Category Archives: programming

What’s in the Mac OS X version of Silverlight 1.1 Alpha?

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Brian Jepson

I downloaded Silverlight 1.1 Alpha and poked around until I found out where the .NET stuff lives. Here’s what’s in the bundle: $ cd /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin/Contents/MacOS/ $ ls CoreCLR.bundle System.Core.dll IronPython.Modules.dll System.SilverLight.dll IronPython.dll System.Xml.Core.dll Microsoft.JScript.Compiler.dll System.dll Microsoft.JScript.Runtime.dll agclr.dll Microsoft.Scripting.SilverLight.dll agcore … Continue reading →

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Natural Language Game Programming with Inform 7

Posted on June 8, 2006 by Brian Jepson

Liza Daly: “If you are a COBOL fan, you will love this language, and if you are not, the main thing you should know is that Inform 7 does not suck. It can do real work in a novel way.”

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Not an attack, just some observations

Posted on January 4, 2006 by Brian Jepson

Tom Hoffman: Test-Driven Development: What a Pain in the Ass!

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The Mandelbrot Set in JavaScript

Posted on September 7, 2005 by Brian Jepson

Want to bring your browser to a grinding halt for anywhere between a few seconds and a minute? If you do, be sure to click here. (On my Mac, Opera is much faster than Firefox or Safari.) I drew on … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought on Mono and Patents

Posted on May 20, 2004 by Brian Jepson

Miguel de Icaza: “…take a step back, and for every instance of the word `Mono’ replace it with every major open source project today `gnu libc’, `linux kernel’, `Open Office’, `samba’, `x11′, `cairo’, `gtk+’, `qt’, `binutils’, `gcc’, gnome’, `qt’, `mozilla’, … Continue reading →

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MonoDevelop on Mac OS X

Posted on May 20, 2004 by Brian Jepson

These are rough notes, and due to the the moving target nature of everything, very likely to stop working at some point in the future. Install Fink. Configure Fink to use the unstable repository. Install mono, gtk-sharp, gecko-sharp, gtksourceview-sharp, and … Continue reading →

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SafariBox

Posted on April 20, 2004 by Brian Jepson

Jon Udell shows how to embed Safari search results in a web page.

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Best of Both Worlds

Posted on April 3, 2004 by Brian Jepson

Ted Neward: “it’s dual citizenship!”

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Changes at Sun

Posted on April 2, 2004 by Brian Jepson

Daniel Steinberg: “This could be a huge moment for Sun.”

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Mozilla as Killer Cross-Platform Component Platform

Posted on March 24, 2004 by Brian Jepson

Jon Udell: “Could InfoPath have been built on a Mozilla foundation instead? You bet. And the result wouldn’t just be a great Windows application. It would be a great application, period.” See also The Firefox Opportunity.

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