Thanks to the DorkbotPDX blog I found my way onto the website of this year’s IndieWebCamp, which took place in Portland June 25 & 26. Although I was saddened that I wasn’t in town for it, the projects that ended up being developed by the camp immediately grabbed my interest. Although I had never been [...]
Tagged addon, browser, email, facebook, open source, project, social, webAfter getting GPSDrive running on OS X I started looking into different sources for maps. The GPSDrive wiki has a couple of interesting pages about this: one on creating maps and one on map sources. The second page pointed me to the LibreMap Project which has a complete collection of USGS 1:24000 (large scale) topographic maps for the [...]
Tagged free, gdal, gps, maps, open source, program, Programming, Python, script, SoftwareAfter getting GPSd to compile on OS X, I set my sights on GPSDrive, an open source navigation and map viewing program. When I posted about GPS a couple years ago, I installed GPSDrive, using the version from Fink. However, the latest version of GPSDrive on Fink nowadays is 2.08pre12, while the latest stable release [...]
Tagged bug, cli, command line, gps, open source, program, SoftwareNeal Stephenson’s novel Cryptonomicon is a fascinating book; I’m re-reading it for the umpteenth time and loving it every bit as much as when I first read it in 7th grade. One thing that caught my attention on this reading (especially in light of my recent GPS post) is the way that one of the main [...]
Tagged API, cli, command line, email, gps, Mail.app, program, Programming, Python, script, Software, thunderbirdIt’s been almost 2 and half years since I originally posted about GPSd and OS X. That post got quite a bit of traffic for a while, but a whole lot has changed since then. If you’re interested in some in-depth background information, you should check out the old post; this post is mostly about [...]
Tagged bug, cli, command line, gps, open source, program, SoftwareRecently I was having a pretty frustrating issue viewing Grooveshark in Chrome — it would only load a blank, white page. This had me tearing my hair out, and Google was no help at all; there seemed to be a handful of people posting about this problem, but their posts didn’t offer any solutions. I [...]
Tagged browser, bug, chrome, grooveshark, help, SSLDisclaimer: This article is for informational purposes, the author shall not be held liable for any actions taken on the basis of the information presented. I do not condone fraud, theft, or other malfeasance. In September 2010, Hans Viksler posted an article about the insecurity of the stored-value smart card system used by Web Laundry (now [...]
Tagged laundry, script, security, smart card, stored valueSo my current project (outside of massive amounts of school work) is building a large, bright, RGB LED display for my college’s weekend-long end-of-year party. I’ve got three of these strips from DealExtreme, which have 30 RGB LEDs in separable strips of three LEDs. That makes for a total of 30 RGB dots, which is [...]
Tagged display, diy, Electronics, LED, Programming, project, RainbowduinoI was delving into some simple PHP coding for the first time in a while, and was having trouble getting a form to submit when I pressed enter. Googling was ineffective, and only seemed to come up with javascript approaches, which I wanted to avoid. However, this StackOverflow question suggested the answer: add a hidefocus=”true” [...]
Tagged browser, form, hint, html, scriptHave you ever had one of those days when you bought a keyboard for no good reason? Well I did the other day, and ended up with an “Irocks Chocolate Key Style Slim Keyboard for Pc with Elegant Body”. It felt like a steal — I got it $12.99 with free two day shipping. It [...]
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