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Homeopathy, the Test
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Prlwytzkofsky.
What better way to test a Wowza Media Server than by streaming one of my favorite documentaries? In BBC Horizon episode “Homeopathy, the Test”, the excellent science series instigates its very own scientific experiment, testing the efficacy of homeopathy.
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Story of Music in Cartoon
Posted on 05. Jul, 2009 by Prlwytzkofsky.
Salvaged in a recent raid on my parents attic were, among other things, my old friend squeak the mouse, an antique Märklin train, a dusty Playmobil hospital including nurses, doctor and patient & some old “Story of Music in Cartoon” comic books and records. Partly digitally reproduced below, if only for old times sake. .
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Windows XP on the XO
Posted on 01. May, 2009 by Prlwytzkofsky.
Well, not quite. The pictured green, cute laptop is in fact an OLPC running Debian, remotely connected to a windows XP machine. Great outdoors in spring & summer thanks to the XO’s sunlight readable display. Though forgoing MSWin altogether and sticking to Debian might not be a bad idea either.
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Twittered
Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by Prlwytzkofsky.
A small Flash application selectively consuming twitter posts, cobbled together on a Sunday afternoon while doing a little research into RESTful webservices. The app continuously searches Twitter for posts containing “I love” or “I hate” (inspired by the beautiful twistory site) using the AS3 G94 Circular Menu and Tweetr API.
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Kwizt!
Posted on 02. Apr, 2009 by Prlwytzkofsky.
Our pilot for the Kwizt project is nearing completion! For its backend the application makes use of Drupal, extensively building on the AMFPHP, Quiz and Services modules. The userinterface is 100% Flash Actionscript 3.0, smoothly bouncing elements up and down the stage thanks to GreenSocks libraries.
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Streaming Multiple YouTube Videos
Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by Prlwytzkofsky.
I must admit, after a few days without progress, I had to suspect it just wasn’t going to work. I couldn’t get Flash to stream more than one YouTube video at the same time.
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Flexible Flash
Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Prlwytzkofsky.
While searching for a Flash display manager I came upon the NpFlexLayout class on Blog.noPonies.com. It seemed just what I was looking for – except for an option to constrain the proportions of resizeable objects. Fortunately it proved easy to add a “keepRatio” option to the well documented NoPonies code.
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Red Jumping Brain
Posted on 07. Jan, 2009 by Prlwytzkofsky.
My Red Jumping Brain has arrived! I just couldn’t resist ordering this bright red resin model from Emilio Garcia at Lapolab. .
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Why so serious…
Posted on 02. Jan, 2009 by Prlwytzkofsky.
Ok, Louis Armstrong already knew: “Smile, and the whole world smiles with you“. But according to novel research such Happiness Power might reach further than even Satchmo would have expected.
