URGENT: Unlimited Software Patents In New Zealand. Act Now!
23 June 2009 - 6:21pm — Bevan
NZ government is about to pass a new Patents Act. In the 8-year review, they seemingly forgot to consider the impacts of patents on computer software! Submissions on the bill are being accepted till 2 July, so we need to move fast. Make a submission now!
Where will your grandkids be 60 years from now?
23 June 2009 - 3:27pm — BevanIt is not often I blog off topic, so I hope that you can appreciate how important this is, and spare a few minutes to save your own future, your children's and grandchildren's futures and home planet.
Would you just stand around and watch as your home burned down with your children and pets inside? No? So please don't stand around and watch while we destroy our home planet.
This December, world leaders, including New Zealand prim minister John Key, will meet in Copenhagen to decide what the world should do about climate change. John needs our support in order to do the right thing in Copenhagen. Please Sign On today. This is a great chance to make a difference.
UPDATED: Can't Add CSS, JS, RSS Icon Or Set Title Or Messages In Preprocess Page?
12 June 2009 - 1:10pm — BevanUPDATE: Due to recent changes to our website the code snippet (the valuable part of this blog post) got accidentally lost. If you read this already, please come back to see the sample code. Thanks!
Often you want to add CSS files, scripts, feed icons or even set Drupal's page title from the theme layer. The most obvious place to call Drupal's functions for these tasks is probably in a page preprocess function. However calling the following Drupal API functions from a theme or module's NAME_preprocess_page() function often doesn't work;
SignOn.org.nz, By Greenpeace NZ
11 June 2009 - 10:48am — BevanEarlier this year Jenn, Owen and I worked on a proposal for Greenpeace NZ. CivicActions didn't win the contract, but the website has just launched.
Accessibility For Humans; Usability Of Websites For Screen Reader Users
10 June 2009 - 1:11am — BevanNew Zealand Government Rejects Microsoft
9 June 2009 - 1:26am — BevanThe NZ SSC has rejected Microsoft's offers for a new licensing contract. This is a big loss for Microsoft (Though I'm sure MS would have you believe otherwise and try to paint the picture back to front) and big win for NZ Government and NZ's IT industry.
Web technologist in Auckland, New Zealand.
I enjoy being a Dad, snowboarding and building amazing user experiences on the internet. More about Bevan.
