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WowPlot 0.2.4 (supporting 4.2 Combat Logs)

Here’s an update to WowPlot that supports Patch 4.2 Combat Logs with extended actor flags. A further update with Lion-specific features (fullscreen, auto-saving, …) is in the works as well.

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OS X Lion – Notes for Scientific Computing

No longer includes swig No longer includes openmpi Python 2.71 Binaries compiled as universal x86_64 and i386 (no more ppc)

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Obituary (WoW addon, Patch 4.2 compatible)

Here’s a another version of Obituary (which I have labelled 1.0.6) updated to work with World of Warcraft Patch 4.2 (“Firelands”) from Timewasted’s version on WoWInterface. It is not the same as the addon of the same name found on … Continue reading

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Obituary (WoW addon, Patch 4.1 compatible)

Here’s a version of Obituary (which I have labelled 1.0.5) updated to work with World of Warcraft Patch 4.1 from Timewasted’s version on WoWInterface. It is not the same as the addon of the same name found on Curse, but … Continue reading

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Dear iPhone Developer

I’m sure all your existing customers really appreciate the incremental upgrades and new features you’ve integrated into your app over time. What started out as a simple thing is now a veritable feature-fortress. But please, keep in mind the new-user-experience, … Continue reading

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time / Toki o Kakeru Shōjo

Great film. I regret not having seen it earlier (as I thought that it didn’t sound that interesting — I was wrong). Addendum: Summer Wars is also great.

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WowPlot 0.2.0 (for WoW 4.0.1)

I had some itching coding fingers again and thus added support for the new World of Warcraft Patch 4.0.1 changes to WowPlot. As usual, the direct download is here and the source is over at bitbucket. If a log from … Continue reading

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Marple

Update on my iPhone puzzle games post: There is actually a remake of the Palm OS game Hercule, and it is called Marple (Universal app for both iPhone and iPad). Shockingly, this post was made possible by the “Genius” app … Continue reading

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Zoë Keating – Into the Trees

Ever since I’d stumbled upon her live performance of Escape Artist for Wired, I’ve been looking forward to be able to actually buy the song. Now the album it’s on, called “Into the Trees”, is out. =) It’s full of … Continue reading

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bitbucket

I finally got around to a) updating my old WordPress-installation (after finding out spam-bots had already created custom folders on my installation) and b) uploading all my public code to bitbucket (as Mercurial repositories). That includes my wavelet image compression … Continue reading

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Joe Abercrombie – Best Served Cold

It’s as enjoyable as the “First Law” trilogy; he stills has that fascination for broken / crippled characters (but as every reviewer mentioned them it’s only natural he sticks to what’s been working) — and unsurprisingly this book is quite … Continue reading

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Regina Spektor – Far (+misc)

Piano-pop music (a bit similar to Ben Folds). Really like the album, but the incessant repetition of some of the lyrics goes on my nerves, as do the Hallelujahs. Stand-outs: Dance Anthem of the 80′s, Eet, The Calculation. Other music … Continue reading

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