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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d1eab9 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Vista has arrived. Microsoft brings retail versions of its flagship products to stores today. Check out Bruce Gain's [review of Vista][1] and my own take on [Office 2007][2]. + +[1]: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/reviews/0,72295-0.html "Why You Don't Need Vista Now" +[2]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72596-0.html?tw=wn_index_2 "Blue Ribbon Debut for Office 2007" + +* Not sure if it's what MS has in mind for Vista's launch publicity, but Canadian hacker Alex Ionescu claims to have found a way to [circumvent the built-in DRM][4]. So far he hasn't released the code because he's worried about legal implications. + +[4]: http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=24 "Vista DRM exploit" + +* In a move that must have been calculated to steal a bit Microsoft's thunder, Apple [released][3] new multi-colored iPod Shuffles this morning. You can now get your shuffle in pink, orange, green, blue and gray. + +[3]: http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/ "iPod Shuffle" + +* In an attempt to make the possibly popular online world, Second Life, as pointlessly dull as the real world, Sweden [announced][6] it will open the first embassy inside Second Life. That does it, Second Life has official joined MySpace which means there's now two items on my list of "never have, never will." + + +[6]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-01-30T141717Z_01_L30445021_RTRUKOC_0_US-SWEDEN-SECONDLIFE.xml&src=rss "Sweden to open first virtual embassy in Second Life" + +* Google Earth has [added a layer][5] that brings the sunrise to your computer screen. The new layer include video vignettes drawn from Discovery HD Theater's "Sunrise Earth" program. + +[5]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-sunrise-layer-on-google-earth.html "New sunrise layer on Google Earth"
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..81172de --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +One of the great things about Ajax is it allows you take advantage of all your scattered data spread across popular online sharing sites --bookmark sites, photo sites and more. While not every "web 2.0" site offers an API to access its data, the better ones frequently do, which means you can pull the data into your own website. + +Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are simple ways of accessing outside data and pulling it into your own site. + +Popular websites featuring robust APIs include [Google Maps][4], [del.icio.us][3] and [Amazon][5]. If you'd like to see what you can do with a robust API, I use the [Flickr API][2] to pull in my Flickr stream and store the data locally on my [personal site][6]. + +But for the non-programer APIs can be intimidating. There is often a myriad of techniques and languages for interacting with a public API. That flexibility is part of the appeal of APIs but it's also one of the things that makes it confusing for newcomers -- where do you start? + +Well one place would be using Ajax. Accessing an API through JavaScript can sometimes be a little bit slower, but it's often much simpler as well. + +One of the best tutorials I know of for Ajax API integration is Think Vitamin's [Go Forth and API][1]. The tutorial has links to popular services and then walks you through the process of interacting with the Google Maps API via Ajax. + +So go forth and API. And if you'd like to point out other tutorials feel free to leave them in the comments below. + +[1]: http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/ajax/go-forth-and-api "Go forth and API" +[2]: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/ "Flickr API" +[3]: http://del.icio.us/help/api/ "del.icio.us API" +[4]: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ "Google Maps API" +[5]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_fe_l_1/002-5739132-9234422?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=3435361&no=3435361&me=A36L942TSJ2AJA "Amazon API" +[6]: http://luxagraf.net/photos/ "luxagraf.net"
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