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Published Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:07:06 +0000 by Umesh
Note that this post applies to Spirit.Classic or 2.0.
In the first two posts we introduced basic parsing techniques defined by Spirit. The parsing is only useful, if we can do something with parsing results. In Spirit you achieve this with semantic actions.
Semantic actions are expected to use functional programming paradigms. The most basic semantic action [...]
Published Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:24:54 +0000 by Umesh
I will like to take a break from Boost.Spirit related topic to talk about Functional Programming. Understanding of Functional Programming is essential for understanding how Spirit related actions are implemented. Typical object oriented programming paradigm combines mutable data and set of algorithms which operates on data. In contrast FP avoids mutable data or state and [...]
Published Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:13:38 +0000 by Umesh
Note that this post applies to Spirit.Classic or 2.0.
In the last post we discussed how to write a simple parser using Spirit. Most real life parsers are a lot more complex requiring several rules and combining them to create a full grammar. Spirit provides support to declare a full grammar. Let us create a parser [...]
Published Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:13:29 +0000 by Umesh
Note that this post applies to Spirit.Classic or 2.0.
I recently had write a parser in C++ and decided to give Boost.Spirit a chance. I was delighted with ease of use of the parser itself. It was a steep learning curve to get started. However, once I got started, it made life significantly simple.
Boost.Spirit provides a [...]
Published Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:28:13 +0000 by Umesh
The latest idea I am working on is a choreography tool. The idea is that you got a character with set of animation clips. As a user you will be able to combine these small sequences to create a full dance sequences. You will than be able to combine these sequences to create a full [...]
Published Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:11:48 +0000 by Umesh
I have seen some comments that people are having difficulty finding refresh button and new message indicator. The refresh button may not be at the most obvious location but it exists. Select a message and the bottom panel shows up. Touching the refresh button will refresh tweets.
The new message indicator exists on the top right [...]
Published Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:34:16 +0000 by Umesh
“Twitter is exploding fast and is a true global community. That’s why Twitter World comes so handy. You can easily translate the following languages to English and finally understand what everyone’s talking about on Twitter” - iPhoneAppsFinder.com
Twitter World has one spectacular function: it allows you to read Tweets written in foreign languages by automatically translating [...]
Published Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:00 +0000 by Umesh
Update: The updated with fix has now been accepted by Apple is now @ AppStore. Get it
My previous release of Twitter World application had a nasty bug which made it unusable for lots of “Twitter World” users and completely killed the reputation. I owe these users an explanation of what happened.
As you know, Twitter [...]
Published Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:42:16 +0000 by Umesh
iSmashPhone.com
“Twitter World has one spectacular function: it allows you to read Tweets written in foreign languages by automatically translating them.”
http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/06/todays-notable-iphone-apps-friday-june-26th-edition.html
Published Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:21:52 +0000 by Umesh
The tweeter has been a great force behind Iranian revolution. Google did a great job by quickly providing translation service for Farsi.
I am getting lots of tweets from people using my Application Twitter World - Breaking Borders to connect and read Farsi Tweets in English. I can easily include English to Farsi support as well [...]
Published Thu, 28 May 2009 01:23:55 +0000 by Umesh
I will like to announce availability of Twitter World: Breaking Borders for iPhone and tocuh. You can get it @ http://tinyurl.com/getTwitterWorld. I have seen explosion of Twitter Clients @ App store. However the TwitterWorld is different. It can translate tweets in to your language. No other Twitter application can do it. You can also use [...]
Published Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:56:17 +0000 by Umesh
It was late February when I eventually gave in to continuous persuasion of my friend and colleague Cole Harris and decided to start experimenting with iPhone applications. He had been on the AppStore for some time and has several successful applications and had given me some tips. Man what a month of March it turned [...]
Published Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:14:56 +0000 by Umesh
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Get it
Arcade bowling’s description says: “Stuck in another meeting with the “Bobs”? Tired of filing out endless TPS Report Cover Sheets? blah blah Then look no further. I did not know that 3 year old kids had to file TPS report. At least not in my household. This game seems to be just appropriate [...]
Published Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:15:30 +0000 by Umesh
OK! you have setup your SIP phone in India. You have used services like VoipCheap and ipKall. The setup is working and you are saving a ton of money. But you still have to pay some money to VoipCheap or whoever your SIP service provider is. Although this money is significantly lower than what you [...]
Published Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:57:53 +0000 by Umesh
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Get it: Bounce On
Bounce On which is in top 25 free apps category. It is graphics rich game which uses accelerometer smartly. The goal is the same old get the ball to its destination.
Published Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:13:30 +0000 by Umesh
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Get it: BrainTuner
Can you add 2+2 or 5+3? Wait till you try BrainTuner from http://gengarstudios.com/. It is an absolutely addictive application where you continuously challenge yourself in game of maths trying to beat your previous time and in rush to beat timing you make mistakes answering these simple questions.
Published Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:09:41 +0000 by living
When you are feeling really miserable with cold and stuffy nose, try this natural remedy. It will give you much needed relief in a very short time. It is natural and healthy.
2 big pieces of ginger (ginger peeled and cleaned)
1 teaspoon of honey (available at most grocery stores)
1 teaspoon of lemon juice (available at most [...]
Published Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:52:00 +0000 by Umesh
Earlier, I had discussed how to setup Voip between India and several other countries at rather cheap price. I recently had to buy couple of VOIP phones for India. I decided on GrandStream BT 200 and GrandStream BT 201. Now we have been using these devices for several weeks and I could not be more [...]
Published Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:08:44 +0000 by Umesh
Apple has been adamant and provided a video recording application. Moreover they have blocked any thirdparty developer from providing video recording application at the app store.
Several of us espacially ones with young kids deeply miss it. There are always those precious moments where we don’t have our camcorder and want to capture them. A Video [...]
Published Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:27:15 +0000 by Umesh
Several of us don’t have need for and enthu for an elaborated backup system. Here is a small script that will backups the WPMU site including database and the file system and e-mails it to provided e-mail address. For small site this works perfectly. You can also use it to e-mail the backups to Gmail [...]
