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Also if you haven't seen them, there are a few... 862 Views / 11 Replies  
Also if you haven't seen them, there are a few Javascript-based effects libraries out there. Moo.fx (http://moofx.mad4milk.net/), for example.
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 13, 2006 at 12:20 PM, in Developer Center
I'd certainly understand wanting to avoid the... 862 Views / 11 Replies  
I'd certainly understand wanting to avoid the Flash application ... but if you're not averse to the Flash engine per se, I use OpenLaszlo (http://www.openlaszlo.org/). It makes some complicated...
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 13, 2006 at 12:17 PM, in Developer Center
Well, offhand ... I suppose the most obvious... 1,210 Views / 20 Replies  
Well, offhand ...

I suppose the most obvious advantage is not having to copy markup. Or propagate changes to the copies. Write it once, reuse it anywhere. Making a small change to a design or...
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 12, 2006 at 12:25 AM, in Developer Center
Good question and I wish I had any experience... 1,210 Views / 20 Replies  
Good question and I wish I had any experience with Smarty so I could answer it well.

From looking at Smarty's website, it looks like they're comparable in functionality, though different in...
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 11, 2006 at 08:34 PM, in Developer Center
I recently TA-ed a graduate level class that... 1,210 Views / 20 Replies  
I recently TA-ed a graduate level class that involved building a simple website for a design portfolio. We used Dreamweaver. There were varying degrees of competence with Dreamweaver and with...
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 11, 2006 at 04:25 PM, in Developer Center
Some details about the engine itself ... The... 813 Views / 1 Replies  
Some details about the engine itself ...

The templating engine has two main tricks.

First, an element here is a piece of arbitrary php and html. You define it in an xml file like so:

...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 20, 2006 at 01:30 PM, in Developer Center
a GUI templating engine for OSX: interest? feedback? 813 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi there -

So a few years ago I needed to re-design a site and was sort of despising Dreamweaver. Being the naive re-inventing-the-wheel kinda guy I am, I wrote a templating engine in php, with...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 20, 2006 at 01:22 PM, in Developer Center
FWIW, you don't really have to understand WP or... 1,193 Views / 10 Replies  
FWIW, you don't really have to understand WP or its database to get this to work. I managed to pull the first n news items from our WP news install for the frontpage (http://viennateng.com) by...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 19, 2006 at 11:52 PM, in Developer Center
Wow. This must've slipped through the feds' audit... 3,854 Views / 70 Replies  
Wow. This must've slipped through the feds' audit of google maps before it went public. I wasn't so sure before, but now I think I'm a believer in all the Area 51 hype.

Here's this...
Posted by aleph_null, on Apr 18, 2005 at 11:02 PM, in MacNN Lounge
If you're still in a... 1,726 Views / 46 Replies  
If you're still in a buying-MacNNers-music-on-ITMS mood, check out Waking Hour (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=4531817). Vienna is often compared favorably to...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 29, 2004 at 04:02 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Vienna Teng (http://viennateng.com).... 1,597 Views / 55 Replies  
Vienna Teng (http://viennateng.com). Asian-American singer-songwriter. Sounds much like Sarah McLachlan but I think Vienna's a better writer. Voice to die for. Just added her first album to the...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 19, 2004 at 04:07 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Look closely at the peak of the tallest mountain... 825 Views / 16 Replies  
Look closely at the peak of the tallest mountain in the distance. Looks like Clear Channel has already set up shop there.

I'm sure it's a flaw in the photo ... or something ... :err:
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 14, 2004 at 07:26 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Poll: It's more like 11011 deserves to forgive her.... 2,158 Views / 84 Replies  
It's more like 11011 deserves to forgive her. It's a gift for himself, not for her.

But otherwise, other folks have spoken plenty eloquently and wisely. It's f**king hard work, but I think you...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 13, 2004 at 02:11 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Cool, thanks. That's helpful. 595 Views / 2 Replies  
Cool, thanks. That's helpful.
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 11, 2004 at 05:35 PM, in Developer Center
Re: hijacking the mouse 563 Views / 1 Replies  
Back in the day, CoreGraphics provided a couple of remote-control mouse functions.

Ah, here it is...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 8, 2004 at 08:48 PM, in Developer Center
anyone experienced with parsing xml using php? 595 Views / 2 Replies  
I'll probably figure out a work-around by the time I get a response, but it's possible I'm going about this in a non-optimal way anyway, so ...

