http://www.sjhannah.com/blog Adventures in the development and promotion of open source software, and other ramblings... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:18:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just discovered this wonderful tool which uses Webkit for generating PDFs. Now generating a PDF from a Web app is just that much easier. http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/wiki/Usage http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=170 Click Here To View Virtual TourPowered by: ClassifiedFlyerAds.com http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=169 I have an iPhone with a pretty good data plan through Rogers (6 gigs/mo for $30). No complaints. I generally use under 100 megs per month. I recently bought an iPad but didn’t want to spring for the 3G version because they are trying to make us ... http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=168 I’ve been playing around with iPhone and iPad web app development for the past week or so (I’m working up to building a native app, as there are benefits to playing both sides of the field here). Given my familiarity with jQuery, I felt inclined to try out ... http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=167 The internet has no shortage of pundits complaining loudly about the iPad’s extensive use of DRM (digital rights management). They say that the device is “crippled” by DRM and that it is a giant step backward for the software freedom movement. I’ll concede that it is a step ... http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=166 Just picked up an iPad today and am very impressed - not only by its potential for changing the world, but for its immediate utility. Here are just a few things that I notice after playing with it for 4 or 5 hours: 1. When reading, scrolling down a page ... http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=165 I just finished reading “You are not a Gadget - A manifesto” by Jaron Lanier, and I do recommend it for anyone who is interested in the future of our society and how it will include technology. The real meat of this book lies in its middle section ... http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=164 This article confirms my fears after noting that Apple hadn’t updated its downloads in over a month. The Apple Downloads section was my bread and butter for advertising new releases of my Mac software. Since apple discontinued its download section, my sales have taken a significant hit. This section ... http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=163 I have recently rediscovered the joy of programming in Java for desktop Applications. Mac OS X provides a perfect deployment system for Java applications since Java 1.6 comes standard, so you don’t have to worry about directing your users to download Java for your applications to work. What’s ... http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=162 I had a recent discussion with a friend who holds some radical views on certain topics. I address 3 specific claims that he made during our discussion. Claim 1: Roads are completely funded by gas taxes This claim is really neither here nor there. I believe claims such as ... http://www.sjhannah.com/blog/?p=160