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Flurry: Mobile Application Analytics

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:46:26 +0100

Open Cubic Player (OpenCP) on Mac OS X

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0100

Wow, I just installed Open Cupic Player on my Mac! It’s nice to use this classic program on a new system after more than, what, maybe 10 years? Its module playback routine imho is one of the best ever written, I prefer it to the one in Milkytracker.

Unfortunately it misses a bunch of features the original had (graphical screens etc), but the experience is still cool.

It was ported to several systems from the original DOS platform, grab it for yours, too!

Pixel Perfection: Showcase of Inspired Pixel Art

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:19:26 +0100

Pixel Perfection: Showcase of Inspired Pixel Art

2D Drawing in OpenGL

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:44:47 +0100

2D Drawing in OpenGL:

How to set up 2D projection in OpenGL.

Solarized - Precision colors for machines and people

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:40:25 +0100

Solarized - Precision colors for machines and people:

In the making for Xcode!

iPhone OpenGL Speed Tip – Turn Off Thumb Instructions

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:03:23 +0100

iPhone OpenGL Speed Tip – Turn Off Thumb Instructions

atMonitor

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:01:53 +0100

atMonitor:

Mac OS X System Monitor and Process Explorer Tool

Wow, I’ve been a long-time MenuMeters user, but today I found something similar, but at least as cool app called atMonitor. I was particularly looking for a GPU-usage monitor, and this baby can do it and much, much more. And you know what? It’s free! The developer(s) definitely deserve some donation/support.

How to convert an integer to a hexadecimal string in C++

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:58:00 +0100

int number = 42;
stringstream ss;
ss << hex << number;
// now ss.str(), which is a string, contains "2a"

The Ultimate Indie Game Developer Resource List

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:39:40 +0100

The Ultimate Indie Game Developer Resource List

How to mix C and C++

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:18:40 +0100

How to mix C and C++

Basic Interactive Logic Design Elements

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:56:05 +0100

Basic Interactive Logic Design Elements

BIN to ISO on Mac OS X

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:28:56 +0100

Are you looking for a free, open-source program to convert your BIN file(s) to ISO? Look no further, here’s binchunker to the rescue!

http://he.fi/bchunk/

The linked site contains the source code, but if you’re interested in a version (1.2) compiled for Mac OS X (Intel), then grab it from here.

Setting Mac OS X font smoothing to light

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:21:00 +0200

defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 1

Online Color Scheme Designer

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:08:08 +0200

Online Color Scheme Designer

VBinDiff — Visual Binary Diff

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:01:42 +0200

VBinDiff — Visual Binary Diff:

VBinDiff (Visual Binary Diff) displays files in hexadecimal and ASCII (or EBCDIC). It can also display two files at once, and highlight the differences between them.

Awesome!

mda VST plug-in source codes

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:06:29 +0200

mda VST plug-in source codes

Blender 3D: Noob to Pro

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:19:06 +0200

Blender 3D: Noob to Pro:

sumitpaul: A documentary about open source tools: “Hello...

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:05:31 +0200

sumitpaul:

A documentary about open source tools: “Hello World”

Minimalistic Processing.js online IDE

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:01:00 +0200

Minimalistic Processing.js online IDE:

Awesome!

Flower - made in Processing

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:43:00 +0200

Move mouse over the image to change parameters

You can download the binaries (Mac/Win) as well as the sources here.

source: (not so polished, but you get the idea)

int halfw;
int halfh;

void setup()
{
  size(480,350);
  halfw = width/2;
  halfh = height/2;
  smooth();
}

float d = 0.0;
float PICONST = 2 * PI / 380;

void draw()
{
  float szirom = 10;
  float mouseXconst = (mouseX/(float)width);
  background(0);
  int i=0;
  while(i<380*4*mouseXconst)
  {
    float t = i*PICONST/4/mouseXconst;
    float sint = sin(t);
    float cost = cos(t);

    int r = cos(t*1)*128+128;
    int g = sin(t*3)*128+128;
    int b = sin(t*2)*128+128;
    stroke(r,g,b,128);
    
    float originx = halfw+sint*50;
    float originy = halfh+cost*50;
    float destx = halfw+sint*halfh*0.85;
    float desty = halfh+cost*halfh*0.85;
    
    float sziromConst = t*szirom+d;
    float finalx = destx + sin(sziromConst) * 20;
    float finaly = desty + cos(sziromConst) * 20;

    line(originx, originy, finalx, finaly);
    i++;
  } // while
  
  d += (mouseY/(float)height)*0.5 - 0.25;
}