-Stevie

Stand The F*ck Up! by DJ DLX

I just sent it off to a club I’d like to get to get booked in. Fingers crossed it goes down well

-Stevie

Explanation

Skype is a great program. The internet phone call software has changed the way a lot of businesses work and stay in contact with their employess. However, as good as Skype is, it’s not without it’s small problems. Especially if you’re a web developer.

When a user installs Skype, they will also install, possibly unwittingly, plugins for both Internet Explorer and Firefox. These plugins scan the web page currently being viewed and convers all numbers it finds that it thinks are phone numbers and converts them to links that automatically call the number when clicked. If you have Skype installed, the following number will most likely be turned into a clickable link…

+353870000000

It’s useful functionality, but it can play havoc with a webpage design, especially if the matched number is not actually a phone number. To deal with this problem, I created the killSkype jQuery plugin. This plugin takes the number you don’t want to be “Skyped” and renders it in such a way that Skype will ignore it when it’s doing its thing. i.e.

+353870000000

How to use

Simply download the plugin at the link below, include it in your page and then use the javascript code below to prevent Skype from hijacking your pages layout.

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   $(selector).killSkype()

e.g.

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<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('div.dont_skype').killSkype();
});
</script>
 
<div class="dont_skype">00441214124124</div>

Download plugin (includes readable and packed versions): http://dlx-design.com/plugins/killSkype.0.4.0.zip
jQuery Plugins project page: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/killSkype

Comments and critisms appreciated and encouraged.

I currently have the honour of being the moderator for the official Warhammer 40000 groups. It’s a big task but I think I’m managing to stay on top of it.

So if you’re interested in wargaming at all or just want to call over to see what the fuss is about, click on Beasts of War. We’d love to hear from you.

Thanks very much

Traffik, July 10th 2010

Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the City
Cold – Remedy
Linkin Park – Faint
VNV Nation – Chrome
Aesthetic Perfection – The Siren
The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
Hadouken! – M.A.D
Rob Zombie – Feel So Numb
Bullet For My Valentine – The Last Fight
Turisas – Battle Metal
Wednesday 13 – I Walked With A Zombie
Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows
Korn – Word Up

– Metallita & DJ Brenno –

AC/DC – Thunderstruck
Motörhead – Ace of Spades
The Prodigy – The Omen
Combichrist – Sent To Destroy
Slipknot – Psychosocial
Disturbed – Down With The Sickness
Drowning Pool – Bodies
Rammstein – Du Hast
System of a Down – Chop Suey!
Rage Against The Machine – Killing in the Name
Team America – America, F*ck Yeah!

The above songs can be heard on this YouTube Playlist.

This week’s challenge was a lipsyncing challenge. Personally I think Roxxi did very well. (See here for an explanation of what the heck is going on here!)

They’re Uprising To Take Me Away by DJ DLX

EDIT: 16 May 2010 – Added white version