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Mambo #8 Mile

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:47:00 +0200

I found this little gem on YouTube, brilliant! :)

Mambo #8 Mile

Found through a MTV Mash Up search.

Daily Wisdom

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:26:00 +0200

Rain is nature's way of pressing F5.

Javascript array annoyance from database results

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:02:00 +0200

A common thing done in webdevelopment is using data from a database.
In your average PHP code you'd just do a while( list( ,$val ) = each( $dbResult ) ) loop, maintaining the correct order for the query results.

Now for the twist!

If you want to quite literally use your query result, an array of rows with their associated fields and values, in Javascript you can't really convert that one-to-one.

So, what's the solution?

Simple!You make an array and a function to add the rows to your result!
Unfortunately, you can not just add it automatically to the array, so you need some kind of loop.

Here's an example:
[quote]
function newRow ( id, value )
{
this.id = id;
this.value = value;
}

var myTable = new Array();

myTable[0] = new newRow( 1, "User1" );
myTable[1] = new newRow( 2, "User2" );
[/quote]

You can generate that list quite easily in any programming language and/or templating engine and you can use it to feed it to all of your functions as well.
Because it's based on objects, you get to use entry.name too!

Sesamestreet kru reprazent yoh!

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:37:00 +0200

Colore - Templates?

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:43:00 +0200

As some of you might know, I've been working on a project called Colore.

Colore is basically a framework for Rapid Application Development (RAD).

Colore does so, by allowing the developer (from a functional point of view) to specify contexts in which a request/event will be executed and being able to "attach" code and variables to these contexts.

After test driving developing with Colore a bit, I've realized I made an error in how I was developing.

Although Colore was giving me all of the flexibility I needed, I was still stuck in my old design patterns. Kinda like having the latest hardware and still running a very old operating system.

What I intended to do with Colore was make things easier, but I screwed up myself by using way too complicated templates.

I'm now going to rewrite some of the templates for my hosting control panel to have 1 template per target, where possible, instead of sticky taping everything together at run-time.

Heroic Marathon

Fri, 02 May 2008 09:44:00 +0200

A colleague of mine plays WoW too.

He had told me about this "little" marathon they had done a few weeks ago.

It entailed doing all the instances found in WoW on heroic level in one go.

If you play WoW, you know what I mean, if you don't, well, it's crazy :)

Here's his blog post, which features a Youtube vid too go with it :)

New T-Shirt!

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:37:00 +0200

My lovely girlfriend got this in Amsterdam for me!

I love it already! :)

Warsow

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:08:00 +0200

Okay, what if you had a nice team of tech savvy gamers, who felt the need for a game with a strong community foundation and aimed for eSports?

Most likely it would look something like Warsow.

It's still a game in progress, but to me it comes across as being a sort of cartoonesque game.

I can't really describe it that well, but from what I've seen, it might get very interesting in the future and it's already interesting in this phase!

As Warsow is meant to be free in terms of beer, I can only suggest to start downloading it and judge for yourself! :)

New assignment!

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:44:00 +0200

As some of you know, I'm working in the consultancy business.

What does it exactly mean?

Well, in most of the countries in the world that would mean that you are hired directly for a short period, or maybe longer.
Here, in the Netherlands, we have the same system, but we also have the version where you are actually employed by a consultancy company and you get assigned to a job at a customer of that company.
That's basically what I've been doing since the start of November.

I started off half way through November at one of the technical universities here in the Netherlands, which lasted until the middle of March.

Then I got a call for a new placement, if I wanted to work for the Firewall team for a large financial institution, a bank, in Rotterdam.

After having had some time to recuperate from the previous job, I started on the 26th of March.

I can only say, it's true what they say about banks!

Like any financial institution, they have plenty of rules to abide by and add the size of the company and you'll end up with some bureaucracy.
But the people who work there are usually sticking to the company, because all-in-all it's a really nice place to work.

So far, I've enjoyed it quite a lot!

Just my little update for the work front :)

WoW Live Signature Generator

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:17:00 +0200

Okay, I've had this for some time now, but I figured I might as well do a post about it!

To make this interesting for the general public, I'll explain a bit about it.
(Just press the Read more link.)

For the WoW geeks, here's a short explanation:
It automatically displays your stats based on which class and spec you play.
For instance, for PvP it displays your Resilience, for PvE DPS it displays your (Spell) Hit Rating and tanks will have all of their vital stats.

You can find the signature generator on WoWLiveSigThe creators of World of Warcraft have put up a little thing called the armory,
The armory basically shows you stuff about the characters in the game.
Those of you familiar with role-playing in general will recognize stats like agility, intellect, stamina and strength.

So, back to the armory.

If you use a modern browser which supports XSL, the armory just returns XML with a reference to the XSL files to render it.

I decided to write a tool to parse the info and display some of the stats available.

But, alas, there are plenty of those around...
So, I decided to do something special!

In WoW, you can choose a class to play and you can choose a role (talents) for your char, so in one case you can be a healer, someone who does damage (commonly called DPS) or someone who makes sure all the monsters (mobs) keep focussed on them so others can damage that mob (tank).
Each role has specific statistics to indicate what their "strength" is.

My signature generator does exactly that and does it fully automatically!

It's a fun way to do some stuff with XML parsing, image generation (using GD) and handling a large variety of information to choose from! :)

Colore Framework

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:40:00 +0200

As some of my friends know, I've been working on a framework to enable developers to develop applications in a more efficient manner.

Okay, I know this sounds mostly as sales talk, so let me explain.

Originally, I felt the need for a framework to be able to execute certain logic based on events, for instance.

To make this more specific, I'm working on control panel like software to use on the server I'm running.
When I started programming, I ran into the problem most programmer are familiar with; when you need to handle a specific request,
you need to figure out which pieces of logic you need to execute in order to properly handle the request.

My framework, going by the working name of Colore, aims to exactly address that issue.

When looking at things, you could make a flowchart based on the logic executed to handle a specific request.

The main aim of Colore is to define the specific aspects of that workflow, define them and allowing the developer (who could even be lacking technical knowledge) to define the separate workflows therefor not having the burden of having to write code which executes the specific code, but rather just get the code executed.

The main reason for abstracting this into a standard rather than a complete implementation is because my friend Eecolor is rather interested in the whole concept as well...
But he "hates" PHP :P

So, I'm developing an implementation while writing the standard at the same time and, yes, making it open source.

The Simpsons - Who would you cast for a movie with real people?

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:34:00 +0200

I recently started to use StumbleUpon and today I stumbled upon a page where the author of that site made a list of actors whom he'd use for a "live" Simpsons movie/show.

The page in question and as a bonus a nice YouTube video to go with that.

Welcome

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:11:00 +0200

Welcome to my renewed site!

At least it's gotten a more up-to-date look :)