Anyone got any suggestions as to the best way to check for an active internet connection? It needs to run from within a widget, and preferably give me a result I can access with Javascript. Any ideas, email me please!

Got round to calibrating my LCD yesterday. Mmm, rich, luscious blues. The whole light greys thing is still screwed up though.

Edit: the author emailed me, and all bad feeling on my part has now evaporated. So, whilst I’m still an awkward git, at least I’m an awkward git in a decent mood again
Well, I’m not entirely sure how to feel about this. Someone’s released a copy of my radio widget.
That’s cool, and I’m [...]

DashBlog rocks.
What I’d like to see is a scrolling drawer rather than a fading one, and a few other fixes. I’ll have to email the author. Or change it myself…

Ok, so where did this heat wave come from? There was no warning! It was raining and gloomy yesterday, then suddenly it brightened up. Today I’m dying in the heat. And I have to wear full length trousers for work, no fair!

Superseded by version 2.2.
Welcome, visitors from Dashboard Widgets! And from Apple.com, as of 12th June. Please don’t be too scared.
I suppose I should make a post about my widget here. It’s, uh, really cool. It plays radio streams from the BBC, and looks pretty smart to boot. And yes, of course I’m biased.

Any suggestions or [...]

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I still can’t believe it.

Why do Americans who write software only take payment by Mastercard or Visa? I use neither - in fast I use Maestro, which is pretty popular here in the UK - so I can’t buy their software.
Instead I have to put up with their bloody nag screens, telling me to register. I tried, you twats. [...]

Oasis - Don’t Believe the Truth
The Coral - The Invisible Invasion

Well, I bought more music. I don’t usually buy much, but I do support bands I think have talent, and these two fall into that category… So why?
I reckon Oasis are rather overrated on the whole. That doesn’t mean they aren’t a cut above the [...]