Hacker Public Radio Ep0179: Hack This Site Xoke talks about a legaltraining ground for hackers.
http://www.hackthissite.org/
September 04, 2008
Hacker Public Radio Ep0178: Google Chrome
download link
Here's a thread on the binrev forum all about Chrome:
http://www.binrev.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38885
All Games Considered AGC 85 August 30 2008 (GenCon and More) (1:14:12) With Mark Kinney, Carol, Ben Balestra, and the RPG Buffet. Polymancer is launching Paladin, a fantasy gaming magazine. Mark gushes about GenCon and some of his finds there. Carol sends in an interview with Andrew Peregrine from Cubicle 7 about Victoriana (apologies for the sound quality on that one), and Mark brings an interview with Mark Purvis and Andy Smith, brand managers of Magic: The Gathering about the upcoming Shards of Alara and a few other upcoming things. Ben sends his views on GenCon, and we continue catching up with the RPG Buffet and their look at the Marvel Universe RPG. Mark looks inside the box of the upcoming Formula D! The show's direction with the forthcoming GenCon material.
From Mags: One important addendum that our GM, John, forgot to mention when we recorded the segment:
A big feature of the Marvel Universe system that's stressed in the rules is that it can be played without a GM. A pair of players or even two teams can simply create characters and have a combat without the need for a GM to direct activities. So if players are simply looking for a combat session and not a full storyline with plot and character development, MURG gives them that option.
JULY 2008 RECIPE
The RPG Buffet had it's annual cookout this month, and Kae--who is not only learning to GM, but learning to cook--came up with a tasty fruit salad recipe for our dessert:
Peel and chop the oranges and limes, and wash and cap the strawberries. Toss together in a bowl and chill for at least an hour. Just before serving, peel and slice the bananas and toss with the rest of the fruit.
Optional Glaze: Mix 1/4 cup of water or orange juice with 1 tablespoon of honey. After adding the bananas, pour over fruit and toss gently.
Hacker Public Radio Ep0174: VIM is my IDE
Django:
This Week in Django
VIM
SnippetsEMU
Nerd tree
taglist
add to ~/.vimrc for shortcuts
Taglist shortcut line:
nnoremap :TlistToggle
NERDtree shortcut line:
nnoremap :NERDTree
Notes:
*.vba is a vimball file
open a .vba file and follow the instructions. once in the file type :so % and hit enter to run the .vba file. that should install the vim scripts into your ~/.vim directory. it's always a good idea to run the unzip or .vba files from the directory you want to install them into, as you may come across scripts in the future that assume that's were you are.
default Debian/Ubuntu setting file is here: /usr/share/vim/vim71/debian.vim
yours may be under vim70 or something else depending on your version
the global /etc/vim/vimrc runs the debian.vim file
SnippetsEMU notes:
open any SOMELANGUAGE_snippets.vim file to see examples of how to setup a snippet. once snippets are installed, open a file with vim and type a snippet phrase followed by hitting the key and the phrase should be replaced with the bits from the snippet file.
NERD tree notes:
normal vim keyboard keys work in the NERD tree window.
:NERDTree starts it
q from the NERDtree window quits
u for up a level
t for down a level (traverse)
:help NERDTree for extensive command help
Taglist notes:
normal vim keyboard keys work in the taglist window.
taglsits are cumulative, meaning that as you open different files in the same vim session taglist creates a new taglist tree for new files you edit.
:TlistOpen starts
:TlistToggle toggles between opening and closeing the taglist window
F1 for help
q quits/closes taglist window
Lodgeit Pastebin for VIM
NERDCommenter for VIM
easily comment out lines and blocks of text inside code for many languages
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1218
August 28, 2008
Hacker Public Radio Ep0173: Configuring Pulse Audio Klaatu and notJlindsay discuss Pulse Audio and how to configure it so it doesn't bork your system. One thing Klaatu fails to mention is that before you try any of this, you should just run whatever software updates may be available for your OS. Pulse configuration and compatability seems to be improving rapidly over time, so many thing may \"fix themselves\" by simply making sure your distro is up to date.
Wiki Article
the ogg version of this episode
Hacker Public Radio Ep0163: Circuit Bending HPR Circuit Bending
http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/5058_circuit-bending-audio.htm
http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/4432_circuit-bending.htm
Circuit bending is the creative, DIY (Do It Yourself) short-circuiting of electronic devices such as low voltage, battery-powered guitar effects, children's toys and small digital synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. Emphasizing spontaneity and randomness, the techniques of circuit bending have been commonly associated with noise music, though many more conventional contemporary musicians and musical groups have been known to experiment with \"bent\" instruments. Circuit benders remove the rear panel and connect circuits on a trial and error basis. More experienced benders use a soldering iron and add other components such as potentiometers, resistors or capacitors, which creates an even broader range of sounds.
August 13, 2008
Hacker Public Radio Ep0162: Webkit
Jza, Andymeows, and riddebox have a improvised discussion about an article in the
July issue of Linux Journal, called \"Using Webkit In Your Desktop Application.\" pg 54 - 58.
Linux Journal = www.linuxjournal.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebKit
What is webkit?
It has a LGPL license
Webkit is an open source application framework that provides
a foundation upon which to build a web browser.
It was originally
derived from the konqueror browser's khtml software library by Apple Inc. for use in Safari.
You can use Designer to create a nice gui and use the classes for QtWebKit inside it.
Which means that you can drag and drop forms and create the gui real fast.
The best part of QtWebKit is that you can pull stuff from the internet for you applications.
In the article they created an app that will download the pdf files from past issues for you. With a nice search feature for their website.
Examples of applications using Webkit:
Adium
Colloquy
MSN Messenger
Mac OS X's Dashboard
The IPhone uses it as well
August 12, 2008
All Games Considered AGC 84 August 12 2008 (Reviews and Looking Forward to GenCon) (1:11:54) With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Chris Pipinou. All back in studio at last! But what about the blender? Alcohol stories. What the crew has been up to. The Shocking Review is in: Robotech Shadow Chronicles (which Mark and Chris both talk about)! Carol talks about Eldritch. A disturbing amount of talk about Gnomes takes place. Mark interviews one of the creators, Dan Cross. GenCon talk, Twitter, and Gmail's brief fall. Mark, the Matrix Game Pimp. Good night, folks!
Hacker Public Radio Ep0160: DVgrab http://kenfallon.com/?p=51
http://torrez.us/archives/2007/05/14/530/
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-job-terminating/index.html