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When I published Yael , which is basically a set of .Net open source image filters class library, I tried testing that on several linux platforms using Mono. back than Mono was somewhere around the 1.2 version and trying to run several gdi related core lib calls crashed down Mono. recently , with the announcement of the completion of Mono's 2.0 api I've decided to revisit this test. Another aspect that i've tested didn't go so well so I was a bit pessimistic. Short: The YAEL example (which is included with the class library content) and other filters tests I've ran worked out perfectly. which means that YAEL can now be used on linux platforms as well.. And here is the result Long: Here is how to do this, this is also helpful...

My shop has been using Subversion for a number of years. It is a reliable tool and works well for our team. One area that Subversion could handle better is tracking merge information. Our team is always working on multiple feature branches and merging those changes back into the main line of development. The current merge support works fine (most of the time), but doesn't handle complex situations well. Subversion 1.5 begins to improve this with "Merge tracking" support. From the Release Notes : Merge tracking means Subversion keeps track of what changes have been merged where. This reduces the overhead involved in maintaining branches, and gives users a way to inquire what changes are merged — or are available to be merged — on...

I have been using Shoutcast for a long time. And each and every time had to do the same stuff if i wanted to get details such as song title, current listener etc. So i decided to write a simple class library to make things easier. What you have to do in order to be able to use this library is to find out the exact url of your stream. Let's say that it is : http://mydomain.com:8000 Then at the end you add /admin.cgi?mode=viewxml&pass=YOURADMINPASS. So the url becomes http://mydomain.com:8000/admin.cgi?mode=viewxml&pass=YOURADMINPASS Where YOURADMINPASS is the pass that you use to connect to the server. You pass the url to the constructor and you are ready to get the details! Below is an example. Replace StreamServerURL with yours...

It's been a while, I've had to work on other stuff for the last 2 or so months which has rendered me with no time. That's the excuses out of the way... Not much added in this release I would simply point you to the release page for more details. A friend of mine Luca ( translated to english ) has joined the project now and will be helping to shape 0.6 and beyond - welcome Luca!! Download DSA 0.5 Read More...

WUX315 - PHP on Windows: Not an Oxymoron! Session Day/Time: 6/6/2008 10:15AM-11:30AM Room: S230 A Is it a well kept secret? From Microsoft Internet Information Services, to AJAX, to Microsoft .NET, Windows is a viable platform for your existing PHP based applications. In this session, see how to configure PHP on Windows for performance and reliability and how you can take PHP applications to the next level by leveraging .NET and Windows. WUX314 - AJAX Programming with the Microsoft AJAX Technologies Session Day/Time: 6/5/2008 4:30PM-5:45PM Room: S320 C Microsoft AJAX Developer technologies are a collection of offerings that make AJAX programming slick and productive, but have you wrapped your head around all the pieces? This session provides...

Finally I found a permanent home for geoTwitter where you can check out the Alpha 0.1 and of course follow me at Twitter. To stay up to date with GeoTwitter news subscribe to the feed . GeoTwitter is being hosted by Hostingfest , a extremely cheap yet good hoster. I can't believe they are still there. GeoTwitter is open source and the project can be found here . I have received already quite a lot of feedback, even bad feedback was actually good for me. Just to answer your questions: The GeoRSS feed will allow you to use any map viewer, supporting GeoRSS to see where are your friends. You can use Google Maps and copy and paste the url provided by GeoTwitter I added the What are you doing and where are you questions on the main screen. Login...

This post is part of a series about GeoTwitter and GeoRSS . I was in my spare time developing a proof of concept called GeoTwitter , after gathering all requirements I decide it to make the project open source, this way other people can help me finishing it as well as other developers can benefit of the work I've done. I'm looking for a hoster right now to add the latest of GeoTwitter so if you go to the website http://geotwitter.net and does not work, means that I am between moving it again. Because is an open source I want to deploy it with SQL Express so the developer can move it into SQL 2005 or any other database. Not many hosters support SQL Express. As well I already spend my allowance this year in gadgets and a new computer....

If you're like me, you want a particular piece of code in your particular language. For example, a lot of people want the Club Starter Kit 2.0, 3.0 in C# since it has been written in VB. Me being the lazy open source developer that doesn't get paid :), I keep delaying the CSK conversion to C# because of my personal stuff. Then I was thinking, what if it were a part of the build process? Then I wouldn't have to go through the arbitrary process of converting a whole application to another language for a release that I will most likely be changing. Before I go ahead and implement this myself, I was wondering if anyone out in the community has done this sort of thing before? I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard, what with the CruiseControl...

I've said it all before in recent posts, but here it is again - CPUSS is a framework that allows you to design and analyse CPU scheduling algorithms. Download CPUSS 1.0 There is a tonne of stuff in CPUSS! Most of which is not exposed by the report generation tool (CPUSSRG). Using the CPUSS API  you can look at very atomic stats of each and every process that was in the simulation, events for process start, completion, preemption, and resuming. Download CPUSS 1.0 You can use CPUSS to analyse your won custom algorithms very easily, go to the download page of CPUSS 1.0 and grab the PDF file that explains how to do it, and the API document is quite comprehensive. Download CPUSS 1.0 If you are interested in scheduling algorithm (strategy...

--better late than never-- Back in December I participated in a recording of the .NET Rocks! Show with Carl and Richard. The topic was a discussion panel on Open Source. Here is the url for the page: http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=296 Show #296 | 12/6/2007 (77 minutes) Open Source Panel Discussion at DevTeach, Vancouver Carl and Richard host a panel discussion on open source software at the DevTeach developer conference in Vancouver, BC. Panelists: Rod Paddock, Shaun Walker, Rob Chartier, and Sara Ford. Read More...