Thursday, 10 July 2003

The Socket API in JXTA 2.0. Follow a step-by-step code example to learn about the new socket API in JXTA 2.0. [java.sun.com] For the day I find a use for JXTA... 11:44:05 PM

Table Tennis Reloaded. I'm sure they're making the rounds, but Scoble pointed out a really amusing video: table tennis, Matrix-style [windows media].  Here's another version for those that don't have the Windows Media option. [Matt Croydon::postneo] Wheeeeee 11:40:11 PM

HTMLarea in MovableType. Steven Noels points out HTMLarea, a nice JavaScript solution for editing HTML inside a Mozilla. I installed it on... [Ovidiu Predescu's Weblog] Hmmm. Tasty. 11:22:52 PM

Implementing Text Editors. Via Martin Spernau, two useful resources on writing text editors. The Craft of Text Editing appears to be the definitive work on the subject, and is a whole book made available online with permission from the publishers as it is no longer available in print. Writing a Simple Word Processor (PDF) is a more recent paper with excellent overviews of the data structures and algorithms used in modern editing widgets. [Simon Willison's Weblog] Schnarf 11:01:23 PM

Ultra Liberal Feed Parser. Mark Pilgrim has added support for the 7/1/03 snapshot of the format that shall not be called echo in his latest version of his now ultra-liberal feed parser: Handles RSS 0.9x, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Pie feeds You may now commence your consumption of pie/necho in Python.  Yum. [Matt Croydon::postneo] Hmmm. I might just port that to Java... 10:42:40 PM

Echo, the framework for developing object-oriented, event-driven Web applications, as opposed to the rss replacement project. I always get slightly dubious when someone says something along the lines of "a web app toolkit for those who don't want to know html, jsp or javascript." Pthhht. 10:36:30 PM

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