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Anyone remember Color cycling from the 90s? This was a technology often used in 8-bit video games of the era, to achieve interesting visual effects by cycling (shifting) the color palette. Back then video cards could only render 256 colors at a time, so a palette of selected colors was used. But the programmer could change this palette at will, and all the onscreen colors would instantly change to match. It was fast, and took virtually no memory. Thus began the era of color cycling.

This demo is an implementation of a full 8-bit color cycling engine, rendered into an HTML5 Canvas in real-time. I am using 35 of Mark's original 640×480 pixel masterpieces which you can explore, and I added some ambient environmental soundtracks to match. Please enjoy, and the source code is free for you to use in your own projects (download links at the bottom of the article).

Useful utility to create htaccess redirect rules interactively.

Among other things:

* Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.

* In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the civil war.

* Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.

We all underestimate our ability to massively change our life when it's gone off track.

If you’re an iPhone Dev, and you’re not using Twitter, you really should be.
Whatever else Twitter may be, it is a wonderful, anarchic repository for random bits of incredibly useful information. A good habit to get into is marking useful tidbits as favourites so that you can come back to them later.

Making tools to create & edit game levels.

Have you ever thought “I wish there was a way to click a link in an email and launch my app…” Well there is, through the magic of custom app URLs. The basic idea is this: register a custom URL protocol with the iPhone, and if someone clicks a link with that protocol on that device, it will launch your app. But wait, there’s more: because it’s a URL, you can pass parameters into the app on launch.

This is what I'm trying for in my new place.

One of the coolest portfolios I've ever seen.

AppleScript to import from Things to OmniFocus

Applications running on devices with large displays (iPhone 4 and iPad) may want to render at a lower resolution than the devices' native resolution for better performance.

Kids Are Heroes and Niles Technology Group are leading the way in developing unique programs and products to help students become effective social entrepreneurs. By teaching the virtue of helping others, while at the same time helping schools be their best, Kids Are Heroes and Niles Technology Group are paving a new way for students to make a mark on their world.

Biggest non-story ever. I love how the right wingers get their panties in a bunch over a non-issue like this yet they completely ignore all of Bush's illegal acts.