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FastrFriends Bookmarklet Version .2

Aaron — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:44:17 +0000

When playing the fun new game Fastr with a few friends it was difficult to see where they were in the rankings with it being so popular (100+ people in the game at a time). So I wanted a way to easily see where they were.

So, here’s a super quick and dirty bookmarklet for tracking friends while playing. This is like 30 mins of work and far from complete and perfect I’m sure. It’s also based on the current DOM of the page, so if that changes, this breaks. But since it’s centrally hosted I can compensate if that happens and the next time you use it after I fix it, it will work.

To use it, drag the following link to your toolbar, and then click that button after starting a game of Fastr. FastrFriends. After it’s loaded up, simply click a name to follow it, and click it again to stop following it (if you got the wrong one or whatever).

Potential upgrades I’m pondering:

Option to show/hide all users that aren’t your friends
Different colors depending on how high on the list they are
~~Track their score and then show what they got on the last guess when it changes.~~

I know it works in FF 1.5 and IE 6. I’ve been told it doesn’t work in Safari but I don’t have easy access to that, so if anyone can tell me what to fix I will give it a try. Otherwise I will try and get a hold of one at work on Monday.

Report any bugs here… and enjoy!

F3ll0wsh1p of teh R1ng

Aaron — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 18:32:55 +0000

Alex sent me a link to this on a different forum, but tracked down the original. I had to try hard not to LOL at work while reading it, is freaking hillarious.

Requirements: Have seen LOTR:FOTR, and be a gamer

sif = As if
ffs = For F*** sakes (their words not mine)

F3ll0wsh1p of teh R1ng

Halo 2 Details

Aaron — Tue, 11 May 2004 21:37:49 +0000

I don’t play my Xbox much anymore… just have it around for when friends come over (which is like never…). But I am excited for the pending arrival of Halo 2, which now appears to have a launch date of November 9th… woohoo!!

/. linked to a bunch of articles on recent info that has come out. New videophone service, the first multiplayer hands-on review, and some new screenies from the map discussed in the multiplayer review.

Can’t wait to give it a try… but guess I do have to wait 6 more months or so… *sigh*