Beautiful Indie Game Trailer
I know this doesn’t really fit into the general theme of this site, but I thought this was really cool and wanted to share it anyway. Not much else to say, so enjoy!
23
Jan
2009
20
Jan
2009
Workaround for Ubuntu 8.10 mouse bug
Ubuntu 8.10 has a massive bug in the xorg window code at the moment. Originally reported in November when 8.10 shipped, the lack of action on this is kind of unusual for the generally excellent Linux community.
However I’ve worked out a minimally intrusive hacktastic workaround.
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14
Jan
2009
ActiveRecord.js, new JavaScript ORM
Aptana has released ActiveRecord.js, an open source object relational mapper (ORM) that supports multiple JavaScript environments, including: Google Gears, In Memory (if no SQL server is available on the client), Adobe AIR (client-side persistence) and on the server-side SQLite and MySQL (via Aptana Jaxer, the open source Ajax server).
www.activerecordjs.org
06
Jan
2009
Installing Aptana Jaxer on Ubuntu
It's much easier than you'd think!
It’s been a while since I’ve written about Jaxer, and it’s a shame, because there’s been a lot of major changes over the past several months. Anyway, I’ve been getting back into server-side javascript hacking, and found myself needing to get Jaxer up and running on a local dev server (and subsequently this one). You could also always work with Jaxer in Aptana’s cloud, where you’d get all the benefits of Jaxer integration with Aptana Studio and deployment workflows (SVN, staging, production, and just plain awesomeness) if you don’t want to (or need to) install Jaxer yourself. However, my needs (and presumably yours) required me to go down this route.
So, before we get started, let’s go over the list of prerequisites and assumptions:
- You’re on Ubuntu 8.04 (newer versions should work the same as well)
- You’ve got Apache installed (via aptitude, or you will have to adjust paths accordingly)
- You’ve got root access to your server
That’s about it. MySQL is also good to have, but not required. Last thing before we start: many of the steps outlined here came from this site, which was contributed by a Jaxer user at Aptana’s forums. Right, let’s get busy… Read the rest of this entry »
04
Jan
2009
Top 7 Fonts Used In Graphic Design
Came across this perusing the web… great round-up of the fonts most commonly used by professional designers. Check it out over at Jacob Cass’s site:
Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design
