A few different people have asked me recently how I created the activity stream/life stream you see in the sidebar of Dented Reality. It’s actually really simple, and all it does is load up the feeds from a few different locations, combine them in date order and then output them on my page using an HTML “UL” (unordered list). Based on the source of each feed, it also adds a CSS class to each list element (LI) so that I can add an appropriate icon. Here’s the complete code that I use, and then I’ll explain some parts of it, and some of what makes it tick: Read the rest of this post…
Me, Live (ish)!
- Listened to Run, Frenzal Rhomb (8 Feb, 5:03 am)
- Listened to Run ft. Dazastah, The Tongue (8 Feb, 5:00 am)
- Listened to I Can Talk, Two Door Cinema Club (8 Feb, 1:09 am)
- Listened to Hearts On Fire, Cut Copy (8 Feb, 1:07 am)
- Listened to You Wanted A Hit, LCD Soundsystem (8 Feb, 1:02 am)
- Listened to Not In Love (Radio Version) [feat. Robert Smith], Crystal Castles (8 Feb, 12:52 am)
- Listened to Celestica, Crystal Castles (8 Feb, 12:48 am)
- Listened to Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), Arcade Fire (8 Feb, 12:42 am)
- Listened to Flux (Album Version), Bloc Party (8 Feb, 12:36 am)
- Listened to Animal, Miike Snow (8 Feb, 12:33 am)
- Tweeted: RT @raanan: congrats to @rahulvohra! and the whole @rapportive team -- once of my favorite services gets acquired by @linkedin: http://t ... # (7 Feb, 11:58 pm)
- Tweeted: First Siren Net Checkin - http://t.co/g6DSbTpc # (7 Feb, 8:49 pm)
- Tweeted: W00t! I just submitted my first HAM Radio report on SirenNet: http://t.co/CkK8jkXf # (7 Feb, 8:17 pm)
- Tweeted: RT @kwestin: Asking me to sign an NDA before having coffee to discuss your startup idea is like me asking you to buy condoms before I me ... # (7 Feb, 12:02 am)
- Tweeted: RT @wpdevel: 19842: Initial import of the Twenty Twelve theme, by Drew Strojny. This time ... http://t.co/sXxGNP6F # (6 Feb, 11:57 pm)
- Tweeted: OH: "my diaper has bling!" # (4 Feb, 11:55 pm)
- Tweeted: This was fun, a few weeks ago in Hawaii :) http://t.co/S95oQ0qk # (4 Feb, 12:35 am)
- Tweeted: Senior Sisig!!! (@ Off the Grid: Civic Center w/ 11 others) http://t.co/TK5eoBtJ # (3 Feb, 8:58 pm)
- Tweeted: RT @danielbachhuber: "Why I Support Planned Parenthood" http://t.co/CfbQZ1l9 # (3 Feb, 8:17 pm)
- Tweeted: RT @bazza: So... # (3 Feb, 5:23 pm)
- Tweeted: On Tumblr, but want more flexibility/power? We've got you covered: http://t.co/BGbRD9XP # (2 Feb, 5:57 pm)
- Watched Fringe - s4 | e9 - Enemy of My Enemy on hulu.com (1 Feb, 5:51 am)
- Watched TMZ on TV - Steven Tyler Wrecks His Face on hulu.com (1 Feb, 1:41 am)
- Watched Touch - s1 | e1 - Pilot on hulu.com (27 Jan, 7:36 am)
- Watched Haven - s2 | e13 - Silent Night on hulu.com (27 Jan, 6:34 am)
- Watched Fringe - s4 | e8 - Back to Where You've Never Been on hulu.com (27 Jan, 5:33 am)
- Watched Ctrl on hulu.com (27 Jan, 5:21 am)
- Bookmarked SlatGrills - I want one of these things! Simple, collapsible camp stove/grill setup that brings a bit of luxury to the outback. (25 Jan, 12:11 am)
- Bookmarked Smart Apartments - Pretty cool site with higher-end, trendy apartments in New York. (24 Jan, 7:16 pm)
- Bookmarked Solarized - Beautiful color palettes for text editors, shell etc. (24 Jan, 12:53 am)
