Raphaël: Vector Drawing JavaScript Library
by dgen on Sep.01, 2010, under development, javascript
Dmitry Baranovskiy and his team have released another version of Raphaël, an excellent javascript vector drawing library.
“Raphaël is a small JavaScript library that should simplify your work with vector graphics on the web. If you want to create your own specific chart or image crop and rotate widget, for example, you can achieve it simply and easily with this library.”
For more information, visit the Raphaël website: http://raphaeljs.com/
For an amazing demonstration of its animation features, visit: http://raphaeljs.com/animation.html
One of my first chests
by dgen on Aug.23, 2010, under Woodwork
Pine cone wood burning on front of chest
Fabric Lining for inside, in addition to the brass inline rear hinge
a rear shot of the completed treasure chest
Rasmus Lerdorf Discusses PHP Performance
by dgen on Aug.05, 2010, under PHP, development
For all the PHP tech heads out there, here is a fascinating and insightful presentation by Rasmus on PHP Performance and the identification of Bottlenecks. He mentions some really cool tools such as HipHop and Siege.
Thanks steve for sharing this link with me!
“After a quick overview of some of the new features in PHP 5.3, he gives us a detailed and practical look into PHP performance pitfalls. He walks us step by step through the tools and techniques to optimize an application, showing us some remarkable improvements in the performance and throughput of WordPress installation. You can view the slides online here.”
The Ghosts of World War II’s Past (20 photos) – My Modern Metropolis
by dgen on Aug.04, 2010, under Society
What a moving and original concept by Sergey Larenkov! These pictures are amazing
“Taking old World War II photos, Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov carefully photoshops them over more recent shots to make the past come alive. Not only do we get to experience places like Berlin, Prague, and Vienna in ways we could have never imagined, more importantly, we are able to appreciate our shared history in a whole new and unbelievably meaningful way.”
The Ghosts of World War II's Past
Cities on Speed
by dgen on Jul.29, 2010, under Society, YouTube
From what I have seen of the trailer this looks to be a fascinating movie to see. These behaviours, attitudes and conditions are felt not only in these megacities, but also in smaller cities on a relative scale. I hope you found it as intriguing as I did!
New Tool Reveals Internet Passwords
by dgen on Jul.02, 2010, under Security, internet, technology
Mike lennon writes:
“A Russian software company today released a password cracking tool that instantly reveals cached passwords to Web sites in Microsoft Internet Explorer, mailbox and identity passwords in all versions of Microsoft Outlook Express, Outlook, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail.”
For the full length article go to:
http://www.securityweek.com/new-tool-reveals-internet-passwords
Google Urged To Let Personal Data Fade Away
by dgen on Jun.18, 2010, under internet, technology
Andrew Donoghue from eWeek Europe UK Writes:
“Rather than amassing personal data and holding on to it as long as legally possible, companies such as Google should allow the data to degrade over time, according to researchers.
In an interview with the BBC this week, Dutch researcher Harold van Heerde discussed his work on the idea of allowing data to becomes less specific over time. Letting the specifics gradually disappear could protect consumer privacy while also meeting the needs of service providers, he said.”
For the full article please visit:
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/google-urged-to-let-let-personal-data-fade-away-7794
ExtJS Designer Preview
by dgen on Oct.22, 2009, under development
From the depths of the Official ExtJS Blog, Aaron Conran has recently posted the first previews of the ExtJS Designer.
With features such as:
- Duplicating Components
- Transforming Components
- Undo/Redo
- Configuration Searching
- Auto Updating
- Screenshots
the interface is definately looking pretty slick! Checkout the screencast below, for a quick preview of as many features they were able to cram in
How to create a space ( ) using the DOM
by dgen on Sep.01, 2009, under development, javascript
This is a problem which stumped me when I first started to experiment with creating elements dynamically. A couple of simple methods I have found to work are:
document.createTextNode(String.fromCharCode(160))
or the Unicode equivalent:
document.createTextNode(‘\u00a0‘)
Hope this has been able to solve many a headache!
Fixed positioning for IE7
by dgen on Aug.19, 2009, under CSS, development
Let me begin by simply stating that it would be so much easier if everyone stuck to the standards and played nice!
With the release of IE7, came a semi-adherence to CSS standards and finally acknowledgement of fixed positioning. so why does it not work when I specify position:fixed; within my css? well, this is a problem that continues to annoy me but is easily overcome.
The problem lies within the doctype as specified by your HTML Page. Simply specify (the strict mode equivalent should also allow for fixed positioning):
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN”
“http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd”>
and it should rectify the problem 
For further information on element position from a microsoft point of view, visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533005%28VS.85%29.aspx
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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