Comments for gnapse.com http://gnapse.com/blog whatever comes to my mind Fri, 18 May 2012 07:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Unit conversion extension for Alfred by ernesto http://gnapse.com/blog/2012/02/08/unit-conversion-extension-for-alfred/comment-page-1/#comment-9519 ernesto Fri, 18 May 2012 07:49:14 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=345#comment-9519 Hi James, I'm glad you like my extension. I'll take a look at the extension updater and be sure I'll make mine compatible with it. As for letting the Alfred developers know about my extension, I already did that, but they decided not to put it in the public repo because it needs Java and Mac OS X Lion doesn't come with Java by default. They did tell me though that they'll keep my extension at hand in case some users asked, but of course it doesn't get the same visibility. Thanks for your comment, I'll keep you posted about my progress with the updater. Hi James,

I’m glad you like my extension. I’ll take a look at the extension updater and be sure I’ll make mine compatible with it.

As for letting the Alfred developers know about my extension, I already did that, but they decided not to put it in the public repo because it needs Java and Mac OS X Lion doesn’t come with Java by default. They did tell me though that they’ll keep my extension at hand in case some users asked, but of course it doesn’t get the same visibility.

Thanks for your comment, I’ll keep you posted about my progress with the updater.

]]> Comment on Unit conversion extension for Alfred by James http://gnapse.com/blog/2012/02/08/unit-conversion-extension-for-alfred/comment-page-1/#comment-9509 James Thu, 17 May 2012 23:20:06 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=345#comment-9509 Thank you so much for 1) making this extension and 2) sharing it with all of us who can't code. So glad I came by this bugger, it seems like it converts everything! Yet to come across anything it can't convert! I do have one request to ask of you though... Would you mind posting this extension to your github account so when it is updated we can find updates easily and/or use @jdfwarrior's extension updater to make updating the extension through alfred a breeze? You have probably already heard of the jdfwarriors updater but if you have not find info about making your apps compatible here: http://jdfwarrior.tumblr.com/post/13827518019/extension-updater-support and https://github.com/jdfwarrior/Extension-Updater Again, thanks for posting this and you should definitely bring it to the attention of alfred's dev so he or his team can post it to the extension repo (which is kind of weak at the moment because great extensions like this exist but are not posted in one space.) Sorry for the rant and keep up the great work! If you ever need a tester for this extension or another, feel free to email me. *Please, please, please make a repo for this extension on github!* Thank you so much for 1) making this extension and 2) sharing it with all of us who can’t code. So glad I came by this bugger, it seems like it converts everything! Yet to come across anything it can’t convert!

I do have one request to ask of you though… Would you mind posting this extension to your github account so when it is updated we can find updates easily and/or use @jdfwarrior’s extension updater to make updating the extension through alfred a breeze?

You have probably already heard of the jdfwarriors updater but if you have not find info about making your apps compatible here: http://jdfwarrior.tumblr.com/post/13827518019/extension-updater-support

and

https://github.com/jdfwarrior/Extension-Updater

Again, thanks for posting this and you should definitely bring it to the attention of alfred’s dev so he or his team can post it to the extension repo (which is kind of weak at the moment because great extensions like this exist but are not posted in one space.)

Sorry for the rant and keep up the great work! If you ever need a tester for this extension or another, feel free to email me.

*Please, please, please make a repo for this extension on github!*

]]> Comment on Unit conversion extension for Alfred by fort http://gnapse.com/blog/2012/02/08/unit-conversion-extension-for-alfred/comment-page-1/#comment-9274 fort Wed, 02 May 2012 16:03:40 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=345#comment-9274 It works! I love this extension and will spread the word... Thanks Ernesto! It works! I love this extension and will spread the word… Thanks Ernesto!

]]> Comment on Unit conversion extension for Alfred by ernesto http://gnapse.com/blog/2012/02/08/unit-conversion-extension-for-alfred/comment-page-1/#comment-9272 ernesto Wed, 02 May 2012 15:10:35 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=345#comment-9272 Hi fort, you're right. There was a problem with the currency xml documents that the library loads from the Internet. I fixed the library to properly handle the problem and now it works. I updated the download link in the post so you will have to download the extension again. Let me know if it's ok now. Hi fort, you’re right. There was a problem with the currency xml documents that the library loads from the Internet. I fixed the library to properly handle the problem and now it works. I updated the download link in the post so you will have to download the extension again. Let me know if it’s ok now.

