Oracle JavaFX to go open source and support more platforms
According to The Register, JavaFX will soon become available for Android and iOS. This is part of a plan to make the language free and open source. Opening up JavaFX should dramatically increase its adoption.
Urban Moth, Camden January 2013
An update from an Urban Moth member: "Here's a link to a video of our opening number at Camden earlier this month".
Lytro light-field photography
A story on Slashdot drew me towards light-field photography. Various examples of what can be done can be found.
POV-Ray animation, transparent web graphics tutorial
Here you will find a complete, worked, end-to-end tutorial for building your own transparent (with alpha channel) animated ray-traced graphics on your web site. The intention is to use a process without any manual steps so that the animation build is completely automated.
For the impatient, download and unpack the supplied TGZ file and run make then view torus-150x120.html in your web browser.
Exclusive interview with Urban Moth
An exclusive interview with the band Urban Moth, who recently played at the Dublin Castle in Camden, is now available at Helen's Office.
POV-Ray transparent graphics
I have been looking at creating and improving this site's POV-Ray generated graphics.
I have already added an alpha channel. Next, in order to display the favicon better in higher definition displays, I will need to store multiple resolutions in the icon file. Also, use of jitter and radiosity may improve the result.
Web animation with alpha channel
This is probably old now, but I have started (once again) to look at embedding an animation with an alpha channel (transparency) into a web page. I really need to use the PNG format, but need something that is cross-platform, mobile, and friendly in the absence of JavaScript.
Build your own car software
According to Slashdot you may soon be able to develop software for your Ford or Vauxhall/Opel car. This could be exciting news but as yet it is not known what constraints will be in place or whether you are permitted to independently develop software for your own vehicle.
Chelmsford winter beer festival 2013
The dates have been set for the Chelmsford winter beer festival 2013. It starts at 5pm on Wednesday 20th of February and finishes at 11pm on Saturday 23rd February. This year the event will be held at King Edward VI Grammar School, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3SX.
Please read on or see the official CAMRA site for further information.
SSL – is it broken?
Following a further security certificate breach, is it time to accept that the SSL ecosystem is broken?
SSL is responsible for many things such as to
- encrypt information to prevent snooping;
- prevent the replay of packets;
- authenticate the server, and
- authenticate the client.