PyOpenGL & py2exe

In the past when I'd tried creating a bundled executable with PyOpenGL & py2exe I had always failed. Recently however I was successful & after spending a few more days understanding the build process I was able to create an application that was just 2.3MB in size.

Click here to download the file.

ScribeFire for Google Chrome

Just discovered it on the Chrome Web Store here & I can highly recommend it if you've got a blog.

Chrome Web Store

The Chrome Web Store has just gone live & can be found here.

Amongst it's features are free Extensions & Themes for the Chrome browser & OS.

Some of the really good Extensions that I've noticed are a free 5GB of web space on Box.net here & the Picnik image editor here.

GameBoy Emulation in JavaScript

Imran Nazar has an interesting site here with a lot of useful articles.

Perhaps the most interesting is his work on a JavaScript GameBoy Emulator here.

Basic4GL Facebook Page

About a Month ago I created a group on Facebook for Basic4GL, which can be found here.

There's more information about the group here on the Basic4GL forum.

OpenGL SuperBible Sources

The source code for all the examples in the 5 editions of the OpenGL SuperBible can be found here.

You can also browse the sources for the newest edition of the book here.

View unread emails in Gmail

Ever had the problem in Gmail where you've got unread emails but can't find them amongst all your other messages?

There is a useful tip on this webpage which will tell you how to find all your unread emails.

Basically it involves just typing label:Unread in the Gmail search box.

SDL_gfx-2.0.22

I've compiled the latest version of SDL_gfx for any Windows users who need it. The lib & dll files can be downloaded from here & the Code::Blocks project can be found here.

CoD: Black Ops Perks List

From this post on the Call of Duty: Black Ops Blog it looks like the full Perks list has been released for the game.

UEFI > BIOS

According to this news story on the BBC website by 2011 the BIOS chip in PCs will be replaced by a UEFI chip which will decrease boot times to a few seconds.

Live Search Site

Nice site here which uses the Bing API to obtain search results as you type.

BarTab Firefox Add-on

If you're worried about opening too many tabs in Firefox because it might use up a lot of memory, you should try BarTab.

3D Fractal Animation

Excellent video rendered with the free piece of software called Mandelbulber.