Archive for October, 2009

Functional programming library for JavaScript

31st October 2009 by eamonn No Comments

Underscore.js
functional programming library for JavaScript
(tags: programming library javascript code web)

Publishing is going to be disrupted by new technology, probably in unforeseen ways.

27th October 2009 by eamonn No Comments

Richard Eoin Nash – The Blog: The Emergent Landscape, or, The Continuous Permanent Reinvention of Publishing
Publishing is going to be disrupted by new technology, probably in unforeseen ways.
(tags: publishing books)

How to make native-looking mobile web apps that can get location information and respond to the accelerometer.

12th October 2009 by eamonn No Comments

PhoneGap | Cross platform mobile framework
How to make native-looking mobile web apps that can get location information and respond to the accelerometer.
(tags: programming web2.0 javascript library web ajax css)

Getting free maps of Turkey for a Garmin

10th October 2009 by eamonn No Comments

Maps of Turkey | Maps 'n Trails – free maps for Garmin GPS, Tools and more
Maps of Turkey that can be downloaded to a Garmin
(tags: travel mapping)

Re: Garmin IMG files on SD devices
How to name Garmin .img map files on an SD card so that they are recognized by the garmin
(tags: travel mapping)

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The jodconverter Java library is handy for converting office document formats

9th October 2009 by eamonn No Comments

jodconverter – a nice simple Java API for converting office document formats
I plan to use this to automatically convert Microsoft Word files into OpenOffice Writer files which I can than process using XML tools.
(tags: java library)

EPUB Electronic Book Format

3rd October 2009 by eamonn No Comments

MobileRead Wiki – EPUB
Another guide to the ePub format, this one with some more details of the XHTML subset.
(tags: reference books publishing)

Epub Format Construction Guide – HXA7241 – 2007
Nice concise guide for how to create electronic books in epub format.
(tags: tutorial reference publishing guide)

IDPF Standards :: Index
Some handy resources on the epub electronic book format.
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Advice on how to scale images in Java

1st October 2009 by eamonn No Comments

The Perils of Image.getScaledInstance() | Java.net
Advice on how to scale images in Java
(tags: programming tutorial java graphics imaging scaling)