Variables and Paths

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Paths of Resistance

Paths of Resistance 07/30/2004 04:57 AM
This image has been in my investor presentation for over a year. Hrm. That seems like an odd place to put a barrier. It's not like there's a cliff to fall over. It's from Peter Merholz, who also coined the...

Object-Variables-0.9

Object-Variables-0.9 07/30/2004 12:14 AM

Object-Variables-0.4

Object-Variables-0.4 07/25/2004 06:12 AM

Paths to Librarianship

Paths to Librarianship 10/30/2003 09:22 PM
Paths to Librarianship...

Object-Variables-0.5

Object-Variables-0.5 07/27/2004 12:28 AM

Tunneling Variables

Tunneling Variables 04/09/2004 04:09 PM
In Bob DuCharme's latest Transforming XML column he explains the use and virtues of XSLT 2.0's tunneled variables.

Variable Variables in PHP

Variable Variables in PHP 12/19/2002 10:43 PM
Variable Variables in PHP Well since it's late but I'm still grinding and I feel guilty for not blogging much today, here's a special PHP Treat: A Variable Variable Tutorial. Yes that's right. There is a feature in PHP called "Variable Variables". One of the issues that I had with implementing our Digibuy support was our old friend and enemy: Parsing. This is such a fundamental thing but there always seems to be a new wrinkle in it. In this case we had an existing PHP script which did our registration calculations and was expecting a certain set of variables. Now this code was fairly complex and I didn't want to re-write it (much). Here's the input data we had to parse: author_id=BillBrown & author_password=HemosRules & prod_sku=98079949999 With the exception that it had like 30 odd variables in it. Since my code was expecting a series of variables I needed to parse this and automatically create a series of variables like $author_id and $author_password. Now if this data was being given to me by a URL then it would be easy -- PHP could automatically do it or I could just pull them out of $_REQUEST. But, instead, I had them going to me as if they were a file. So ... How do you create a series of variables on the fly? Note: Yes I could have made an associative array but that wouldn't have taught me anything, now would it ? I could also have gotten a similar effect with the extract function but I found out about that after this working. And if the code is working then ... Well deep in the recesses of what I call a brain was a recollection of "variable variables". I think I heard about this in a talk that Rasmus gave although I can't honestly be sure. I do know that whenever you need to do "meta" type tasks like this in a language, you need to poke around the oddball features since that's usually where they reside. What I do is look for the sections of the documentation that I've never read. The idea behind a variable variable is simple: interpret the value of a variable and make it into a variable itself. I.e. the "variable variable" nomenclature. Since php uses $ for indicating a variable they've chosen to use $$ to make a variable variable. Let's say you have two variables, $part1 and $part2. If $part1 = "author_id" and $part2="HemosRules" how do I get to $author_id = "HemosRules". Simple: $$part1 = $part2. Yup. It's just that easy. Of course I did need to wrap it into a string parsing loop. Here's the guts of it: $strarray = explode("&",$input); foreach ($strarray as $stritem) { $stritem = trim($stritem); $part1 = substr ( $stritem, 0, strpos ( $stritem,"=" ) ); $part2 = substr ( $stritem, strpos ( $stritem,"=" )+1, strlen ( $stritem ) ); #magic! $$ is a "variable variable" i.e. it converts the value #in the variable into a variable itself $$part1 = $part2; } The way this works is an input string, $input, contains everything that needs to be processed. First I explode this into an array using "&" as the delimiter. Then I loop over the array with a foreach loop creating a $part1 variable and a $part2 variable. Finally I just do the magic $$part1 = $part2. Here's the example Source Code. Here's the working Example Thanks again to my favorite Systems Administrator, Apokalyptik, for showing me how to use PHP to generate code listings. Much easier than pasting it into a blog entry. More on Variable Variables from PHP.Net: [_Go_] Variable Variables. A little confusing but definitely a frothy good thing!

Predefined Variables

Predefined Variables 06/09/2004 03:40 PM

An Introduction to Variables

An Introduction to Variables 11/27/2002 09:47 PM

This is only for those who are new to php, or maybe programming altogether. This won't 'enlighten' you, or make you 'one with everything', but it should make you one with variables.

Application Variables with PHP

Application Variables with PHP 08/05/2002 10:44 PM
One of the most common feature requests that PHP developers ask for is application variables. These are variables that are globally available to all PHP scripts on a web server. There are currently several implementations.

