Author Archives: James McParlane

About James McParlane

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

And They Said I Was Crazy

Posted on August 9, 2005 by James McParlane

Just listened to a podcast on IT Conversations where Werner Vogels discussed scaleable systems that are inspired by biological processes. What he described is exactly what I was working on in the networking protocols and “Entropy” VM in the MetaWrap project, … Continue reading →

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Some More Cool JavaScript Libraries

Posted on August 8, 2005 by James McParlane

JavaScript Vector Graphics Library http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm JavaScript Graphing Library http://www.walterzorn.com/grapher/grapher_e.htm

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My Oldest Usenet Posting

Posted on August 5, 2005 by James McParlane

I know there are ones older than this on rec.music.industrial, but I can’t remember my old University account name. http://groups.google.com.au/group/aus.jobs/msg/09e9ae5602193ee1?dmode=source&hl=en

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Most Useful Site Ever

Posted on August 5, 2005 by James McParlane

This is by far the most useful site ever. In the last month I have visited it every day. Its a pleasure to read, is full of accurate information for JavaScript programmers. When I say “most useful site ever” I … Continue reading →

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We Apologise For This Break In Transmission…

Posted on August 4, 2005 by James McParlane

I was up too late playing with the Great Satan that is cross browser JavaScript to have any brain power left to make an insightful or informative blog post. So instead.. here is a picture of dogs playing pool

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Nifty New JavaScript Library

Posted on August 2, 2005 by James McParlane

Looks like a very nice wrapper of prototype, with great documentation and a really effective website. http://openrico.org/rico/demos.page

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My New Word Of The Day – "Downstall"

Posted on August 1, 2005 by James McParlane

down·stall Pronunciation Key (dounstôl)tr.v. down·stall·ed, down·stall·ing, down·stalls To transfer (data or programs) from a server or host computer to one’s own computer or device and then set it in position and prepare for use.

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XML Standalone Voodoo

Posted on August 1, 2005 by James McParlane

The XML standalone declaration should always be last. The encoding declaration Second and the version info First. <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ standalone=”yes” ?> GOOD <?xml version=”1.0″ standalone=”yes” encoding=”UTF-8″ ?> BAD See the XML Prolog and document type declaration format for clarity on this Prolog [22] … Continue reading →

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Some Cool Tools

Posted on July 25, 2005 by James McParlane

“ActiveWords is user interface technology that adds a simple and powerful attribute to Windows®, it turns words into actions. You enter or select any words in any context at any time, and are directly connected with services related to the … Continue reading →

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The Very Useful JavaScript call() And apply() Functions For Overriding 'this' For A Given Function.