The deal is I'm using xml to structure and provide...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 8, 2004 at 04:58 PM, in Developer Center
Re: Mixing library written in different languages 694 Views / 4 Replies  
It's probably possible, but unless someone has already come up with a way to do it (eg, hooks in Java that let you run foreign code), I'm guessing it'll be more work than it's worth. You may consider...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 7, 2004 at 02:20 PM, in Developer Center
Dude. That's pretty intense. 12,160 Views / 325 Replies  
Dude. That's pretty intense.
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 5, 2004 at 11:57 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Point of view on original subject ... I... 3,825 Views / 240 Replies  
Point of view on original subject ...

I think spirit is subtler than any artifact of your personality. Just as emotions are subtler than your body and thoughts are subtler than emotions.

So...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 5, 2004 at 02:14 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Hm. I guess I'll claim that there's no such thing... 2,098 Views / 67 Replies  
Hm. I guess I'll claim that there's no such thing as absolute truth. Something is only "absolutely" true within a system of assumptions that provides for that possiblity.

Mathematical language...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 1, 2004 at 11:38 PM, in MacNN Lounge
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Posted by aleph_null, on Jan 1, 2004 at 11:23 PM, in MacNN Lounge
"Institutional religion" is a fantastic phrase.... 2,140 Views / 62 Replies  
"Institutional religion" is a fantastic phrase. Think "institutional food" and it's pretty much the same deal. If the path to spirit is food, most organized religion serves it on plastic trays in...
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 31, 2003 at 01:02 AM, in MacNN Lounge
insert joke about Airport and airplanes here. 1,923 Views / 16 Replies  
insert joke about Airport and airplanes here.
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 25, 2003 at 07:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Good point. I like it. One of the more... 50,661 Views / 1,085 Replies  
Good point. I like it. One of the more intelligent posts in the thread ...

But hey, it's all entertaining. :)


Three things:

- I would ask people everywhere to try to be a little more...
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 22, 2003 at 06:02 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I've got the same problem. I don't have a... 920 Views / 5 Replies  
I've got the same problem. I don't have a solution. I'm just sympathizing.
Posted by aleph_null, on Dec 21, 2003 at 11:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Er. I had to do this a while back. Gotta dive... 670 Views / 4 Replies  
Er. I had to do this a while back. Gotta dive into the IOKit and termios stuff. Ick. Termios was the painful part. The IOKit wasn't so bad, actually.

I was getting *paid* to do it, of course, so...
Posted by aleph_null, on Nov 3, 2003 at 11:46 PM, in Developer Center
Back when I had a job (as a programmer for a... 2,337 Views / 51 Replies  
Back when I had a job (as a programmer for a major mac developer!) I used to lurk regularly. And post once in a while. Now I'm in school again and hardly ever have the time.
Posted by aleph_null, on Oct 25, 2003 at 12:34 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Yeah. We ran into this at one point. You can... 816 Views / 7 Replies  
Yeah. We ran into this at one point. You can still load the calls explicitly from the Mach-O bundle, but what a pain in the ... ProcPtr. :rolleyes: :D
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 30, 2003 at 05:24 PM, in Developer Center
Cocoa is only available to Mach-O clients. ... 816 Views / 7 Replies  
Cocoa is only available to Mach-O clients.

But, there's both a Carbon framework for Mach-O clients and a Carbon PEF library for CFM clients. The API is available to either.
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 28, 2003 at 08:26 PM, in Developer Center
Technically ... CFM (Code Fragment Manager) is... 816 Views / 7 Replies  
Technically ... CFM (Code Fragment Manager) is the name of the runtime architecture. Its native file format is PEF. And if i recall correctly, "dyld" (dynamic link somethingorother) is the name of...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 28, 2003 at 02:29 PM, in Developer Center
Three-odd years ago: student. Past three-odd... 3,558 Views / 107 Replies  
Three-odd years ago: student.

Past three-odd years: software engineer at pretty visible, cool company. Code for Macs and that other platform, too.

In two weeks: student again! And has naught to...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 25, 2003 at 04:01 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Oh, ditto except for my being happy with the... 1,313 Views / 30 Replies  
Oh, ditto except for my being happy with the quality of AAC. I'm a snob that way.
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 25, 2003 at 03:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Ditto here. The other night I was switching... 1,313 Views / 30 Replies  
Ditto here. The other night I was switching between Amazon and iTunes while shopping for music. iTunes to hear samples of the albums, Amazon to actually buy them.

