The Bit Bucket: The Blog of Lucas Sherwood

iPhone countdown widget

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:05:58 +1000

if you are like me and can't wait for the new iPhone 2.0 handsets to come out and need to know just how long you will need to wait, you need a desktop widget. I spent a bit of time tonight looking around for a good looking one but couldn't find one t...

Free flickr exporter for iPhoto

Sun, 25 May 2008 23:12:22 +1000

I just came across this very cool plugin for iphoto called FFXporter it makes life so much easier and the best thing is that it is totally free!

Any just thought I should share!

testing (please ignore this post)

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:50:04 +1000

just playing with ScribeFire it is a sweet little plugin for firefox that lets you blog from a panel in the browser...

Melbourne Summer Cycle

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:31:00 +1000

I have registered to take part in the 2008 Melbourne Summer Cycle. It is a ride to raise funds to help support of those affected by Multiple Sclerosis. This can only be achieved with your help. Please take a moment to view my online fundraising ...

Help me!

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:51:00 +1000

Apparently xobni is damn cool but I am not on the cool list :( Help me out and use this link to sign up to get it! Apparently it gives you stats in outlook on people you interact with..

Web Trivia Night

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:42:00 +1000

So I was hanging out with some cool geeks at the Aimia Intimates event last night and one of them told me about a trivia contest that I might actually be able to win! I am not sure if I can make it to Sydney again, but if you are in Sydney and kn...

Testing Testing one, two three...

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:34:00 +1000

I just came across the best guide I have ever seen on how to write a good bug... Reporting bugs - a how-to guide this is a must read for anyone working with support or doing any sort of testing!

Google Streetmaps

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +1000

Google have built this really just for the voyeur in everyone... For me it has been really fun, checking out all the places I loved in San Francisco. I just spotted this great sight outside the Westin on Taylor st.. Yeah ok, ignore Victoria Secret...

You broke the build!

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:22:00 +1000

I am so glad someone put this in writing! Phil has a link to a larger version on his blog

Getting SSL running on IIS under Vista

Thu, 31 May 2007 10:50:00 +1000

I often use Self Signed SSL certs for testing to make sure that my SSL code is all good. Normally it is a bit of a pain but in the case of vista it is MUCH EASER (I know, shock horror!) Check out Scott's blog post entitled Tip/Trick: Enabling SSL...

Tower Defence

Wed, 30 May 2007 10:16:00 +1000

I am not normally one to post about great flash games but when Frank Arr twittered about Desktop Tower Defense, I had a few seconds to spare so I thought I would have a look. ... after about five minutes I realized that I would not put this dow...

Wanna watch a DVD on your laptop?

Sun, 27 May 2007 22:48:00 +1000

Don't try this at work! It seems that watching a DVD is not something Microsoft thought you would want to do at work. Ok, so I don't tend to watch DVDs at work, in fact I can't seem to think of a time that I have ever done this but I have however...

Microsoft Case Studies

Tue, 15 May 2007 12:38:00 +1000

Well I guess I can finaly talk about some of the work I have been doing since I left RedBalloon as Microsoft have just posted case studies about them both. The first is a Silverlight application that we built for the Orlando Magic. We were work...

Flashes CrossDomain DTD

Wed, 09 May 2007 12:53:00 +1000

Why is it that the DTD for the cross-domain policy file doesn't contain a definition for the 'to-ports' attribute when it is clearly recommended in the Flex 2 docs?? Surly it is not too hard to add to add one little snippet to the DTD?? D...

Getting Google to love your blog (or how Sitemaps change the world)

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:11:00 +1000

A while ago, I started posting about SEO how to get more people to your blog but it tapered off, for two main reasons. 1. I got busy with work and other stuff 2. I felt like a fraud, I don't do SEO for a living, I just know what I would do to tweak m...