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Check out the Google Code Project.

Available soon: WiiSaber source as well as several of my most popular PHP utilities.

Many websites offer the flexibility to display the same page via both SSL and HTTP. The major problem with offering this is the possibility that embedded content will not be served via the same protocol; many browsers will throw an error if an SSL page embeds HTTP images.

However, there is a simple and W3C valid solution to this problem. Simply omit the protocol and colon from the URL:
<img src="http://isnoop.net/sa/av.jpg">
becomes
<img src="//isnoop.net/sa/av.jpg">

This works with embedding images, links, javascript embeds, and other link types.

The drawback to doing this everywhere is that you must be conscious as to whether the resource you are linking to is available on both SSL and HTTPS. Embedded scripts from services like Google Analytics are well served by this technique. If your enterprise uses a dedicated image hosting server, this is also a highly appropriate solution.

Thanks to everyone who supported the iPhone fund. I picked one up this morning and started pushing my macSaber code into the new form factor. As it turns out, however, I’ve been beaten to the punch by not one but two busy little coding bees. The first released app, iSaber is a good first attempt which has been widely attributed to me. The second is in active development and you should be hearing more about it soon. I have turned my MacSaber sources over to this dev and we should expect to see great things.

Contrary to what several blogs are saying, I cannot take credit for iSaber. Credit should be sent to the developer listed in the about portion of that application.

Good luck to everyone working on this project! I’m going to go back to remodeling my house. I’ll be gifting away this fancy iPhone and refunding the donations sent in. Don’t write me off, though. I’ll resume iPhone development around the time they release a 16-32 GB version. (that may come sooner than you think!)

Due to the popularity of MacSaber and WiiSaber, I have received several requests to write iPhoneSaber. Now that the accelerometer has been unlocked, this has become a distinct possibilty.

There’s just one problem. I don’t have an iPhone.

To be honest, I just bought a house and my finance manager (wife) won’t allow the purchase. Therefore, I turn to you. I’m not one for begging, but I have been convinced this is for the greater good.

Thank you for your consideration.

Update
Thanks to everyone who helped! See next post for more information.