Author Archives: James McParlane

About James McParlane

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

London Bombing

Posted on July 8, 2005 by James McParlane

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing? This is London. We’ve dealt with your sort before. You don’t try and pull this on us. Do you have any idea how many times our city has been attacked? Whatever you’re … Continue reading →

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AOP and Javascript

Posted on July 2, 2005 by James McParlane

Someone else researching AOP wrt Javascript http://www.jroller.com/page/deep/20030701 http://www.dotvoid.com/view.php?id=43 Someone else on the same wavelength http://www.digital-web.com/articles/separating_behavior_and_structure_2/

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TGA, FLI and FLC Loading added to Metawrap Generic-GL Library

Posted on July 1, 2005 by James McParlane

The generic GL library now supports.TGA 8 Bit, 16 Bit 24 Bit and 24 Bit images. As well as FLI and FLC animations.

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MGM vs Grokster – This Bong Is Only For Decorative Purposes

Posted on June 30, 2005 by James McParlane

There is something that has always made me feel uncomfortable with application of the the Sony Beta-max defense wrt the litigation of P2P software. Sony was selling a device and medium. A direct comparison with software transferring data over the internet is not … Continue reading →

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Regex Coach

Posted on June 30, 2005 by James McParlane

Yet another amazingly useful tool that I cant live without and need to reinstall since the accident…. http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/#install

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Parsers Progress – Convergence

Posted on June 29, 2005 by James McParlane

[Rescued from the old blog – Thanks to Damian] The algorithm and data structure are designed to build a near optimal deterministic finite state automata for a regular language with a single pass, unlike the current three pass ‘Thompson Process’. But even I was … Continue reading →

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Check Your Hard Drive At Least Once A Century

Posted on June 29, 2005 by James McParlane

Do The Math

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Natacha's Warehouse Warming

Posted on June 27, 2005 by James McParlane

DJ Nat-B rocked the house. She has a wonderful set of friends who put up wonderfully with the Massive party machine. Its a fantastic warehouse and everyone I talked to only had good things to say about the talented and divine … Continue reading →

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Partial Recovery

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

I have recovered a majority of the important blog posts. Thanks to Damian, archive.org and google cache 🙂

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MDEC 2005