Alex Ezell

Member since: Jan 18th, 2006

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Joystiq	1 Comment
Engadget	2 Comments
Download Squad	6 Comments
The Office Weblog	1 Comment

Recent Comments:

The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block's video games (Engadget)

Aug 24th 2008 3:01PM I would probably give 90% of this stuff away. I just want the feel of victory.

Today in Joystiq: January 18, 2007 (Joystiq)

Jan 19th 2007 1:32AM Go Athens! I miss my days there.

Team Xtender's XFPS 360 in action (Engadget)

Dec 22nd 2006 8:25PM I agree with Sean. It looks laggy to me.

SWFUpload: Open source Flash multi-file upload (Download Squad)

Nov 16th 2006 6:53PM A Tip:
If you need to pass variables to the script which handles the files on the backend, the only way to do it easily is to add the variables to the querystring in the init of the SWFUpload like so:

upload_backend : "../upload.php?variable=$data",

Create file-sharing links with Zapr (Download Squad)

Aug 21st 2006 6:10PM The one drawback I see with this is that it advertises very prominently my IP address in the URL to which it eventually points the downloading user. So, it seems that Zapr is a nice wrapper around a purpose-built HTTP server which is all well and good but doesn't seem terribly secure, scalable or fast.

WriteRoom: Write without the distractions (Download Squad)

Jun 30th 2006 9:51PM A Windows port of this would be awesome for those of us who do creative writing. My muse is often interrupted by the blasted infernal trappings of "other stuff" on this computer.

Essential Linux apps for the OS X convert (Download Squad)

Jun 29th 2006 6:40PM Bah, it's just a couple of nerds who want to try something new, like we all do. Since when do the fortunes of a company shift on the decisions of two dweebs in black t-shirts? If these Mac nerds had any balls, they would have had a Linux machine sitting in their office for the past few years like the rest of anyone whose job it is to actually develop things than to write about developing them.