chess widget
A new feature at chesspark is a game viewer widget. So that you can embed chess games in a blog post or web page. This game is one I recently lost (which I do a lot). Of course you can also download...
View ArticleFrank the bot post
It has been awhile since I have logged into the livejournal jabber server. I should go look at the state of djabberd too. :)
View ArticlePunjabi MC
I am testing and getting the newest punjab in subversion ready for release. I will mention the improvements when I make the announcement. I like blogging via my xmpp client. I am thinking about moving...
View ArticleAttention, the release level is at orange.
Just released a new version of punjab. Check it out at http://www.butterfat.net/wiki/Projects/PunJab . Many thanks to the people that made this happen! Especially, thanks to Jesir Vargas and Fabio...
View ArticleXMPP and Chess
Last night http://chesspark.com released a new web interface to our XMPP based chess server. We also have a new way to get a game with a redesigned, notification based, game finder. You can still get a...
View ArticleTwisted Words XMPP Component Example
Just created a twisted words component example for a friend. I decided to post it here so maybe people can find it. http://www.butterfat.net/wiki/Documentation/TwistedJabberComponentExample
View ArticlePosted using LJ Talk...
Just created a new group on GGE http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/group/xmpp I need to blog more. :)
View ArticleKISS or The Simplification of Punjab
It has been seven weeks since I have updated this. :( That is not good. Anyway, to remedy this problem I am gonna document some problems I am currently in the process of solving. The first one, is the...
View ArticleTweet Roll for Charleston
Hey, someone put a tweet roll for Charleston micro bloggers. I call it a tweet roll because it is like a blog roll but for twitter. :) So, all you lowcountry folk check it out!...
View ArticleTooting a horn
Jack and I was recently interviewed by Duncan McGreggor at twisted.http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/InterviewChesspark200802We talk about twisted, python, XMPP, and of course, Chesspark. Thank you...
View Articleplaying chess with a livejournal account
Someone asked about using Chesspark with other XMPP or Jabber accounts and I thought I would make a quick post on how to do it with livejournal. Any XMPP account will work the same as livejournal, so...
View ArticleBOSH Cloud
We all know that ejabberd is cool and erlang is extremely scalable. Facebook even decided to use erlang for their new chat system! Even with all of that, I want to write about an alternative. :) I am...
View ArticleBeards
Want to shave someone's beard for them? Well check out the following URL:http://beard.blueion.com/Thought this piece of flash was strange but funny.
View ArticlePalmetto Open Source Software Conference
As some of you know I live in Charleston, SC. Likewise, you may know that South Carolina is not necessarily known as a technical state. The amount of software/engineering jobs are not the same as other...
View ArticleWuChess Video Contest
If you have not seen this yet, you really need to check it out. Or even give it a try. ;) http://www.youtube.com/video_response_view_all?v=3YAIVQ_oh88
View ArticleTwisted XMPP
It seems talk of an XMPP Server in twisted is picking up. I am looking forward to helping out!...
View ArticleBaseball and Chess
In sports, or any competition, we always want to know who is the best. Also, we want to know who has the best chance to win the game. Some of us always want our favourite player or team to win. But...
View ArticlePunjab, the BOSH of Choice.
It has been a long while since the last Punjab release. But I am happy to announce that Punjab is now at version 0.13. This release has many changes. First, there was a massive code clean up and...
View ArticleSpeeqe about it.
One thing I do everyday is group chat via XMPP. There are lots of ways to do this, via many xmpp clients. If I am on my laptop or computer then having a client works out well. I can chat to my hearts...
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