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Tottenham signing Van der Vaart: Holland teammates urged me to make Premier League move

magician — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:09:41 +0000

Tottenham signing Van der Vaart: Holland teammates urged me to make Premier League move
Ajax Tottenham Tottenham signing Rafael van der Vaart admits he was always being urged to make the move to England by his Holland teammates. Van der Vaart is looking forward to adding to the strong Dutch contingent already plying their trade in the English top flight. Having been urged to move to the Premier League by his international colleagues for some time, the former Ajax and Hamburg ace is …

Birmingham’s Alexander Hleb turned down Liverpool and Tottenham

magician — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:42:38 +0000

Birmingham’s Alexander Hleb turned down Liverpool and Tottenham
Alexander Hleb says he turned down Liverpool and Tottenham before clinching a loan move to Birmingham. The midfielder has joined on a season-long loan.

Helping Out with the Drupal Services Module

magician — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:28:27 +0000

I’ve been on vacation since mid-last week and still have a couple of days left but I was really excited about this so I wanted to make sure I posted about it. I’ve gotten some budget from Adobe to help contribute to the Drupal Services module to help get it ready and compatible for Drupal 7.

If you’ve done any work with Drupal and Flash you know that the Services module is a pretty key part of the integration. After talking to Greg Dunlap, the mastermind behind Services, it was pretty apparent to me that helping contribute to his effort would go the longest way towards making sure Drupal 7 works really well with Flash in addition to helping the wider Drupal community.

I think are a lot of places where Drupal can benefit from Flash. My colleague Mihai has done a couple of blog posts around creating Flex apps for Drupal and I think that LiveCycle Collaboration Services integration is something that a lot of Drupal users would benefit from.

So I’m stoked about Drupal 7. I want to give a big thanks to Josh Kopel and Jared Stoneberg for making the initial introductions and being so helpful with my Drupal questions. The Seattle Drupal community is fantastic. And this wouldn’t be possible without the great folks at Palantir, especially Tiffany Ferriss who dealt with my delays and back and forths.

View full post on Digital Backcountry – Ryan Stewart’s Flash Platform Blog

Chelsea playing like it’s 1888

magician — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:41:41 +0000

Chelsea playing like it’s 1888
Just two games into the Premier League season and champions Chelsea have already opened up a two-point lead atop the table. With a pair of 6-0 wins, the Blues are off to the best start in the English top flight since 1888. Incredibly, including last season, Chelsea have now scored 30 unanswered goals in league play, as Carlo Ancelotti’s men have picked up right where they left off.

Gameplay Pro Evolution Soccer 2011

magician — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:17:51 +0000

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Mozilla Unveils Alpha Browser for Android

magician — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:11:55 +0000

Mozilla Unveils Alpha Browser for Android
Mozilla today released an alpha version of its mobile browser for smartphones running Google’s Android operating system.

Slides and Demos from FITC San Francisco

magician — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:38:52 +0000

FITC was an absolutely awesome event. Props to Shawn, Rick and team for another great event. I’m looking forward to them coming back to San Francisco next year. Thanks to everyone who attended my talk. I got some great questions and as I said in the sessions, if you have anything cool you’re doing with mapping and Flash, drop me an email.

Below are the slides I used and I’ve also posted all of the code for the demos I did. I haven’t really cleaned them up at all, but if you have any questions, let me know.

Mapping and Geolocation on the Flash Platform

View more presentations from Ryan Stewart.

View full post on Digital Backcountry – Ryan Stewart’s Flash Platform Blog

When you google, think Ben Gomes

magician — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:09:19 +0000

When you google, think Ben Gomes
Gomes is the Google engineer responsible for shaping the automatic suggestions users get as they begin typing a query, and the few lines of text and links they get back, which Google calls ‘the snippet.’ More Google | Track Google stock

DROID X by Motorola First Impressions

magician — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:40:15 +0000

www.droid-life.com – Check out our full review coming up at the blog!

Man United begins season by beating Newcastle 3-0

magician — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:56:51 +0000

Man United begins season by beating Newcastle 3-0
Manchester United began its bid for a record-breaking 19th English league title by cruising to a 3-0 victory over promoted Newcastle on Monday. Ryan Giggs extended his record of scoring in every season since the Premier League’s inception in 1992 by volleying home in the 85th minute. Dimitar Berbatov and Darren Fletcher scored in the first half, but Wayne Rooney went a 13th match for United and…