jerakeen.org

Generate PDF files from ruby. Very nice interface.

http://prawn.majesticseacreature.com/

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Ballistix Tracer memory features a black PCB, black integrated heat spreaders, and one or two rows of eight “chasing” red and green LEDs atop the module, circulating in a random pattern based on memory utilization. A custom-designed circuit relays bus activity to the LEDs, allowing them to accurately reflect usage of each memory module. In addition, eight blue ground effects LEDs emit a constant glow near the pins

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http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=BL...

It’s a tech demo in terms of length and content. But this tiny thing is a beautifully execyuted side-scrolling shooter, and certainly the closest thing to Rez I’ve seen on the iPhone so far. It’s also a really nice use of the touch screen - sweep a finger over the enemies to target, release to fire - whereas most apps I see are tending to treat the touch as merely a way of faking traditional controls. No! Look at Zelda on the DS for how touch should work. It’s also free. Go play it.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSof...

Via Simon Willison, it’s a python library that lets you mess around with XML documents in python, using language similar to that in jQuery. I’m intrigued that, just as JSON starts to get serious traction in APIs, my XML tools are getting good enough to almost keep parity in terms of convenience.

(later - I can’t get it to build. Curse these computer things)

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyquery

Google bookmarks doesn’t really have an API. Which is annoying. It doesn’t even seem to obey any of the many many Google authentication systems, so to use it I have to screen-scrape the login dialog.

However, it will serve all the bookmarks as a mozilla bookmarks html file, so I can write a script that pulls the bookmarks down to the local machine and puts them somewhere predicable, so I can use Launchbar to access them quickly. And I get a backup.

All in all, it’s not a bad solution to the ‘I want to put my bookmarks in the cloud’ problem I’ve been trying to solve recently.

http://lnkr.mobi/lnkr/google_bookmarks_api/