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Simple Stock Quotes

Simple Stock Quotes

A Facebook Platform Application

I signed onto the new Facebook F8 Platform on Weekend launch and excitedly browsed the application directory. Out of 100 applications, one of them was stock-related, but it didn't do quotes and just spammed links. So, that weekend I remedied the situation with my own application.

The application uses PHP, mock-AJAX, FBML, Yahoo™ web services, and a customize high-performance hacked version of the Facebook client to push updates to over 3600 users and 3000 tickers in less than a minute.

Check out Simple Stock Quotes on Facebook.

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Photography

Photography

An amateur's digital photography

I love taking photos. For the past six years I've been taking artistic license and experimenting with digital photography. I use Photoshop for post-processing and colour-correction where needed.

Currently shooting with a Nikon D90, I've created a Nikon Lens Comparison Guide for lens-shoppers.

Check out the 4,235 items on my Flickr photostream, or subscribe to my feed for regular updates.

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Elliott Back Blog Network

Elliott Back Blog Network

42,698,575 Satisfied Visitors

Early posts on my blog evoked life as a college student, personal preferences, and the frustrations of web technology. Then people actually started reading it.

Now I write about Asia, Books, Celebs, Cornell, and Gossip, across a network of blogs that include guest writers on Gadgets, Video Games, and TV Scams. On my personal blog, I mostly cover technology, from Wordpress to PHP and Apple.

If you like my personal blog, you'll enjoy the RSS feed.

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