I've developed a comic shop management system totally out of free software (LAMP). It does subscriptions, cycle sheets, reordering and more and works with off the shelf bar code scanners.
The next version is being written now based on Google Gears for offline use and performance reasons.
It's web-based, uses Perl and SQLite on the backend and Google Gears on the browser to improve performance and network load. Check out http://www.hijinxcomics.com/software
I think this will have a great impact on the park. The old Letterman Hospital that it's replacing was both an eyesore and an environmental hazard. The only sleazy part I've heard about the deal is that it exempts Lucas from any city taxes, as the park is not officially part of San Francisco.
dan shahin hijinx comics The World's Greatest Comic Book Store!
I know because I used to hang work with his ex-roommate and hung out with them occasionally. He was always working on easy ways to share music over HTTP. I find it funny that they took away his developer kit, he probably gets it comped to him since he is an Apple employee. Hell of a nice guy and a great programmer to boot.
Dan Shahin Hijinx Comics The World's Greatest Comic Book Store!
I quit my job as a Perl programmer for a promising startup in order to buy the comic book store I worked at as a kid. I'm working twice as much for half the pay, but I'm happier than I've ever been. I'm using all the things I learned as a systems administrator, release engineer and programmer to create a complete inventory solution for the unique problems of a comic book shop.
I worked for some big names and some not so big ones, but now when I call the boss an idiot, I know what I'm talking about.
dan shahin hijinx comics 2050 Lincoln Ave San Jose, CA 95125 (408) 266-1103 dan@wackyhijinx.com
>Uhhh....does _anyone_ do professional digital video production on a linux box? (Hint: no.)
Uhhh... that's kind of the point of my post. If quicktime tools were available, then people might use linux for professional video production. That could be bad for apple's share.
"A journey of a thousand miles", and all that...
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A buddy of mine was recently hired onto the streaming quicktime team at apple. When I asked him about QT for linux, he told me the team had it working months ago, but Jobs killed it.
Seems that quicktime is the feature that keeps Macs on the forefront of digital video production. To port it to linux would eat into Apple's niche market position.
that's great if you think that all BSD code is perfect and wouldn't benefit from the level of cooperative improvement that the GPL mandates.
That isn't to say there's tons of great mature BSD code out there that doesn't need to be re-written. I don't doubt the quality of the their TCP/IP code or anything, but might not even it stand improvement? I'm not qualified to say...
or at least the FSF approved licenses.
BSD code is very attractive to businesses for precisely this reason. People want to leverage free software without giving anything back. The best way to fight is to put out high-quality killer apps under the GPL. Then, if companies want to incorporate it, they have to play ball.
Application service providers stand to reap real revenues from the current trends manifesting themselves. While individual users may be reticent to pay for services, businesses are more than willing to pay subscription costs for services, if they stand to save money by eliminating support and administration costs. Shouldn't company email, scheduling, and helpdesk just be web apps that don't require client-side maintenance?
..but I'm a little freaked out by this. Does this mean that there is no place outside, not under cover, that is considered private? What if I like to walk around butt nekkid in my backard, watering the azaleas? Don't I have the right to do so without fear of being on Hard Copy?
Steve Jackson always made my favorite games. Car Wars was and is my all-time favorite rpg. The simplicity of the system made it extremely enjoyable. Does anyone know if Car Wars still survives in some form? Seems to me like that is what games like Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8 really SHOULD be.
but the business model for Sony is not to make money selling the consoles, but to make up for the loss through licensing revenue. Seems to work pretty well for them...
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I've developed a comic shop management system totally out of free software (LAMP). It does subscriptions, cycle sheets, reordering and more and works with off the shelf bar code scanners.
The next version is being written now based on Google Gears for offline use and performance reasons.
Check it out : http://www.hijinxcomics.com/
It's all GPL code, and I run instances as a hosted service for shops around the country.
dan shahin
Hijinx Comics
www.hijinxcomics.com
www.comicbookshelf.com
It's web-based, uses Perl and SQLite on the backend and Google Gears on the browser to improve performance and network load. Check out http://www.hijinxcomics.com/software
dan shahin
Hijinx Comics
And a network is just a group of connected computers.
Find and support your local shop with the Comic Shop Locator Service
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I think this will have a great impact on the park. The old Letterman Hospital that it's replacing was both an eyesore and an environmental hazard. The only sleazy part I've heard about the deal is that it exempts Lucas from any city taxes, as the park is not officially part of San Francisco.
dan shahin
hijinx comics
The World's Greatest Comic Book Store!
