Writings and ramblings
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Wonderful null character
I recently programmed a lengthy piece of online software with PHP and JavaScript, utilizing server-side PHP/MySQL queries. But there was a problem that just popped out of nowhere – all but one data entry worked perfectly. This one…
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MacRuby and (too) persistent objects
If you’re starting with MacRuby and Xcode, you might stumble upon the same problem I did: If you deploy the project even once, those precompiled ruby object files (.rbo) stick to the deployment directory and you have to…
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Amplify multiple mp3s from command line
This is quite easy to do, actually, just another case of bad (or missing) documentation. First, get an ffmpeg binary. This can be done by either compiling it by yourself or googling for a ready compiled binary. If…
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HALion Symphonic Orchestra on OSX Lion
This page at Steinberg’s website claims that Halion Symphonic Orchestra won’t work on OSX Lion. It says “Plug-in not detected by host. No update planned but runs as VST Sound Instrument Set based on HALion Sonic on Lion.” Not…
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UBV Beach Volley 2011
I’m happy to announce the first version of UBV 2011 is now available for buying in the Mac App Store. Link to Mac App Store Here’s a short trailer:
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4 new tracks
Here’s some new music: Vector Strongly influenced by Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Vector HD1 Tried to capture the classic feeling of Vangelis’ Chariots of Fire. HD1 Bronze Tries to be like the stuff they play in saunas at Impuls+. Bronze…
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Javascript, Base64, PHP, UTF-8
I’m working on a small application that communicates through JavaScript to a PHP script, and usually the data contains text in UTF-8 format to make everything as compatible as possible. The text in UTF-8 format doesn’t go too…
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Xcode 4.0.2 and 4.1 distributed building
For some reason, the distributed building system in Xcode 4.x seems to be broken. You can search for distcc servers in your network, define them, turn on distributed building, but still it does everything on localhost. If you…
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OSX Wine Keyboard layout
This one applies at least to the OSX version of WINE. One good frontend is PlayOnMac, which, despite the name, also runs other software than just games. It is similar to WineBottler in many ways. Now on a…
