EVOL.reverse

• MDM Zinc - to create a serious application that involves file operations or Windows controllers like Media Player, IE, etc.
• Tweener class @ Google Code - for creating tweenings and other transitions. Support sequences.
• flexcoders @ Yahoo! Groups - discussion about developing Rich Internet Applications using Macromedia Flex.

..
 
Image photo = Image.FromFile("c:\banana.jpg");
PrintDocument printDoc = new PrintDocument();
printDoc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(printDoc_PrintPage);
printDoc.Print();
 
..
 
void printDoc_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
     Point ulCorner = new Point(100, 100);
     e.Graphics.DrawImage(photo, ulCorner);
     InsertText("OK");
}

Print Preview

PrintPreviewDialog dlg = new PrintPreviewDialog();
dlg.Document = printDoc;
dlg.ShowDialog();

Printer Settings Dialog

PrintDialog dlg = new PrintDialog();
dlg.Document = printDoc;
dlg.ShowDialog();
 
// If the result is OK then print the document.
if (result == DialogResult.OK)
{
    printDoc.Print();
}

Torta shows you where your disk space is being used. Its user interface is similar to that of the awesome program filelight. Unlike filelight, Torta does not need any graphical environment to run: it analyzes the file system directly and generates a Flash file that you can load locally or remotely on any Flash-supporting web browser.

Torta uses Gordon, a library that provides flash generation functionality.

Torta was created by Sergio García and runs in Common Lisp. It has been tested under SBCL, CMUCL and Clisp but it should run in any other implementation. It uses the standard du command-line tool and has been tested on Debian GNU/Linux as well as on Solaris.

http://wiki.freaks-unidos.net/torta

Zune Desktop Theme

Royale Noir: secret XP theme uncovered

I must have learned something from the first chapter of The Pragmatic Programmer by Dave Thomas (who’s probably better known these days for his contributions to the Ruby community through his publishing company and must-have book Programming Ruby) when I read it long ago. In that chapter, Dave’s 8th tip is to, “Invest Regulary in Your Knowledge Portfolio”. One of the ways he suggests doing so is to learn one new language a year. Well, this year I seem to be making up for years gone by, because I’ve been spending a lot of my extra time working with several different languages and their frameworks. This year, I’ve been working with – in order as of today – haXe, Flash Lite 1.1, Ruby, ActionScript 3.0, XUL, and the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. I’ve been working with their frameworks Ruby on Rails, Flex, and XULRunner.

All of these languages are tools to build the kind of software that I’m interested in building: software that’s fun to write, easy to distribute, a pleasure to use, useful, and affordable. For software to be distributed easily and a pleasure to use has to be universally available. And, to be universally available it needs to be truely cross-platform – cross-software and cross-hardware. It needs to work on win, mac, and nix and also in a browser, on a desktop, and on a palmtop. Today, the best format to make software universally available is the SWF format. It’s undeniable, more people have the Flash Player than any other piece of software .

It is, granted, worth noting that some feel like traditional Java, non-traditional Java, Python, Ruby, .NET, and the Mozilla Foundation’s XUL are also acceptable tools to make available software, and depending on the goal, they’re correct. In many cases, these technologies can even enhance a SWF’s funcionality. For example, it’s possible to use Mozilla’s XULRunner as a desktop wrapper for SWFs, or if you’re really smart, to do what Rich Kilmer did and write a SWF view to a Ruby controller and Berkeley DB model. Rich gave me and Luke a sneak peak at his indi product at RailsConf, and we were blown away. The product is a great idea, and it’s built on an extremely smart and interesting architecture. Get indi when it’s available.

Invest regularly in your knowledge portfolio.

in asserttrue.com

http://www.project-hoshimi.com/

Tools:
Project Hoshimi 2007 SDK link
Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 link
C# Template link
Microsoft Visual Studio Express/Pro

O album mais recente dos “The Gift” é uma agradável supressa. Apesar de serem músicas já conhecidas, os novos arranjos e alguns pormenores fazem com este album seja mesmo muito bom.

“You and I know
You and I try
You and I ran
Leaving old stories far behind

And it feels good
And it’s so warm
Having those eyes
Playing with me, myself and I…”

A pergunta do referendo é se concorda com a despenalização do aborto quando feito por opção da mulher até às 10 semanas.

Eu vou votar Sim porque concordo com a despenalização do aborto. Não concordo que o aborto seja feito por uma opção meramente de “vontade” e acho que isso acontece hoje em dia. Irá acontecer mais se a lei for mudada? Não acho, uma vez que as mulheres quando querem abortar não ligam à lei. Podia argumentar-se que isso deve-se ao facto de a lei não estar a ser cumprida mas se isso acontece é porque não há acusações ou porque as pessoas recorrem a abortos clandestinos ou no estrangeiro.

O que está em causa é saber se queremos penalizar as mulheres que por opção abortarem até às 10 semanas. Eu não quero que elas sejam penalizadas ou incriminadas. Eu queria que elas, se não tivessem uma razão muito válida para recorrer ao aborto, não o fizessem. Mas isso não vai acontecer por causa do aborto clandestino e pela possibilidade de ir ao estrangeiro recorrer ao aborto. E não vai acontecer quer o resultado do referendo seja uma maioria do Sim ou do Não. Por isso o que há a fazer é votar Sim, para que quem realmente precisa de abortar o possa fazer em condições e sem medo da suposta “justiça”.

Será que há alguém que precise mesmo de abortar e cuja situação não se encontre já na lei? Isso não interessa! Quem quer abortar aborta e não há nada que ninguém possa fazer quanto a isso. Por isso vamos antes acabar com clandestinidade e com as mulheres a porem em risco a sua vida.