Author Archives: James McParlane

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About James McParlane

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

JavaScript Logger Inspired By The Amiga's Guru Meditation Error Message

Posted on May 16, 2006 by James McParlane

I wrote about this a while ago, but.. long story short… I’m getting ready to record an epic screen-recording of my Macro-Recorder developed in JavaScript. It was clear that I needed the practice after the first test run. So here is a screen recording of me … Continue reading →

Posted in JavaScript | 2 Comments

SGI Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy – Hopes to Trade Out Of It In 6 Months

Posted on May 12, 2006 by James McParlane

Sad news for the ex-poster-child of everything that was cool about computers and the internet in the 90s. SGI Invented the OpenGL standard, which drove the development of the graphic card industry. That same industry made SGI’s expensive technology obsolete. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Hardware, Nostalgia for Misspent Youth, Rants | 1 Comment

Google "Trends"

Posted on May 11, 2006 by James McParlane

I played a little while with Google Trends. Seems that “sex” is a popular search term, especially where its hard to get http://www.google.com/trends?q=sex&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all Go figure.

Posted in AttentionRank, Coolhunting, Meta-Narrative | Leave a comment

Most Impressive Technology Demo I Have Seen All Year – Logitech Quickcam Orbit MP

Posted on May 1, 2006 by James McParlane

This post with video from the Make blog makes me feel like the future is here already 🙂 “I really like the new Logitech Quickcam Orbit MP – you can record videos and add live video effects and also use avatars. … Continue reading →

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Bypassing The Eolas Embedding Patent – In Pictures

Posted on April 20, 2006 by James McParlane

As you now probably know, Microsoft has released a patch to IE6 because they have failed on appeal to overturn the Eolas patent on browser plug-ins, despite much back and forth and valiant efforts from the W3C. The effects of … Continue reading →

Posted in JavaScript, Rants, Web2.0 | 1 Comment

Back From Watching Cory Doctorow Talk In Sydney

Posted on April 20, 2006 by James McParlane

I as I posted previously, Went to observe Cory Doctorow‘s talk tonight. It was much as I expected. He is real. I did not touch him – so you can’t be too sure. Xeni could have been hiding behind the drapes with … Continue reading →

Posted in AttentionRank, Coolhunting, Politics, Rants | 3 Comments

Google, Please Fix Your Search Page In Firefox

Posted on April 19, 2006 by James McParlane

Dear Google, Your Firefox start page ( http://www.google.com.au/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official ) may or may not have a CSS error. I know I’m being picky, the page functions fine, but you see every time I open Firefox (1.5.0.2) and test some JavaScript code, I open the Firefox … Continue reading →

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Before Presenting At A Web2.0 Conference

Posted on April 15, 2006 by James McParlane

#12) Avoid consuming any mind altering substances 72 hours before your presentation. “..and of course one of the most important considerations in determining the latency and the data size to request frequency granularity is the…. OMG!!! LOOK AT THOSE GIANT WINGED SPIDER CATS!!!!! … Continue reading →

Posted in Downtime, Just Kidding, Web2.0 | 3 Comments

Like Father, Like Son

Posted on April 5, 2006 by James McParlane
Posted in Downtime, Family | 3 Comments

IPTV In Australia Could Be Dead Before It Even Starts

Posted on April 5, 2006 by James McParlane

Interesting post from Rachel Dixon’s Blog According to a recently released discussion paper on media reform, the Minister for Communications is considering introducing licenses for IPTV in Australia, to bring Internet video into line with broadcast video. … .. . Intriguingly, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Coolhunting, IPTV, Politics, Rants | Leave a comment