Archive for Hacking
Adobe Releases C/C++ To Flash Compiler
SnT2k writes “Adobe recently release the beta version of Alchemy which compiles C/C++ code into AS3 bytcode (which runs on AVM2) that can run on the Flash or Flex platform and boasts increased performance for computationally-intensive tasks (but still slower than native C/C++). It was demonstrated last year during the Chicago MAX 2007 to run Quake. A few months later it has been demonstrated to run a Python interpreter and Nintendo Emulator. One interesting tidbit is that the thing is built upon the open source LLVM Compiler Infrastructure.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Six Principles for Making New Things (Paul Graham)
Six Principles for Making New Things:
Here it is: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.
Mike Davidson: How To Keep Widgets From Slowing Down Sites: WEDJE
Mike Davidson: How To Keep Widgets From Slowing Down Sites: WEDJE: interesting trick.
The demo is convincing.
10 Linux Shell Tricks You Don’t Already Know. Really, we swear.
VentureCake » Blog Archive » 10 Linux Shell Tricks You Don’t Already Know. Really, we swear.: some new incantations to add to your Bash spell book.
