Quicksilver becomes Google Quick Search Box

I have been a very fond user of Quicksilver (when on MAC) for a few years now. I am still waiting for something remotely similar to come to my own Linux world, or for those poor sods still on Windows. But nothing has really come close to the look and feel that Quicksilver is offering. I learned today that the man behind this app has moved to the Ranks of Google, and has now released something that reminds me a lot of his previous app. So why I wait for Chrome for Linux and Google Wave I thought I’d give this app a whirl on my MAC@work…

Actionscript 3 and SOAP Webservices

I just finished a project where my AS3 Game needs to connect to to a third party .NET web service. It turned out more complicated then I had anticipated, especially since Iw as asked to dispatch  soap package to the web service.  Thank god for the community, because, off course, a workaround has already been done.

First off, by some reason, Flash does not like namespaces, nor any <soap:something> formulated XML. So to fix  any SOAP XML loaded into XML this Class comes in very handy. AS3:Namespace Remover

Secondly, to actually connect to a webservice, I am using this Class, from the same developer.gofr available for download.

So big ups to Alducente Labs, for all that very valuable sharing…

Shanti CMS & (ci)AMFPHP

I finished adding the AMF library to the ShantiCMS last night. So now there is a Amf_gateway controller available, also added the services, as well as activating the services browser.

I am really happy about this as future use of ShantiCMS with Flash sites will be a breeze like this. A week ago or so I built a CSS file for a site template of one of Marketel’s clients, and it reminded me of what a headache browser compatability. Having spent most of my time, these last years, working on either the deep end of the back end (as in Terminal administration of servers, or classing apps or, when having to create front ends, I would use Flash. There is one Flash player, versions yet, but one version will look the same on either platform, and on either Browser.

(also have to admit that I like AS3 more and more – for those who know me, I had been ranting quite a bit against it)

anyways, enough rant, what ever the front end. My trusted Shanti will stay in the backend. Google, live and ask like my  sitemap.xml generator as well. It really has boosted those sites that I use for indexed content. Especially since I tweaked the ‘priority’ variable. Anyways. I tweak it, what have you done for Shanti as of late?

A few things that need to building:

1. Betterment of the CMS media management
2. Add a custom contact us template or maybe a custom include much like the wordpress [contact]
   1. Add a subscribe Template allowing site owners to collect email addresses.

these I come up with of the top of my head. Also, part of my RubyRails self teaching classes. I am rewriting my shanti classes with RaR.

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