]]> Comment on Unit conversion extension for Alfred by fort http://gnapse.com/blog/2012/02/08/unit-conversion-extension-for-alfred/comment-page-1/#comment-9267 fort Wed, 02 May 2012 07:27:39 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=345#comment-9267 Hey, thanks for this extension...I've wanted something like it for a while. Now, if only I could get it to work... :) No matter what units I ask it to convert (e.g., 'cv 30 miles per hour in m/s'), I always get this error: "Error: Error while loading currency definitions". Any idea what's going wrong? Thanks! Hey, thanks for this extension…I’ve wanted something like it for a while. Now, if only I could get it to work… :) No matter what units I ask it to convert (e.g., ‘cv 30 miles per hour in m/s’), I always get this error: “Error: Error while loading currency definitions”.

Any idea what’s going wrong? Thanks!

]]> Comment on Unit Conversion for Alfred and Java by ernesto http://gnapse.com/blog/2012/02/07/unit-conversion-for-alfred/comment-page-1/#comment-9201 ernesto Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:15:57 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=335#comment-9201 I totally agree Richard, as I already noticed that you're interested and made a patch for the plural of cloth. I will write you an email about this so we can work together, since you appear to be interested in such a library, and is totally reasonable to have it as a separate project. I totally agree Richard, as I already noticed that you’re interested and made a patch for the plural of cloth. I will write you an email about this so we can work together, since you appear to be interested in such a library, and is totally reasonable to have it as a separate project.

]]> Comment on Unit Conversion for Alfred and Java by Rich Freedman http://gnapse.com/blog/2012/02/07/unit-conversion-for-alfred/comment-page-1/#comment-9188 Rich Freedman Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:48:39 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=335#comment-9188 The Inflector would be very useful as a separate, stand-alone project / jar file. Thanks! The Inflector would be very useful as a separate, stand-alone project / jar file.

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Skip Lists (a.k.a. Balanced Trees are overrated) by ernesto http://gnapse.com/blog/2011/05/18/skip-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-8958 ernesto Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:29:05 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=299#comment-8958 Yes, david, you're right and I was wrong. I have known this for a while since I wrote this post and that comment above, but I had not come here to ammend my mistake until now. So thanks a lot for the clarification. It turns out that the real main advantage of skip lists over balanced trees is that they're more suitable for concurrent access and modification, if properly implemented. Java has a <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/ConcurrentSkipListMap.html" rel="nofollow">ConcurrentSkipListMap</a> that is an actual example of this. Yes, david, you’re right and I was wrong. I have known this for a while since I wrote this post and that comment above, but I had not come here to ammend my mistake until now. So thanks a lot for the clarification.

It turns out that the real main advantage of skip lists over balanced trees is that they’re more suitable for concurrent access and modification, if properly implemented. Java has a ConcurrentSkipListMap that is an actual example of this.

]]> Comment on Skip Lists (a.k.a. Balanced Trees are overrated) by david http://gnapse.com/blog/2011/05/18/skip-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-8957 david Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:54:50 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=299#comment-8957 I don't know what you guys keep insisting that you cannot do O(log n) random access on a balanced tree. Of course you can, just store at each vertex the size of the subtree rooted at that vertex. (This is easy to keep track of during insertions and rebalancings.) Maybe you mean that this operation is not provided by the standard library implementations of sets and maps? I don’t know what you guys keep insisting that you cannot do O(log n) random access on a balanced tree. Of course you can, just store at each vertex the size of the subtree rooted at that vertex. (This is easy to keep track of during insertions and rebalancings.) Maybe you mean that this operation is not provided by the standard library implementations of sets and maps?

]]> Comment on Picasa rotate sucks by ernesto http://gnapse.com/blog/2009/10/22/picasa-rotate-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-6452 ernesto Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:58:13 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=86#comment-6452 Hey Euph0ria, great suggestion. I downloaded XnView and I'm having a look at it. I like what I've seen so far and will continue to try it. Thanks a lot. Hey Euph0ria, great suggestion. I downloaded XnView and I’m having a look at it. I like what I’ve seen so far and will continue to try it. Thanks a lot.

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