Archive for May, 2006

Search suggestions in Firefox
Saturday, May 27th, 2006

I notice that the milestone release of Firefox 2 has implemented a mechanism for “Google Suggest“-style auto-completions right in the browser’s search box. Very neat feature.

I haven’t pinged Gavin yet about whether or not this feature will be exposed in the new search plugin model. This document hints that it might be; [...]

Perl Cache 1.05
Friday, May 26th, 2006

I pushed out a new version of the venerable Cache::Cache module to CPAN and SourceForge. It may take an hour or two for the files to propagate to the mirrors. Just a few minor bugfixes in version 1.05, nothing to worry about if it already works for you.

I wrote the original module some [...]

DeWitt@Mozes demo
Thursday, May 25th, 2006

My friends over at Mozes hooked me up, and you can now do something else neat with my name.

Use your cellphone and send a text message of “dewitt” to 66937.

Amazon.com Groceries!
Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Forget AJAX and web services. Here is the coolest Internet product launch of the year:

Amazon.com Groceries

Some points from the site:

More than 10,000 non-perishable grocery items. Selection is growing every day. All items are eligible for free Super Saver Shipping and Amazon Prime A new “Shopping List” feature. Like Wish [...]

I’m feeling A-Z
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

I’m sure this has been done before.

But not by me. So…

Here are all 26 of the Google “I’m feeling lucky” links that you’ll get when you type a single letter into the Firefox URL bar:

“a” is for Apple, Inc..

“b” is for the Physical Review B Homepage.

“c” is for the C Programming Language (Wikipedia).

“d” is [...]