Improve Your Documentation with Generated Directory Listings (XHTML/Text)
It's a small streamlined tool for this single task. It operates a bit different than Linux's and Windows' tree commands. (Well, Windows' tree command... more »
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On the Quest for Better Screencasts
Exploration of subtitles and seeking via transcripts for a more accessible web.
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Java 4k Game Competition 2008 is Over
"Only" 21 games this time, but boy there was some awesome stuff this year. The official scoring is over here: http://java4k.com/overall.html
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StringBuilder vs StringBuffer vs String.concat - done right
This is how "StringBuffer Or String For Concatenations?" should have been like. I even managed to figure out some less well known details.
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Snap Sun decision launches Java at iPhone (and iTouch)
Less than a day after Apple unveiled its much-discussed iPhone SDK, Sun Microsystems has told the world it will build a Java Virtual Machine for Steve... more »
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Live.com's Referrer Spam Has Left Me In Despair!
What it says on the tin, really. Comes with some nice diagrams and statistics.
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GNU Source-highlight 2.9
This new version comes with added support for C, properties, KDE desktop and ini files, lsm, rpm spec, and haXe - which ramps the total number of... more »
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The Year the Web Stood Stupid
Outlines the bad decisions of the past and the issues we'll have to deal with in the future. A lot went wrong with HTML/CSS. While the markup part can... more »
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Never-ending Shuffled Sequences - When Random is too Random
An in-depth article about random's pitfalls and an (easy to port) solution. Take a look if your game is too random for your taste. It also comes with... more »
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EeePC - Tile Size Considerations
Lists the usable overlapping grid sizes of the current EeePC and the rumored 1024x600 version. Also outlines the aspect ratio differences and what can... more »
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Code Evaluating IRC Bots and the Quine Attack Vector
How I found the issue, how it can be fixed, what Quines are, and how this specific Quine works in detail. If you've never written a Quine, try it.... more »
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How to Configure Apache to Serve SVG/SVGZ the Right Way
Explains how to set the correct headers via .htaccess or httpd.conf/mime.types.
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Java Version Penetration (November 2007)
A snapshot of Java's version penetration. Take a look if you aren't sure which version to use for you next applet.
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Firefox - :first-child, :only-child, and :last-child Broken Since 2001
While these pseudo classes appear to work they are in fact known to be broken since 2001. Hardly news, but it was a shocking surprise for me.
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10 Bits of Feedback for Google's Android SDK - Slick and First Impressions
The article outlines the ups and downs of porting huge portions of the Slick renderer (a lwjgl based 2d game lib) over to the Android SDK.
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A New Can of Worms - SVG as Website Graphics
A proof of concept layout which utilizes Opera 9.5's new SVG features (using SVG via background-image and <img/>). A firm grasp on CSS and basic... more »
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Internet Explorer is Most Likely Intentionally Broken
A tinfoil-hat-tastic IE rant. Or: this is what happens if you have to redo the layout 4 times in a row.
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Delayed Applet Loading
3 different methods (and their side-effects) to load applets at some later point. This avoids the unwanted VM startup surprise, which most visitors... more »
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