Range.intersectsNode, Mozilla and WebKit
Today I needed to know whether a Range object (obtained from a selection) intersected with a particular node within an HTML document, which is a relatively common scenario when developing WYSWIYG editors. Mozilla’s implementation of Range used to have a proprietary intersectsNode method, which was ideal. However, they’ve removed this in Gecko 1.9 (and therefore Firefox 3) and provided an […]
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Creating Core Audio aggregate devices programmatically
Core Audio has a very neat feature, enabling you to create virtual audio input and output devices called aggregate devices, which join together and synchronise the clocks of multiple real devices. You can then use these aggregate devices for audio input and output in the same way as real devices.
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WordPress plugin to remove the Browse Happy link...
Unfortunately, WordPress 2.5.1 displays a link to browsehappy.com in the footer of the WordPress admin when you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to manage your WordPress-powered site. If you follow the link to visit Browse Happy (which is run by the people behind WordPress), it tells you that “Internet Explorer can make your computer unsafe”, and tries to persuade you […]
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WordPress plugin to clean up pasted Word content
The basic installation of WordPress 2.5.1 doesn’t enable the “clean up Word content” options of its WYSIWYG editor, TinyMCE, by default. This means that if you copy some content from Microsoft Word, it is not cleaned up when it is pasted into WordPress.
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Audio crackles and dropouts caused by Airport Extreme...
I’ve been experiencing an annoying problem recently on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS 10.4.11. Any audio played in my DJ application, DJ-1800 v3.0.2, with Pitch Lock turned on, had constant crackles and pops, and was pretty much unusable. Even with Pitch Lock turned off, the crackles were still there if several tracks were played at […]
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Mortgage Overpayment Calculator
Ever wondered how your flexible mortgage might look if you made a regular overpayment, or if you paid off a lump sum or two at some point during the mortgage term? This calculator will help you work out exactly what it would mean for your mortgage term.
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Microsoft Office “Document Properties” in SharePoint 2007 search...
I’ve run some extensive tests this morning on a test install of SharePoint 2007, to find out how the default Document Properties in Office documents are used in the default SharePoint 2007 SearchCenter search results. I had been unable to find useful documentation about what is and isn’t indexed and reported, so these are my […]
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Converting a JavaScript date object to an Excel...
I recently needed to post some data from a web page into a database table. This database table happens to be viewable as a simple html table on a web page. As part of the analysis of the data, the html table of data is inserted into an Excel worksheet as a Web Query. One […]
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Creating a whitelist of recipient email addresses in...
I’ve been getting so much spam recently that I have decided to switch to an “opt-in” approach to receiving emails. I have always set up a new email address whenever I register for something – e.g. companyname@mydomain.com – and previously, these would all arrive into a catch-all address on my email server which catches [anything]@mydomain.com.
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Getting “Freesat From Sky” For Free
The only way those of us with bad Freeview reception (and no cable supplier) can get digital telly is via satellite. For that reason, I’ve been a begrudging Sky subscriber for some time now. Whilst waiting for the BBC to launch their own Freesat offering, I’d considered switching to Freesat From Sky before, but had been put off […]
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