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Links for 2009-01-01 [Digg]

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Airplane-Punishing Test - Now thats freezing
Navigating an ice storm at 30,000 feet is bad. South Korea's Agency for Defense Development decided to find out just how bad. It built two 14,500-square-foot hangars that can subject planes to myriad atmospheric situations.http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-01/st_ice_jet

National Corn Growers Association uses Drupal

Jonathan Wagener — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:23:39 +0000

just seen the the National Corn Growers Association is using Drupal: http://www.ncga.com/

Awesome stop animation

Jonathan Wagener — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:34:49 +0000

What am I reading?

Jonathan Wagener — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:29:05 +0000

Well, I read The Hobbit a few weeks ago so now I need to hunt out the Lord of the Rings. It was my birthday today and my Grandparents gave me Pride & Prejudice so I am going to start that (getting some classical-ness to my intellect). I am also reading the Chronicles of Narnia, I finished the Voyage of the Dawn Treader last night so now i need to go to the bookshelf and dig out the next one.

I have also borrowed The Search from a friend, Noel Harrison (www.noelharrison.net), which is a very interesting book, you should read it.

anyway - just felt that i needed to write something.

Links for 2008-12-19 [Digg]

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

ClippyML - Copy/Paste browser
A copy/paste html browser. copy and paste html snippets into it and it will display the html for you.

Links for 2008-12-18 [Digg]

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

If programming languages were religions ...
C would be Judaism - it's old and restrictive, but most of the world is familiar with its laws and respects them. The catch is, you can't convert into it - you're either into it from the start, or you will think that it's insanity. Also, when things go wrong, many people are willing to blame the problems of the world on it.

If programming languages were religions ...

Jonathan Wagener — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:10:47 +0000

C would be Judaism - it's old and restrictive, but most of the world is familiar with its laws and respects them. The catch is, you can't convert into it - you're either into it from the start, or you will think that it's insanity. Also, when things go wrong, many people are willing to blame the problems of the world on it.

If programming languages were religions ...

Jonathan Wagener — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:10:47 +0000

If programming languages were religions ...

Jonathan Wagener — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:10:47 +0000

Redesign done, I think

Jonathan Wagener — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:26:44 +0000

Ok, I think that the redesign is now done, tell me what you think.

Redesign time

Jonathan Wagener — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:53:32 +0000

You probably noticed that there is something different about Espresso Online. If you havnt noticed yet then, perhaps, it's time for some spectacles :).

I am not done yet, so please do not moan too much, I will be done in a few weeks. In the meantime please tell me what you think, etc ...

Redesign time

Jonathan Wagener — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:53:32 +0000

You probably noticed that there is something different about Espresso Online. If you havnt noticed yet then, perhaps, it's time for some spectacles :).

I am not done yet, so please do not moan too much, I will be done in a few weeks. In the meantime please tell me what you think, etc ...

Ho Hum ...

Jonathan Wagener — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:48:08 +0000

Hmm, I feel like wasting time right now, I'm listening to Windows Weekly 85: Simple Not Easy. Its pretty cool, seems that while Windows 7 is really nice, yet there are gonna be a lot of difficulties. You had to relearn Vista, I havnt even updated to Vista yet - YAY - now you will have to relearn Window 7 too. How sad.

anyway, have a nice evening.

Links for 2008-11-29 [Digg]

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Custom PHP template engine ...
I wrote the beginnings of a template engine a few weeks ago and I am still working on it. It basically allows you to seperate design from logic by creating content keys. I have created it in PHP so it is usable by most people. :)

Custom PHP template engine ...

Jonathan Wagener — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:20:36 +0000

I wrote the beginnings of a template engine a few weeks ago and I am still working on it. It basically allows you to seperate design from logic by creating content keys. I have created it in PHP so it is usable by most people. :)

I know that a question that is probably floating around is, why did you do it? just use smarty. Yes, why did i do it? well i wanted to see how it worked and i found out. it was a fun learning experience, though there are quite a few things that it doesnt do.

Custom PHP template engine ...

Jonathan Wagener — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:20:36 +0000

Custom PHP template engine ...

Jonathan Wagener — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:20:36 +0000

Links for 2008-11-26 [Digg]

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

netcash debit order module for drupal
I am currently working on a Netcash (www.netcash.co.za) debit order module for drupal that will allow a user to fill in the debit order form online and it will then print the form in PDF format for the user to print and sign and then fax/email it back to the company who the website belongs to. This is the underlying idea of the module ...
Elders push on with efforts to aid Zimbabwe
Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and Graça Machel visited a church housing Zimbabwean refugees on Sunday as they continued efforts to ease Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis even though they were barred from entering the country.
Google Chrome Three Months Out
Shortly after Google’s new Webkit-based browser, called Chrome, hit the streets, we took a look at how many people were using it. Our first look at the early stats found that an impressive 4-5% of users were using Chrome a couple of days after launch. Perhaps not surprisingly.

Growing drupal communtiy in South Africa

Jonathan Wagener — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:49:44 +0000

I have recently become the administrator of a growing Drupal community in South Africa. You can also join at www.drupal.org.za or www.drupal.co.za.

The aim is to create a place for Drupal developers in South Africa to be able to communicate with each other as well as post jobs and stuff like that.

Growing drupal communtiy in South Africa

Jonathan Wagener — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:49:44 +0000

I have recently become the administrator of a growing Drupal community in South Africa. You can also join at www.drupal.org.za or www.drupal.co.za.

The aim is to create a place for Drupal developers in South Africa to be able to communicate with each other as well as post jobs and stuff like that.

Labs section removed for now

Jonathan Wagener — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:46:42 +0000

I have removed my labs apps from this site for now as I do not have time to fix them. I will, perhaps, add them back sometime when I have a moment.

Links for 2008-11-25 [Digg]

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

German traffic lights powered by Linux and real-time Java
A major European vendor of city-wide traffic management systems is porting its flagship traffic light controller to Linux and real-time Java.

netcash debit order module for drupal

Jonathan Wagener — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:40:47 +0000

Its been a long time since i posted an article, anyway i have been really busy on a large web application development and am still working on it. but i thought that it might be nice to say something every so often.

so what have i been doing? well, im working on this large project, i am also working on another site as well (i will post the urls and a little write up of what i did with them when i am done).

netcash debit order module for drupal

Jonathan Wagener — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:40:47 +0000

so what have i been doing? well, im working on this large project, i am also working on another site as well (i will post the urls and a little write up of what i did with them when i am done).

netcash debit order module for drupal

Jonathan Wagener — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:40:47 +0000

so what have i been doing? well, im working on this large project, i am also working on another site as well (i will post the urls and a little write up of what i did with them when i am done).

Links for 2008-11-21 [Digg]

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Time for Him to Go
Can I see a show of hands? How many people want George W. Bush out and Barack Obama in right now?

Authors wanted

Jonathan Wagener — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:02:04 +0000

Espresso online is starting a Features section and we are looking for authors to write feature areticles. This is not a paying job, but you will get an author block at the bottom of every post, where you can add your website URL.

We are also looking for people to interview - if you are an entrepreneur or programmer or just someone interested, we may interview you.

Please comment if you are interested and we will get back to you.