links for 2009-02-25

  • MobilED Server is a set of mobile services targeted for mobile learners. MobilED is Open Source.

    The current version of the MobilED platform offers Audio Wiki. The prototype makes it possible to use MediaWiki server as the Content Management System of your audio information system.

    (tags: mobile wiki)
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links for 2009-02-23

  • I wanted to show a full screen animation that lasts 2 seconds, at 15 FPS that is a total of 30 PNG images of size 480×320. This example implements an animation oriented view controller that simply waits to read the PNG image data for a frame until it is needed. Instead of alllocating many megabytes, this class run in about a half a meg of memory with about a 5% CPU utilization.
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links for 2009-02-20

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links for 2009-02-18

  • I’m a big fan of wikis and MediaWiki is my flavour. It’s a rock solid platform and has never let me down. I’ve picked up lots of best practices, patterns, tips & tricks and little hacks over the past few years and I’ll be sharing them with you over the next few months on this blog. There’s no better place to start things rolling than with a list of my favourite extensions. Extensions are what bring the MediaWiki to life and really allow you to take control of your Wiki conten
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links for 2009-02-10

  • It couldn't be any easier or more versatile: Just stick a few centimetres of the 19mm (3⁄4") wide patented magnetic tape to the back of your photos, posters, calendars, etc. and a matching piece on the wall, the sloped ceiling, the fridge door, office cupboard, memo board, etc. The tape strips will stick to each other magnetically. And can be just as easily taken off again.
  • Not just questions! Report problems and bugs, share ideas and get feedback, or just talk and give your opinion.
  • vlc4iphone is a port of VideoLAN VLC media player's source code to the iPhone and iPod Touch. This port was developed by ZodTTD. The initial intention of this port was/is to allow for less restrictions on formats played on the iPhone and iPod Touch, allow playback of media without syncing to iTunes, and streaming audio and video over HTTP/MMS/RTSP.
    (tags: iphone)
  • More than 10,000 works in Yiddish are now available online. The Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library, a joint project between the National Yiddish Book Center and the Internet Archive, has gone live.

    The collection currently features what could be more than half the works ever published in the language, making them available for download in a variety of formats. The project started scanning titles 10 years ago after being launched by a major grant to the Yiddish Book Center from Spielberg’s Righteous Persons Foundation, which the director established to help support a flourshing Jewish community after his experience making Schindler’s List.

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