I know because I used to hang work with his ex-roommate and hung out with them occasionally. He was always working on easy ways to share music over HTTP. I find it funny that they took away his developer kit, he probably gets it comped to him since he is an Apple employee. Hell of a nice guy and a great programmer to boot.
Dan Shahin
Hijinx Comics
The World's Greatest Comic Book Store!
I quit my job as a Perl programmer for a promising startup in order to buy the comic book store I worked at as a kid. I'm working twice as much for half the pay, but I'm happier than I've ever been. I'm using all the things I learned as a systems administrator, release engineer and programmer to create a complete inventory solution for the unique problems of a comic book shop.
I worked for some big names and some not so big ones, but now when I call the boss an idiot, I know what I'm talking about.
dan shahin
hijinx comics
2050 Lincoln Ave
San Jose, CA 95125
(408) 266-1103
dan@wackyhijinx.com
might I suggest
cplay? It's a great curses interface that sits on top of mpg123.
It's written in python, and is nice and lightweight, yet full-featured.
dan shahin
hijinx comics
2050 Lincoln Ave
San Jose, CA 95125
While it's not an RPG, I'd love to hear his take on the game mechanics of the new wave of table games. Guess I'll have to write him.
If an editor can't spare two seconds to proofread their postings, why should I spend even one second reading it?
Nobody seems to mention that their sdk is freely available, including a cross-compiler, all under linux right
here.
Seems like the ideal pda for the linux hacker who want to develop custom apps on a Free platform.
>Uhhh....does _anyone_ do professional digital video production on a linux box? (Hint: no.)
Uhhh... that's kind of the point of my post. If quicktime tools were available, then people might use linux for professional video production. That could be bad for apple's share.
"A journey of a thousand miles", and all that...
A buddy of mine was recently hired onto the streaming quicktime team at apple. When I asked him about QT for linux, he told me the team had it working months ago, but Jobs killed it.
Seems that quicktime is the feature that keeps Macs on the forefront of digital video production. To port it to linux would eat into Apple's niche market position.
...or possibly hitchiker's guide to the kernel?
That isn't to say there's tons of great mature BSD code out there that doesn't need to be re-written. I don't doubt the quality of the their TCP/IP code or anything, but might not even it stand improvement? I'm not qualified to say...
> It isn't about Mine, Mine, Mine! at all.
You're right, it's about Ours, Ours, Ours!
or at least the FSF approved licenses.
BSD code is very attractive to businesses for precisely this reason. People want to leverage free software without giving anything back. The best way to fight is to put out high-quality killer apps under the GPL. Then, if companies want to incorporate it, they have to play ball.
I can't believe this post got modded up to 5 Insightful, but it never should have.
seems like blatant trolling to me...
It goes into much more depth than the movie, and has been released in it's original black&white format.
It will be over 1000 pages when done. Buy yours today!! d$hahin
Application service providers stand to reap real revenues from the current trends manifesting themselves. While individual users may be reticent to pay for services, businesses are more than willing to pay subscription costs for services, if they stand to save money by eliminating support and administration costs.
Shouldn't company email, scheduling, and helpdesk just be web apps that don't require client-side maintenance?
...or does this graphic come straight out of the old 3d car game spectre?
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http://www.demo.cs.brandeis.edu/golem/simulator
..but I'm a little freaked out by this. Does this mean that there is no place outside, not under cover, that is considered private? What if I like to walk around butt nekkid in my backard, watering the azaleas? Don't I have the right to do so without fear of being on Hard Copy?
dshahin
Steve Jackson always made my favorite games. Car Wars was and is my all-time favorite rpg. The simplicity of the system made it extremely enjoyable. Does anyone know if Car Wars still survives in some form? Seems to me like that is what games like Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8 really SHOULD be.
dshahin
therefore I nominate Eric Allman.
I took a class (on Sendmail, natch) at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, and his was the best of the bunch I went to.
Beyond that, his is one of the earliest, and most interesting approaches to integrating open source development and commercial distribution methods.
d$hahin
I mean, who HASN'T hade some piece of their email delivered through sendmail?
maybe not...
but the business model for Sony is not to make money selling the consoles, but to make up for the loss through licensing revenue. Seems to work pretty well for them...