Dougal Campbell's geek ramblings

I already knew about many of these, but there were a few that were new to me, as well.

Cool, but obscure unix tools :: KKovacs

Tags: unix, linux, cli, tools

The new Google Web Fonts page has some nice features: currently up to 180 font families, filters to select font genre and thickness, view short or long text samples, view styles within a font family…

Google Web Fonts

Tags: fonts, webfonts, google, googlefonts, fontface, typography

Convert Flash .SWF files to HTML5 animation. Won’t work on every .swf, but still pretty neat.

Google Swiffy

Tags: flash, swf, conversion, convert, swiffy, html5, animation, svg

An alternate jQuery function reference browser. Nice compact layout, but missing the category cross-referencing of the official API docs site.

jQAPI – Alternative jQuery Documentation

Tags: jquery, javascript, js, api, documentation, docs, webdev

This points out how to install and configure a ‘tcp’ module for nginx which will allow it to proxy websocket connections to multiple backend servers.

Reverse-proxy websockets with nginx and socket.io

Tags: nginx, websockets, socket.io, nodejs, loadbalancing, ha, proxy

I think I might have a use for this. And I need to see if I can get it to work server-side with node.js. Hmm…

ICanHaz.js | client-side templating with Mustache.js and jQuery or Zepto.js

Tags: javascript, js, webdev, jquery, templating, templates

“XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows.”

XBMC

Tags: xbmc, mediacenter, streaming, video, media, television, tv