The latest addition to the Pete Shaw collection. Just wall art really but it may just be worth more than the $244 I paid for it…
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Just as you can store data in XML and access it without a browser refresh using AJAX you can also do the same with a format called JSON. JSON is simply short for JavaScript Object Notation, ie JSON is JavaScript. This means objects (information) is stored in a native JavaScript format.
This article will address pros [...]

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Introducing the LocalHero API. Actually LocalHero has always had an APi to get data from the backend, it was designed and built that way from the beginning. But I have just got a around to adding some documentation so others can use it too….
These API’s are/will be the same as the ones I use throughout [...]

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LocalHero RTE is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor replacement for textarea fields. It uses a browser based WYSIWYG interface for the non-HTML user to create contents for CMS applications or any web applications with publishing requirement.
The LocalHero RTE rich-text editor is a complete re-write of the Cross-Browser Rich Text Editor [...]

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JavaScript’s is a language everybody loves to hate, and the language which, more than any other in the modern web developer’s toolbox, people will go to insane lengths to avoid writing directly (witness Google Web Toolkit, JavaScript “helpers” in server-side frameworks, etc.).
Which isn’t fair, really, because (as I’ve said many a time) most people don’t [...]

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An Example
The fundamental philosophy of AJAX is to load the static parts of your webpage only once, and request a small amount of information about the bits that change from a server. This makes changing the displayed data much faster.
I have access toPHP on this webserver but I will not dwell on the server [...]

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It is a known fact that fund managers do not (on average) outperform the market. Infact with fund managers all investing in the same market it is logical that half will get above average returns and half will be below average.
The main service a managed fund can provide is a reduction in risk. They do [...]

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After reading today’s Crikey I felt I couldn’t let Guy Rundles article pass with comment.
Whilst Scandinavia does fly in the face of some of Friedman’s prescriptions. Milton’s explanation of why is quite reasonable.
Scandinavians are culturally industrious and Scandinavia is ethnically homogeneous (although this is changing). Their industriousness means they can afford the welfare state and [...]

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At 6 PM on the third of June at the Melrose Institue, Peter Shaw had a BBQ 30 years in the making. Many friends and team mates where there including most of the Dunneworthy team.

My cousin took a few shots of the night, although it would appear they are mostly of him and his mates, [...]

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