Monthly Archives: August 2006

Movietally.com – A del.icio.us For Movies

Posted on August 16, 2006 by James McParlane

I just got sent a PR style blurb about this site. Wow – targeted PR marketing that didn’t try to sell me willy tablets – someone thinks I’m influential! I’m not going to cut and paste the marketroid slab of text they sent … Continue reading →

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When YouTube Borks!

Posted on August 12, 2006 by James McParlane
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Radon Radon

Posted on August 11, 2006 by James McParlane

We somehow managed to loose the last update to this page which is a shame because I outlined what I would be doing these next two weeks. Just as well it was lost because I have been waylaid working on … Continue reading →

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The Joy Of AutoMake

Posted on August 11, 2006 by James McParlane

Anyone considering playing with Makefiles and Automake should be very clear about the different ‘flavors’ of variables. 🙂 http://www.gnu.org/manual/make/html_mono/make.html#SEC67 Also Recursive Make Considered Harmful. makes a good read. I can see the sense in what the paper says, but this … Continue reading →

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Getting Things Together

Posted on August 11, 2006 by James McParlane

After a great holiday, I’m now gearing up to have a busy year with this project and at work (I’ve been approached to start porting some old Amiga games across to Interactive TV Formats.). I’m currently building the CVS source … Continue reading →

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CVS Repository

Posted on August 11, 2006 by James McParlane

The source code for the MetaWrap is in a CVS repository. Now that the original commercial source has been released under GPL, I am currently in the process of pouring the released source code from the commercial CVS repository into … Continue reading →

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Most Promising Battery Technology I have Seen In Years

Posted on August 8, 2006 by James McParlane

Using nano-particles to increase the surface area and thus the capacity of a capacitor makes it a viable battery. http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?language=english&type=&article_id=218392803

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Using New Monopoly Visa Debit Card Gadget As A Project Management Tool

Posted on August 3, 2006 by James McParlane

In their latest edition of Monopoly “Monopoly Here and Now Electronic Banking“, Parker Brothers has made some changes. Players now use a Visa debit card to keep track of their bank balances. I can’t find any detail on how the … Continue reading →

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This Month In JavaScript – 2006.7

Posted on August 3, 2006 by James McParlane

“Timeline is a DHTML-based AJAXy widget for visualizing time-based events. It is like Google Maps for time-based information. Below is a live example that you can play with. Pan the timeline by dragging it horizontally.” http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/ “Slightly ThickerBox is a … Continue reading →

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Aptana – JavaScript-focused web application IDE

Posted on August 1, 2006 by James McParlane

Looks great and looks like it will run as an Eclipse plug-in! What more could you ask for. Not sure how it compares to the latest Eclipse 3.2 (Callisto) Web tools platform – which I use and love.   “Aptana is a … Continue reading →

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