Author Archives: James McParlane

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About James McParlane

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

When Photo Blogging Goes Bad

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

I Live In Sydney   I Catch A Bus   My Son Thinks This Phone Is Silly

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Sil 3112 + Western Digital = Pain

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Some lunch time browsing – I am now seeing a pattern. There seems to be a common sob story. Sil 3112 + Western Digital = Pain http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32717 http://forums.hexus.net/archive/index.php/t-27260.html http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/25671/ I did however find the latest and greatest driver. http://www.short-media.com/download.php?dc=46 There even appears … Continue reading →

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Some Interesting XML Standards relevant to future MetaWrap development..

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Relevant to future MetaWrap development.. BPEL – Business Process Execution Language http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/specification/ws-bpel/ XFORMS http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-xforms-20031014/  

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Bushism, Blog And Google Video

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

“And I think the world would be better off if we did leave ….. if we didn’t … if we left, the world would be worse. The world is better off with us not leaving. It’s a mistake to pull out.” … Continue reading →

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Anti-Aliasing Tessellated Polygons in GL – Part II

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

In the end RTFM was the solution…. and a bit of simple algebra.. 7.2 Polygon Antialiasing Antialiasing the edges of filled polygons is similar to antialiasing points and lines. However, antialiasing polygons in color index mode isn’t practical since object … Continue reading →

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A Similar Search Meme

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

https://blog.metawrap.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=a1bda83a-a404-4677-b1d5-3d409d1aeffa  |  Comments http://www.tenbyten.org/10×10.html http://buzztracker.org  

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New MetaWrap Project Website

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Congratulations – Its a Bliki! http://www.metawrap.com/ Old version is still available at http://www.set-top.net I just installed MSN Messenger V7 – comes integrated with search and MSN spaces blogger. http://spaces.msn.com/members/miaowmiaowmiaow

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Nanotech

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Speaking of old bands – one of my old bad techno songs has been released on http://www.openpodcast.org as The Rhinoceros Song – OpenPodcast.org #759 aka “Mastitis” – people used to just call it “The Rhinoceros Song” so it just kind of … Continue reading →

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The Accelerated Men

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Strange to see my old band still has a strange cult following. We are listed first in the “The Gothic Music Handbook” and also as the first band listed in the Gothic Rock Black Book by Mick Mercer. An accident of name … Continue reading →

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If I had been born a woman… or as a piece of polyhedral dice

Posted on June 24, 2005 by James McParlane

Ok – so I have gone exploring those silly online quizes that give you an icon at the end to represent yourself. It started with one and two and…. *sigh* If I had been born a woman it seems that … Continue reading →

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