Alex McFarlane - Web Developer

In case you didn’t know, terraforming Mars and sending people to live up there (or down there, depending on how you look at it) is only about cash, nothing else. Kim Stanley Robinson hasn’t got a clue. Now, three guys that have cash in abundance, Virgin founder Richard Branson and ...

WordPress 2.5 has been released with a major overhaul to the interface and a range of new features. The biggest change is in the appearance of the administration backend, which is described as being a “Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard.” The WordPress dashboard is now widget friendly, and users can include ...

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I’ve tried out nearly all online photo editors, and although some were good, I wasn’t perfectly satisfied with any of them. Adobe’s online, lightweight version of Photoshop, dubbed Adobe Photoshop Express, unfortunately falls under the same category, although it’s one of the sleekest such applications out there. Application: Adobe Photoshop Express Full ...

am developed the God Of War Machinima website, for the launch of the PSP title God Of War: Chains of Olympus. The site allows users to mash their own videos together using assets from the game. This includes Video, Sounds, Titles and they can record over their own VO. The site ...

Google has announced that YouTube users will now have access to in depth statistics for their videos. Stats include how often videos are viewed in different geographic regions and how popular they are relative to all videos in that market over a given period of time. The lifecycle of videos is ...

OK, it’s officially Facebook vs. everyone else when it comes to OpenSocial. Yahoo has announced its support for Google’s OpenSocial initiative, and it has joined forces with MySpace and Google to form non-profit OpenSocial Foundation. Full Article: TechCrunch Related Articles: Mashible, NMA

There is a scourge on the Web. It is called Internet Explorer 6. Even though the more recent version of Microsoft’s browser, IE7, has been around for more than two years, IE6 still represents 31 percent of all browsers out there (versus only 22 percent for IE7 and 36.5 percent ...

Instead of fighting BitTorrent and sites like Allsp, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are simply going to try to make them irrelevant by offering something better. Along with Comedy Central, they’ve expanded South Park Studios, where viewers can stream any episode of South Park from the show’s ...

No sooner does Google exit the FCC’s 700Mhz spectrum auction with its $4.6 billion still in its pocket and its rules imposed on its competitors than it throws up yet another ball in the broadband wireless game. Earlier today, it proposed to the FCC that the unused “white spaces” ...

 Just days after competitor Gizmoz announced more funding and AIM integration, Oddcast is previewing a new service called 3D Videostar that will let users import their faces into movie clips to replace those of movie stars. Full Article: TechCrunch Examples: http://www.oddcast.com/home/videostar  

am developed the quick add Facebook widget for the release of the Never Back Down movie. The code allows the users to quickly embed their move of choice onto their profile page. Site: http://www.neverbackdownmovie.co.uk/widget/ Facebook Add: http://apps.facebook.com/neverbackdownwidget/?url=null&refer=add&id=4

Earlier today Facebook held a press conference to talk about new privacy controls and to confirm that they are launching a web chat product in the coming weeks. Full Article: TechCrunch

A really interesting campaign for the 2008 Olympics. The Lost Ring an "alternate reality game". Allegedly it is funded by McDonalds. http://www.thelostring.com/index.html FindTheLostRing.com/Community/Ariadne http://olympics.wikibruce.com/Beginners_Guide http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2008/03/05/the_lost_ring.html

MySpace has gone live with its first set of applications today. A reported 12,000 installations were made within the first few hours of the MySpace Platform opening. Full Article: NMA Related Articles:  9 MySpace Apps Worth A Look (Mashible), Gigaom

As this was going to be featured in this months entries, and I have not been able to find time to research it as much as I would have liked. Here is a  quick link to all things ning. Link: http://mashable.com/?s=ning.com&searchbutton=go%21

The new website for Rambo has been featured on the FWA. The website is a nice microsite for the release of the Lionsgate movie Rambo. The things that got me interested in the website are the links to a Cafepress store and the fact that it is hosted on break.com. ...

Yesterday on their developer’s blog, Facebook answered a number of questions that have recently arose regarding the new tabbed profile slated for release this April. Full Articl: Mashible

Here is an good example of whats possible on last.fm's group pages. This is for the SXSW festival in Austin. This would be a great addition for music clients. http://www.last.fm/group/SXSW+Music/ Site: http://sxsw.com/

We are already experiencing YouTube in just about every conceivable way, but that just isn’t enough yet for most people. To answer the call of making sure you can see your favorite videos just about anywhere, the popular site has announced they are launching several new APIs that will let ...