Author Archives: James McParlane

About James McParlane

CTO Massive Interactive. Ex Computer Whiz Kid - Now Grumpy Old Guru.

P2P and Music Trends

Posted on November 3, 2007 by James McParlane

“Gracenote Music Map” – Flash application that displays visually information garnered from requests to the GraceNote online database of CDs. http://www.gracenote.com/map/ “Study Finds That P2P Users Not Less Likely To Buy CDs” – A newly study commissioned by Industry Canada, which … Continue reading →

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MetaWrap JavaScript Library Back Up

Posted on September 26, 2007 by James McParlane

There was a bad cable when we moved the servers around. All is good now. Thanks to the people who pointed this out, unfortunately I was was so busy I didn’t get to attend to this for a week. Now … Continue reading →

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Still Alive

Posted on September 12, 2007 by James McParlane

Just very very very busy…

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Post Google Online Conversations – "Googpartee"

Posted on August 24, 2007 by James McParlane

There should be a word for a conversation that is made online when both parties are Googling what the other is saying. It kind of enters a hyperspace of profound references – at times you are digging deep into a topic; researching … Continue reading →

Posted in Music & Art | 1 Comment

Massive Is Renovating

Posted on August 14, 2007 by James McParlane

The blog and javascript server was down for a few days. Should all be good now.

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Another Windows Socket Limitation Fix

Posted on August 6, 2007 by James McParlane

I have a secret project that I’m putting through non functional testing at the moment. Its ftping around 600,000 files in the space of a few hours – which means its violating the 4000 sockets in 4 minutes limitation in windows. … Continue reading →

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Another article on the demise of the old EBOM Warehouse @ 144 Cleveland St (Lanfranchi's)

Posted on July 30, 2007 by James McParlane

“One of the Keating! musicians lived in in a warehouse in Sydney’s Cleveland Street known as Lanfranchi’s – so called because the laneway behind it was where, in March 1981, Roger Rogerson shot Warren Lanfranchi in that memorable scene from … Continue reading →

Posted in Me Myself and I, Music & Art, Nostalgia for Misspent Youth | 1 Comment

Fast Loading Of XHTML as XML In JavaScript Using Msxml2.DOMDocument.*

Posted on July 25, 2007 by James McParlane

This solved the issue I was having with MSXML not parsing XHTML as XML without an xml-declaration – which is the only format that Microsoft Expression Web will auto-detect as XHTML without forcing it to fail over to it. ([menu] Tools > Page Editor Options > Authoring … Continue reading →

Posted in JavaScript, XML | 1 Comment

Parsing XHTML and XML vs IE and Microsoft Expression Web

Posted on July 25, 2007 by James McParlane

I have a project where I want to treat XHTML as XML. Which should be trivial because XHTML is XML – and it is trivial with FireFox. However I have been experimenting with Microsoft Expression Web as my primary HTML/CSS editor … Continue reading →

Posted in XML | 7 Comments

The Right Of Reply

Posted on July 19, 2007 by James McParlane

The awaited great streaming inevitable has arrived in the form of remixes of the original YouTube post “by” John Howard What has been enlightening, shocking and surprising is the flurry of videos that have been appropriating the meta-data from the original video such that if … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Web2.0 | 1 Comment