PHP Application Variables

PHP Application Variables 07/02/2002 09:57 AM

Application Variables in PHP

Application Variables in PHP 07/01/2002 08:29 AM
This is the first article of several on developing an architecture for Enterprise PHP, where we are running dedicated PHP servers tuned to serve large number of web pages. This work originated in the need to save the current working database connection as an Application variable in a primary and fallback database server configuration. This can be extended to saving other configuration information that rarely changes... -- John Lim

"zeldman.jayne"

PHP Static Class Variables

PHP Static Class Variables 12/02/2002 01:17 PM
Static class variables are variables that are shared among all instances of a particular class. Although PHP supports static variables in functions, it has no support for static variables in classes. This functionality can be pretty important in some situations, and I will now describe a way to simulate it.

Using hash variables in Perl

Using hash variables in Perl 05/03/2004 09:19 AM
CNET May 3 2004 1:48PM GMT

MOM FAQ: Supported Upgrade Paths

MOM FAQ: Supported Upgrade Paths 07/06/2004 06:46 PM

Internal Variables for Use in Your
Scripts

Internal Variables for Use in Your
Scripts 08/15/2004 07:36 PM

Variables used by the Status Filter

Variables used by the Status Filter 04/15/2004 02:26 PM

Crossing paths with SPML

Crossing paths with SPML 01/28/2004 05:15 AM
I highlighted Service Provisioning Markup Language last week when referring to its mention in a survey of identity federation projects. SPML also came up last week in a conversation I had with former Waveset Vice President Mark McClain, and it came up again in an announcement Novell made about a change in product alignment, packaging and nomenclature.

Hash variables in Perl

Hash variables in Perl 08/23/2004 02:48 AM
CNET Aug 23 2004 7:15AM GMT

Paths of eventual glory

Paths of eventual glory 09/24/2004 09:37 AM
Sometimes our worst nightmares, personal and political, turn out to just be complicated stories still in progress.

Perl's Special Variables

Perl's Special Variables 06/18/2004 07:05 PM
Dave Cross goes back to basics to show how using Perl's special variables can tidy up file-handling code.

Carriers Take Divergent 3G Paths In
China

Carriers Take Divergent 3G Paths In
China 06/22/2004 08:21 PM
The Feature Jun 22 2004 11:59PM GMT

A Guide to Basic Variables That Add To
Site Value

A Guide to Basic Variables That Add To
Site Value 03/17/2005 02:32 AM
Nice checklist of items to cover before buying or selling a site.

The Paths They Took: Five Gambles, Five
Altered Lives

The Paths They Took: Five Gambles, Five
Altered Lives 12/28/2004 03:40 AM
These lives, abruptly transformed by illness, had one element in common: they pinned their hopes on experimental or unproven treatments.

Using variables in Windows batch files

Using variables in Windows batch files 08/29/2004 02:23 PM
Tech-Recipes Aug 29 2004 6:35PM GMT

Templates with patTemplate, and Form
Variables

Templates with patTemplate, and Form
Variables 05/30/2002 08:10 AM

The Fuzzy Blog on Varaible Variables

The Fuzzy Blog on Varaible Variables 12/20/2002 08:49 AM

Learning Cocoa: Repurposing Variables

Learning Cocoa: Repurposing Variables 01/18/2004 02:48 PM
Set Roby: "By now we know that every variable is really just a bunch of bits, which we can look at a certain way and read as an integer, a pointer, or whatever else we need to remember. Well, what else do we want to remember?"

Microsoft, Sun Security Paths Diverge

Microsoft, Sun Security Paths Diverge 05/31/2004 08:19 PM
Microsoft and Sun back different ID standards.

Re: Unprivilegued settings for FreeBSD
kernel variables

Re: Unprivilegued settings for FreeBSD
kernel variables 06/16/2004 06:16 PM
Dag-Erling Smørgrav (Jun 15 2004)

Bush, Kerry Paths Nearly Crossing in
Iowa (AP)

Bush, Kerry Paths Nearly Crossing in
Iowa (AP) 08/04/2004 01:29 PM
AP - President Bush and rival John Kerry campaigned Wednesday in the same crucially important Iowa town, with the president predicting he will win in November because his administration has improved the economy and bolstered national security.

Setting the %DSDIT%, %DSLOG%, and
%SYSVOL% Variables

Setting the %DSDIT%, %DSLOG%, and
%SYSVOL% Variables 09/10/2004 01:53 AM

Campaigns Cross Paths in Midwest
(washingtonpost.com)

Campaigns Cross Paths in Midwest
(washingtonpost.com) 08/04/2004 10:09 PM
washingtonpost.com - DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 4 -- President Bush and Democratic challenger John F. Kerry brought their battle for the White House to this Mississippi River town Wednesday, staging dueling campaign events within blocks of each other where they painted sharply contrasting portraits of the economy and U.S. policy in Iraq.

