Rich Ajax slide shows with DHTML and XML

Rich Ajax slide shows with DHTML and XML

If the Web 2.0 revolution has one buzzword, it’s Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax). The client-side interactivity in applications such as Google Maps™ mapping service and Gmail™ webmail service make Ajax both exciting and useful. The technologies of Ajax, including Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), JavaScript coding, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), XML, and asynchronous Web requests, can create far more compelling Web interactions than those we saw in Web V1.0. Of course, these technologies have been around since Microsoft® Internet Explorer® V4, but only recently have other high-profile applications displayed the benefits.

How difficult is Ajax to implement? Each element of the Ajax model is relatively easy to learn. But the trick is blending all the elements into a seamless experience. Often that problem is compounded, because different individuals do the client-side and server-side coding. This article shows how just one person can write a small Ajax-based slide viewing application in a couple of hours.

Slide shows with Ajax

Personal image-management applications such as Apple® iPhoto® on the Macintosh® have popularized the slide show view. In a slide show, the images appear in a timed sequence, with images fading in and out. In addition, the images are moved and zoomed in what has become known as the “Ken Burns Effect.”

In this example, I have the browser download a list of images from the server. Then, I use that list of images to compose a slide show using Dynamic HTML (DHTML). I animate the images with random slow moves, zooms, and fades to give a pleasing version of the Ken Burns Effect without having to download Macromedia® Flash or any other heavyweight animation tools.

Oblomovka: haiku processor

Oblomovka
haiku discovers “Found Haiku”(a trademark of Don Marti, as seen at headline haiku) in plain text files.

This code was written partly as a test of the new generators in Python2.2. I’ll try and backport it to something a bit less cutting edge one day.

Full details in the README. Source is here. Some example output below.

(I’ve been having great fun running it on incoming spam.)

% haiku /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL # dump everything

verbatim copies
of this license document,
but changing it is

but changing it is
not allowed. Preamble The
licenses for most

software are designed
to take away your freedom
to share and change it.

By contrast, the GNU
General Public License
is intended to

it is not allowed.
Preamble The licenses
for most software are

^C

Airoscript WEP cracking script

daouid – Airoscript WEP cracking script
In five automatic steps you can now use aireplay-ng and companions without the pain of entering MAC addresses manually. (Check out the video!
7 minutes to crack a WEP network without interacting with a client. It worths it!
* First step is detection of targets.
* In the second step you choose desired target and client.
* Step three launches the appropriate attack according to your desire.
* Step four tries to find WEP key using aircrack-ng.
* And step five configures your network interface to allow you to connect to target once WEP key has been found.

XTech 2007: The Ubiquitous Web

XTech 2007: The Ubiquitous Web — XTech

XTech 2007 is the premier European conference for developers, information designers and managers working with web and standards-based technologies. XTech brings together the worlds of web development, open source, semantic web and open standards.

The theme for this year’s conference is “The Ubiquitous Web”. As the web reaches further into our lives, we will consider the increasing ubiquity of connectivity, what it means for real world objects to connect to the web, and the increasing blurring of the lines between virtual worlds and our own.

The technologies underpinning these developments include mobile devices, RFID, ultra-wideband, Second Life, location-aware services, Google Earth and more. The issues surrounding them include privacy, intellectual property, activism, politics, regulation and standards.

XTech is comprised of four thematic tracks:

• Applications
• Browser Technologies
• Core Technology
• Open Data

Keynote speakers for XTech 2007 include Andy Greenfield, author of “Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing”, Gavin Starks of Global Cool and designers of the future Matt Webb and Jack Schulze.

XTech is organized by IDEAlliance.

Useful links

• Call for participation
• IDEAlliance

BackTrack – Remote-exploit.org

BackTrack – Remote-exploit.org
BackTrack is the result of the merging of two Innovative Penetration Testing live Linux distributions

Whax and Auditor

Combining the best features from both distributions, and paying special attention to small details, this is probably the best version of either distributions to ever come out.

Based on SLAX Slackware, BackTrack provides user modularity. This means the distribution can be easily customised by the user to include personal scripts, additional tools, customised kernels, etc.

Network Cable Tester

ThinkGeek :: Network Cable Tester
Plug and ping

Are you the (un)official office or home network cable jockey? Or maybe you just like to make your own Ethernet patch cables. Either way this Network Cable Tester is a perfect tool to assist you with your wiring endeavors. It quickly identifies continuity problems such as shorts, open wires, reversed pairs, crossed pairs and miswiring for 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, EIA/TIA 568A/568B and Token Ring cables. Moreover, this tester will verify shield integrity for all STP cables. Use the included remote terminator to test installed cables.
Has these great features.

* Tests continuity of UTP/STP cables
* Verifies adherence to 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, TIA-568A, TIA-568B and Token Ring wiring standards
* Clear and simple LED display
* Verifies shield integrity
* Tests installed cables with included remote identifier
* Includes storage pouch
* Requires one 9-volt battery (not included)
* Dimensions: 4″ x 2.5″ x 1.1″ (10 x 6.3 x 2.9cm)