If you use the extended version of the Livetr Theme (the one with Gravatars), you might have noticed that the Gravatars don’t quite look so nice since they’re compressed into a smaller image size. Below follows a JavaScript snippet which you could use to make the Gravatar pop out of the page when hovered over.
I knew that the GPL was a viral license, but never knew it could cause delusional fevers.
I don’t have to justify posting this, right?
Recently, or more specifically the last week, there have been some major issues with the website ranging from performance to the website being inaccessible. My apologies for this and I’ve been assured by my host that these issues will be resolved soon.
But regardless of what my host may claim, I’m looking for yet another spot to host this website since downtime isn’t really my thing (see the image to the right for how I’ve been feeling about this). One week of miserable ups and downs is enough to make me set my sights to something else. If you know a reliable host that won’t cost me an arm and a leg, let me know by sending me an email (contact AT scriptionary DOT com) or posting a comment to this post. I’ll do endorsement/trade deals too if you’d like.
I’m happy to announce that the “Direct3D, OpenGL and XNA Fieldguide” is back and improved. The article outlines the pros and cons of the major graphics APIs available and should be a useful reference in the back of every beginner graphics programmer’s mind.
I thought it might be a good idea to include an article on bitwise operators in C since many Graphics APIs use bitwise operators for flags, etc. So I did, although it requires some additional content expansion. Check it out here.
While reading Betsy Aoki’s blog I stumbled upon her post about Gotdotnet being dead. I’m not crying about it, I barely knew that site, but when you go to the old URL you’ll be presented with what seems to be Microsoft’s implementation of a resource dump: the MSDN Code Gallery — which is pretty neat.
Sure, there are only 4 C++ related things so far but if you’re a .NET programmer this site is pretty nifty, it even allows you to post your own snippets or host your own discussion. Of course there’s a huge license you’ll have to obey to and you have to donate your firstborn to Microsoft before posting anything… but that’s besides the point 
NVIDIA has decided to publish the acclaimed GPU Gems book on their website, free of charge. Go to the NVIDIA website to read it. Did I mention it was free? Its free.
