http://boakes.org nice of you to drop by. tea? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage en hourly 1 http://boakes.org/wordcampuk-breaks-even/ http://boakes.org/wordcampuk-breaks-even/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:49:14 +0000 Rich wordcamp wordcampuk wordpress http://boakes.org/?p=756 http://boakes.org/wordcampuk-breaks-even/feed/ http://boakes.org/svg-rendering-timer/ http://boakes.org/svg-rendering-timer/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:04:14 +0000 Rich svg optimal svg optimization RDF rendering timer display timer svg performance performance optimization http://boakes.org/svg-rendering-timer/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/svgtimer/chart' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
I’m doing a lot of work with SVG at the moment, and something that would be very useful to understand is exactly which parts of a diagram are taking the longest to process and render. For very complex documents with many thousands (possibly many millions) of elements, knowing that rendering a particular portion of the image [...]]]> http://boakes.org/svg-rendering-timer/feed/ http://boakes.org/xara-linux/ http://boakes.org/xara-linux/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:47:48 +0000 Rich open source xara xara x xtreme xara studio corel xara vector art SVG http://boakes.org/xara-linux/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/xara/x' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
I count myself lucky that I discovered Xara’s drawing tools many years ago. When Xara Studio was released it caused real consternation among the businesses that were producing vector art packages because it was years ahead of the competition in both features and (most importantly) speed. The main competition (Corel) was so worried, that it [...]]]> http://boakes.org/xara-linux/feed/ http://boakes.org/google-microsoft-picasa/ http://boakes.org/google-microsoft-picasa/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:10:27 +0000 Rich picasa monopoly microsoft vista digital memories windows gallery thin client browser wars http://boakes.org/google-microsoft-picasa http://boakes.org/google-microsoft-picasa/feed/ http://boakes.org/open-docs-in-government/ http://boakes.org/open-docs-in-government/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:15:06 +0000 Rich BBC Domesday Project Domesday government chris samuel open standards Dunvant Choir Ebeneezer http://boakes.org/?p=470 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/doomsday/chris' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Chris Samuel, pictured (naturally) with a cup of tea here, has just posted this wonderfully cogent message regarding the importance of open standards in government IT. In his message Chris discusses the BBC Domesday Project that was compiled 15 years ago; and highlights the huge task that was required in order to rescue the data from [...]]]> http://boakes.org/open-docs-in-government/feed/