Welcome to Buildr, the Builder AU labs. We've been busy cooking up some new community features and enhancements -- some will fly, some won't.
If you have an idea or some code to contribute, give us a yell.
Tetris
The old gaming classic has found its way into a Javascript version. There's simply no better way to avoid working than calling up a Web page with Tetris.
Colour Picker
Forget starting up a paint program simply to find out the RGB value of a colour that you need for a Web page -- use our colour picker and you can save the colours you are after.
Code Search
Taking advantage of Google's APIs allows us to provide more examples of code than we could otherwise.
Zeitgeist
Learn about the Builder readership using statistics from over the past month. Our zeitgeist provides stats for browsers, operating systems, screen resolutions, % use of Java, Javscript and Flash.
Bingo
Meetings getting too much? Need something to pass the time? Then you need to play Builder's Buzzword Bingo. Mark off the words as you hear then and be the winner!
What's on?
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Net Neutrality, Ballmer and bad dress -- Club Builder
Visting Club Builder this week: Steve Ballmer to speak in Australia, local ISPs say Net Neutrality is an American problem and we look at the best dressed from Tech.Ed.
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XP stays on life support for longerThis week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Read more »
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The good and truly awful celluloid depictions of computersEver wonder why your lawyer uncle leaves the room whenever you turn over to Boston Legal? Or why your forensic science cousin can't stand crime drama? You know the answer: it’s the horrid trivialisation and dumbing down of an occupation to make it appear entertaining. Sometimes it is so unbelievable that it actually hurts and yelling at the screen is the only outlet. Read more »
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Apple's iPhone engineers to tour Sydney, MelbourneAussie developers will be able to get up close and personal with some of the iPhone engineers in November to learn how to build applications for the platform. Read more »
