Code

New 1.2 release of EasyMercurial

March 15, 2012May 24, 2012 Chris Cannam

At the SoundSoftware project we've just released a new version of EasyMercurial, our user interface for the Mercurial version control system. This release has one change that I think is quite interesting—we've removed one of the five big buttons that used to occupy the main toolbar. It turned out that the meaning of the "Refresh"… Continue reading New 1.2 release of EasyMercurial

Computers

At last, a PC with a decent screen resolution

March 7, 2012May 24, 2012 Chris Cannam

Pity it's so small! I've been longing to see a resolution as good as 2048x1536 on a flat-panel 14" laptop or 19" desktop screen. Clearly it was possible, but it never arrived. Perhaps that's because the one company that seems to take an interest in these things nowadays (Apple) has a desktop operating system that… Continue reading At last, a PC with a decent screen resolution

Code

Spare us humans from XML

March 6, 2012May 24, 2012 Chris Cannam7 Comments

XML appeared in 1996, was refined during 1997, and was standardised in 1998. I remember a lot of excitement about it at the time, from managers who imagined it would solve all their data portability problems. I was conscious of some of this enthusiasm before I really looked at the format. When I did, I… Continue reading Spare us humans from XML

Code

Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 4

March 6, 2012May 24, 2012 Chris Cannam

In this series... Introduction, outlining the general steps from starting with a C++ library to being able to build and run simple tests on some JNI wrappers; Part 1, in which I design some simple Java classes and generate the stub wrapper code; Part 2, in which I add just enough of the implementation to… Continue reading Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 4

America

A dot com is an American domain

February 29, 2012May 24, 2012 Chris Cannam

"Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign Registrar on behalf of US Authorities" (via Daring Fireball) — a gambling site based outside the US, using a .com domain registered by a non-US registrar, has had its domain seized by US authorities after prosecutors in Maryland asked Verisign, who control the top-level .com nameservers, to hand… Continue reading A dot com is an American domain