davazp/jscl · GitHub. Wow, impressive. A Common Lisp that runs as a REPL in the browser. What's exciting about it is how complete it is - after a (defun anton (a b) (+ a b)) I directly did a (disassemble #'anton) without any problems and it gave me the generated JavaScript code. Other constructs from the CL world also work smoothly. Definitely worth keeping an eye on, could become exciting (e.g. a JSCL on Node.js?).
Archive April 2013
Here's what I considered worth reading over the course of the week and didn't want to link separately, collected and uncommented.
What I consider worth reading over the course of the week and did not want to link separately, collected here and uncommented.
Chathead Basics « Piwaï.info. If you're wondering how these Chatheads in the Facebook Messenger work, here's the explanation. There is a special permission that allows you to draw over other windows.
What I considered worth reading during the week and did not want to link separately, collected here and uncommented.
- Paul Khuong: Starting to hack on SBCL
- China's Executed as Mass Organ Donors
- Complaint from the competition at the EU: Google rivals fight against Android
- Panasonic System Camera: Lumix GF6 with Near Field Communication and WLAN
- Tips On Printing With PLA
- The International Space Center Uses Loads of Nikon Gear to Capture These Beautiful Images
- The Novo is As Small as a GoPro But Takes C Mount Lenses
- UPDATED: BlackMagic’s Pocket Cinema Camera is Native Micro Four Thirds Mount, Tiny, Shoots RAW
3D Printing with Nylon 618 filament in Tie-Dye colours. Very cool. I think that's something I could try when my printer is here. Just pre-color the filament and then print with it.
LiveCode Community Edition Overview | RunRev. Yep, it's out. GPL3 version of LiveCode. And yes, all target systems are included - OSX, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. And they've streamlined it too, the DMG is significantly smaller than the one from the last release (ok, many of the missing things are things that belong to the commercial parts, but still). And it really looks nice, sure, the language is wild, but hey, it's a much better GUI Builder than anything currently delivered with Android tools.
lein-droid Wiki. I'm playing around with alternatives to raw Android Java programming again, and this could be an interesting candidate as you can play with Clojure.
Here's what I found worth reading this week, collected and uncommented:
Tiny Tiny RSS Tutorial – Part 1: Installation & Configuration › Michael Sonntag. And for those who want to take a look at Tiny Tiny RSS, here is a nice description of the installation and usage, including integration into a blog and Android app.
Tiny Tiny RSS is my current favorite RSS feed reader after the Google Reader debacle, after I also looked into Feedly and others. The problem: I want to access the same database on my desktop and mobile device. And cross-platform. But unfortunately, all RSS readers are now going in different directions. Some go with Feedly, others with Feedbin, and yet others throw in the towel (like the Goodnews programmer). So I need something I can somewhat trust - and what could be closer than self-hosted open source software? Tiny-Tiny-RSS even has an official Android app, which is also open source (but can also be purchased as a paid version to support it). For iOS, I'll use the mobile interface for now, as I don't have an active iOS device in use at the moment, and on the desktop, I use the web environment, which is surprisingly usable. Let's see how it all works after some longer operation, but it looks good for now.