are gonna to make…
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Facebook Like Box – A closer look at the code
Click the buttons to highlight parts of the code.[tweetmeme] By:Martin Ove [Update 22.10.2010: Id-number is no longer used by Facebook. It has been replaced by url. Read more here] The code behind the Facebook Like Box is easy to modify manually without having to go back the Facebook site. Here’s a rundown of “what does…