Tag Archives: internet
Date from ISO 8601 string
Javascript is full of surprises and browser compatibility is even more exciting. For some reason, I thought all browsers or Javascript engines had support for creating dates from ISO 8601 strings. Like this: var myDate = new Date("2010-09-21T02:57:00Z"); console.log(myDate); // Mon Sep 20 2010 19:57:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Turns out that does not work [...]
Playing with WebSockets
Today I spent some time with Tim at work, playing with WebSockets, a new HTML5 feature that only Google Chrome supports so far. WebSockets allow browsers to create and maintain open direct TCP connections to the server, allowing instant communication in both directions. This means that ajax polling is no longer needed to get updates [...]
Google Fiber in San Luis Obispo? That would be awesome!
It looks like the nomination for San Luis Obispo to get Google Fiber is gaining a lot of support. I have no idea how other cities or communities are doing, but here at SLO seems like a lot of people is getting involved. Having Google Fiber in San Luis Obispo would be awesome. There is [...]