Standardizing MS Office 2000 Save Paths

Standardizing MS Office 2000 Save Paths 04/21/2004 05:09 PM

Coffee Houses Cross Paths with History,
Again

Coffee Houses Cross Paths with History,
Again 01/07/2004 02:37 PM
From the There's Nothing New Under the Sun Department, coffee houses in the 17th and 18th centuries were the Wi-Fi hotspots of their day: The Economist writes (without byline, as is its wont) about the parallels between the political and editorial foment that occurred in 17th and 18th century coffeehouses in England and, to a lesser extent, France, and how these centers of iquity (as opposed to iniquity, Wodehouse might write) led to the foundation of insurers and publications. In fact, coffee houses were often the mailing addresses for folks before street addresses were common. It all sounds awfully familiar, doesn't it? Wi-Fi hotspots in coffee houses thus have this excellent pedigree. The author of this piece is the same fellow who write the charming and excellent The Victorian Internet, which relayed the development of the telegraph and its effect on the planetary infosphere, and how it paralleled (and predicted) Internet trends, including the bubble. The author is working on a book now about the coffee house/Internet cafe overlap....

Keep track of stopped processes via
shell variables

Keep track of stopped processes via
shell variables 12/15/2003 11:45 AM
Earlier hints discuss how to suspend and resume processes via kill -- very helpful to me, because I had been launching apps from Terminal and using ^Z, fg and bg to manage them. A summary of previous hints: kill -STOP and kil...

Working with Environment variables -
Add, Remove and Retrieve

Working with Environment variables -
Add, Remove and Retrieve 12/24/2004 12:49 PM

Bush, Kerry paths nearly crossing in
Iowa

Bush, Kerry paths nearly crossing in
Iowa 08/04/2004 01:22 PM

Kerry, Bush Paths Nearly Crossing in
Iowa (AP)

Kerry, Bush Paths Nearly Crossing in
Iowa (AP) 08/04/2004 11:33 AM
AP - The stops on John Kerry's cross-country campaign trip are hardly Democratic bastions. So much so, that on Wednesday he and President Bush campaigned just a few blocks from each other in this Iowa city.
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No Itsy-Bitsy Bikinis or Suntan Lotion,
Please, We're British

No Itsy-Bitsy Bikinis or Suntan Lotion,
Please, We're British 06/14/2004 06:13 PM
The British love of the beach seems a bit perverse, given how cold and miserable the beach in England can be.

Turtle offers realistic lighting
rendering for Maya

Turtle offers realistic lighting
rendering for Maya 07/01/2004 08:50 AM
Swedish developer Illuminate Labs announced on Wednesday the release of Turtle, a new Maya lighting renderer that was in Beta testing at more than 200 sites during the previous 13 months. Turtle 1.0 can render scenes both within Maya and as a stand-alone application. It features raytracing and global illumination algorithms called LiquidLight, 3D motion blur, true depth-of-field, animation and batch rendering, support for Maya shading networks and more. Turtle requires Maya 6 and sells for US$1,199 per workstation license, which comes with a graphic user interface (GUI), and $999 per render node license, which lacks a GUI.

Review: Maya Complete 6

Review: Maya Complete 6 12/22/2004 01:43 AM

Update: Maya 6.5

Update: Maya 6.5 02/01/2005 08:47 PM
Alias "re-architects" Maya for better performance and reliability, plus requested features, network rendering and scene segmentation.

Update: Maya 6

Update: Maya 6 04/27/2004 10:16 AM
The 3D animation and special effects software adds Motion Retargeting and Motion Redirecting for character creation and animation, enhanced scene management, Photoshop integration, and more.

WWDC: Maya Unlimited comes to Mac OS X

WWDC: Maya Unlimited comes to Mac OS X 06/28/2004 04:28 PM
Alias shared the keynote stage with Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday to announce that its popular 3D graphics and animation software package Maya Unlimited is coming to Mac OS X.

Alias announces Maya 6

Alias announces Maya 6 04/19/2004 11:03 AM
Alias today announced Maya 6, the next version of its award-winning 3D animation and special effects software...

Collada plug-in for Maya

Collada plug-in for Maya 04/15/2005 05:53 PM
First open-source release of Collada plug-in for Maya

Alias announces Maya 6.5

Alias announces Maya 6.5 02/01/2005 09:21 PM
Alias today announced Maya 6.5, the next version of its 3D animation and special effects package...

