Wacky widget workings…
So if you notice this type of thing at all, you may have noticed some changes to the sidebar over there on the right. Using just WordPress’s built-in text widget I’ve been able to take JSON feeds from Flickr, Twitter and Google Reader and then use a little JavaScript to create nice CSS styleable blocks for display.
In other words, with few lines of code I’ve been displaying information from people’s sites on my site all purdy like.
I love this. Because it means that with a little brain power I don’t have to be limited to the “badges” or whatever other canned widget frou-frou gunk that these sites provide. What’s also cool, it that with a little more brain power I suppose I could “mashup” all this data in some way I haven’t thought up yet, man how web-two-point-ohy is that, huh?
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