Except that I got impatient and...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 25, 2003 at 03:42 PM, in MacNN Lounge
The core audio driver is a single-client driver.... 743 Views / 4 Replies  
The core audio driver is a single-client driver. Meaning that only one app can output using the digi hardware at a time. And I believe the Finder is permanently prevented from being able to use it...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 23, 2003 at 08:04 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
As far as mastery goes ... two things: -... 950 Views / 11 Replies  
As far as mastery goes ... two things:

- Take a course or read a book or something on basic computer architecture. Learn how CPUs work, how caches work, pipelining, etc. You'll rarely need to know...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 14, 2003 at 02:27 AM, in Developer Center
:thumbsup: :D 950 Views / 11 Replies  
:thumbsup: :D
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 14, 2003 at 02:15 AM, in Developer Center
Oh right. One thing: CW's code completion is not... 925 Views / 7 Replies  
Oh right. One thing: CW's code completion is not so great. :(
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 10, 2003 at 07:54 PM, in Developer Center
LOL. :) The old-fashioned way, to be sure. ... 925 Views / 7 Replies  
LOL. :) The old-fashioned way, to be sure.

Actually, you can use interface builder bundles in C/C++ carbon apps without too much pain. Otherwise, and particularly for older apps, it's the old...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jul 10, 2003 at 06:22 PM, in Developer Center
Almost related ... I did a little reasearch... 1,158 Views / 31 Replies  
Almost related ... I did a little reasearch project as an undergrad to see if it appeared that speakers of tonal languages (actually I only tested speakers of Mandarin) were more likely to have...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jun 30, 2003 at 05:45 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Actually, that's pretty clever. :D (as in,... 3,228 Views / 25 Replies  
Actually, that's pretty clever. :D

(as in, the gaping maw of difference between people who got this thread and those who didn't? why, it's sarchasm.)
Posted by aleph_null, on Jun 29, 2003 at 02:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
a) yes. kinda a pain, but yes. b) Check out... 864 Views / 2 Replies  
a) yes. kinda a pain, but yes.

b) Check out the CFM_MachO_CFM sample code here (http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/Sample_Code/Runtime_Architecture.htm).
Posted by aleph_null, on Jun 19, 2003 at 12:53 PM, in Developer Center
Cynical interpretation: registration's... 976 Views / 18 Replies  
Cynical interpretation: registration's particularly low this year. Kind of understandable, really. Panther will be new and cool (I hope), but what new amazing APIs will be revealed that really...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jun 12, 2003 at 03:35 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Then there are the apostrophes and quotes and... 3,111 Views / 144 Replies  
Then there are the apostrophes and quotes and other punctuation.

Of course there's the "its"/"it's" idiocy ...

Question: when referring to a letter like, um ... "h" ... do you put the letter...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jun 6, 2003 at 01:58 PM, in MacNN Lounge
This and so much more documented at php.net... 637 Views / 4 Replies  
This and so much more documented at php.net (http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php). :)
Posted by aleph_null, on Jun 6, 2003 at 12:56 PM, in Developer Center
Thanks, guys. That's helpful. :) 694 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks, guys. That's helpful. :)
Posted by aleph_null, on Jun 6, 2003 at 12:53 PM, in Developer Center
no idea what to charge ... 694 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi

So pointers to other resources or "search the forums!" repsonses are fine, of course.

But I've a got a friend whose career in music is starting to take off. I did the original design for...
Posted by aleph_null, on Jun 3, 2003 at 08:19 PM, in Developer Center
fyi ... just borrowed someone's 15" PB adapter... 580 Views / 4 Replies  
fyi ... just borrowed someone's 15" PB adapter and my battery is charging. hopefully it's a bad adapter and not the power supply *in* the PB that makes adapters go bad ...
Posted by aleph_null, on May 20, 2003 at 01:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
my adapter decided to stop working just last... 580 Views / 4 Replies  
my adapter decided to stop working just last night.

grrr. my battery's running out of juice!
Posted by aleph_null, on May 20, 2003 at 01:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
yeah, particularly when it hasn't had its morning... 1,666 Views / 13 Replies  
yeah, particularly when it hasn't had its morning banana!


sorry: what's an APE?
Posted by aleph_null, on Apr 24, 2003 at 02:51 PM, in Developer Center
yeah. i was thinking of Quartz Debug. it has a... 1,666 Views / 13 Replies  
yeah. i was thinking of Quartz Debug. it has a list of every window managed by the window server and their owning processes. clearly there's *some* way to get that list. the calls are probably in the...
Posted by aleph_null, on Apr 23, 2003 at 10:23 PM, in Developer Center
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