Maya Unlimited for Mac OS X now shipping

Maya Unlimited for Mac OS X now shipping 08/10/2004 10:33 AM
Maya Unlimited software for Mac OS X is now shipping from Alias...

Announcement: Maya Unlimited 6 for Mac
OS X

Announcement: Maya Unlimited 6 for Mac
OS X 06/29/2004 10:41 AM
Scheduled for release in late summer, the Mac OS X version of the 3D animation and special effects software will include special effects features not found in Maya Complete, plus native Mach-O operation, AppleScript support for Maya Embedded Language (MELO), Quartz rendering, and QuickTime implementation throughout.

NAB: Alias announces Maya 6

NAB: Alias announces Maya 6 04/19/2004 08:13 AM
Alias used this week's NAB 2004 event in Las Vegas, Nevada to announce Maya 6, the latest major revision to its popular 3D graphics and animation software. While the new version gains hundreds of new features and enhancements, significant changes performance boosts for Mac OS X, new tools for creating realistic-looking hair, cloth and fur, integration with Adobe Photoshop and much more.

Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners

Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners 12/17/2004 06:34 PM
Today, author Dariush Derakhshani shows you how to create a 3D representation of our solar system and the mechanics of animating orbits. You'll learn about creating simple objects, setting simple keyframes, and stacking your animation to get planets and moons to orbit each other and the sun. By Sybex. 1101

The Game Artist's Guide to Maya. Pt. 1

The Game Artist's Guide to Maya. Pt. 1 01/04/2005 08:43 AM
To bring life to your model, you must texture it. The main process you need to be aware of is what is known as UV Mapping. Here, we look at Mapping UVs, UV Projection Commands, The UV Texture Editor, Texture Resolutions, Formats, Alpha Channel and Pixel Shader Effects. By Sybex. 0104

SIGGRAPH: Alias releases Maya 6 PLE

SIGGRAPH: Alias releases Maya 6 PLE 08/10/2004 03:57 PM
Alias has also used its presence at SIGGRAPH to release Maya Personal Learning Edition (PLE), a version of the digital video animation software that's free for non-commercial use. It contains most of the features found in Maya Complete 6 -- including such new character animation technology as Motion Retargeting and Motion Redirection, integration with Adobe Photoshop and more -- as well as mental ray software and the ability to preview vector rendering, two features that are new to Maya PLE. The software also includes the Web-based Bronze Membership program, which offers access to Maya learning resources, and, in addition to the downloadable installer, is available as part of the US$24.99 Maya Beginner's Guide bundle. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.2.4 or v10.2.6, a G4 processor, 512MB RAM, 450MB hard drive space and a hardware-accelerated OpenGL video card.

Maya Unlimited 6 for Mac OS X due in
late summer

Maya Unlimited 6 for Mac OS X due in
late summer 06/28/2004 04:25 PM
Alias today announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference that Maya Unlimited 6 for Mac OS X will be released by late summer for US$6,999...

Maya Personal Learning Edition 6.0

Maya Personal Learning Edition 6.0 08/10/2004 04:08 PM
Explore the award winning Maya software in a non-commercial capacity.

The Game Artist's Guide to Maya, Pt. 3

The Game Artist's Guide to Maya, Pt. 3 02/01/2005 09:07 PM
In our final section, we have a look at the process of UV mapping the head of the character and applying materials to the model. You'll also learn about applying a texture to a material, 3D painting tools, vertex coloring and texture painting tips. By Sybex. 0117

The Game Artist's Guide to Maya, Pt. 2

The Game Artist's Guide to Maya, Pt. 2 02/01/2005 09:07 PM
Here we look at UV mapping of the body and armor. While some parts (such are the sword) are easy to map, UV mapping of characters is about as complex as you can get and this is our focus today. In addition, a Layout Tips section is provided to assist you with your own projects. By Sybex. 0111

Maya maker Alias to break away from SGI

Maya maker Alias to break away from SGI 04/15/2004 09:13 AM
Alias, makers of the Maya 3D rendering and animation software, is breaking away from long-time owner Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI). Alias is being acquired by private equity firm Accel-KKR with participation from Alias' own management in a deal valued at US$57.5 million, according to a joint statement offered Thursday.

Imagine the Riviera Maya Screensaver
3.1.1

Imagine the Riviera Maya Screensaver
3.1.1 02/17/2004 11:51 PM
A screensaver of this popular touristic region in Mexico.

Alias: Maya Complete 6 now shipping

Alias: Maya Complete 6 now shipping 05/04/2004 01:52 PM
Alias announced on Tuesday that May a Complete 6 is now shipping globally to both new customers and those who are upgrading. The new version features re-architected Trax non-linear animation, new motion retargeting and motion redirection capabilities, enhanced scene management and more. System requirements call for Mac OS X v.10.2.4, a G4 or G5 processor, 512MB RAM and 450MB hard drive space. Pricing is US$1.999 for the full version or $899 for the upgrade.

Create a 3D Scene with Maya and
Photoshop. Pt. 1

Create a 3D Scene with Maya and
Photoshop. Pt. 1 09/02/2004 03:39 PM
In Maya, one can choose from a multitude of scene generation options, but even the best 3D applications can benefit from the use of Photoshop. Here, you'll model a flying saucer in Maya, a Nebula in Photoshop and bring the two together in Maya to complete the scene. By Nathan Segal. 0902

Alias releases six new Maya training
titles

Alias releases six new Maya training
titles 12/03/2003 01:23 PM
If you're working with Maya, the high-power 3D rendering tool by Alias Systems, there might be some new things to add to your holiday wish-list. Alias has released six new learning tools, and since they are targeted at three different groups of Maya users, there's something for everyone.

Cross-cultural podcasting from la Ruta
Maya

Cross-cultural podcasting from la Ruta
Maya 04/05/2005 07:03 PM
Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Dave Pentecost has been traveling through southern Mexico with his pal Nicco, and they've just uploaded some podcasts and photos of their travels. Snip:

I just returned to the Maya highlands from Naha, in the Lacandon jungle. 24 hours ago I was watching young Lacandones struggling to dock their dugout cayuco, a transport technology now being forgotten after thousands of years of Maya navigation. 48 hours ago I promised a traditional elder and his son both VHS and DVD copies of my footage of them from 25 years ago, then went to see the incense burner gods in Antonio's temple, and visit his jungle milpa to pick up maize from the corn crib.

(...) Yes there is leveling, but I have to believe there are still sharp divides, between two places a 6 hour drive apart, or between two neighborhoods in New York. Managing this frontier will occupy many of us in the next years. What interests me is the persistence of culture and cultural differences through these world-flattening phases. It happened here to the Maya in the Spanish conquest, the exploitation of the jungles, and the diffusion of roads and communication. But the old ways remain embedded in the new. Remix on a global scale.

Link. Dave says there's more to come and adds, "We also want to direct folks to Ed Barnhart's site -- the Maya Exploration Center in Palenque, Mexico -- as we start an experiment in peer-to-peer exploration."

Image: Dave interviews a group of indigenous girls near a historic site (link to full-size pic).

Previously on Boing Boing: Guatemala -- Xeni's snapshots, Guatemala: street vendor kids on Pacific coast,

SIGGRAPH: MicroScribe plug-in offered
for Maya

SIGGRAPH: MicroScribe plug-in offered
for Maya 08/10/2004 12:07 PM
More than a year after Immersion Corp. first announced a Mac OS X software development kit (SDK) for its MicroScribe 3D digitizer, the company has released MicroScribe Connections for Maya for Mac OS X. The new software plug-in enables Maya users to create 3D models using the MicroScribe device. The plug-in was developed in conjunction with Digital Element Inc.

SIGGRAPH: Alias ships Maya Unlimited for
OS X, more

SIGGRAPH: Alias ships Maya Unlimited for
OS X, more 08/10/2004 10:13 AM
Alias on Tuesday announced the release of Maya Unlimited for Mac OS X, their US$6,999 3D design and animation software package that bundles the company's previously released Maya Complete software with advanced special effects kids including Maya Hair, Maya Fluid Effects, Maya Cloth and Maya Live. Maya Unlimited for Mac OS X was first announced at June's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

Plug-in connects Maya on Mac,
MicroScribe digitizers

Plug-in connects Maya on Mac,
MicroScribe digitizers 08/10/2004 01:26 AM
by Dennis Sellers - Immersion Corp. has announced a plug-in for Maya on the Mac...

Maya deploys Intel Xenon processor

Maya deploys Intel Xenon processor 08/31/2004 10:10 AM
Silicon India Aug 31 2004 2:30PM GMT

Alias launches Maya 6 Learning Tools

Alias launches Maya 6 Learning Tools 07/06/2004 12:10 PM
Alias has announced a full lineup of new Maya Learning Tools to accompany Maya 6, the latest version of its 3D animation and special effects software...

Variables and Paths

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