diff --git a/posts/reflog-v1.5.16.rst b/posts/reflog-v1.5.16.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0bff40a --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/reflog-v1.5.16.rst @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +Welcome to the **The GitHub Reflog** — the weekly chronicle of +remarkable GitHub repos and community activity. For previous +editions, check out +`The Reflog Archive `_. + +Thanks to the awesome work of Alexander Marshalov, the Reflog +archive is now being +`translated into Russian `_! + +Featured Repo of the Week +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`yostudios/Spritemapper `_ + + Spritemapper is a command-line application that generates CSS + sprites from your existing CSS files. It utilizes advanced + techniques, like simulated annealing, to merge the referenced PNG + images into one and generate a new CSS file utilizing the new + sprite map. + + It also contains its own PNG and CSS parser. All you need is a + Python interpreter. If you've ever had to debug a PIL installation, + you know how important this is. + + +Awesome Repo of the Week +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +`jstrait/beats `_ + + This project is nothing short of amazing. + + BEATS is a command-line audio sequencer, written in Ruby. + + Songs are programmed in YAML. The input files define instruments + (samples), bar sequences, and the full song structure. The whole + song can then be exported to LPCM WAV for later enjoyment / + mixing. + +Remarkable Repos +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + +- `tweetdeck/TDOAuth `_: + A small and elegant OAuth v1.0 implementation for iOS applications. + Written by Max Howell, of + `homebrew `_ fame, this + BSD-licensed implementation strives to be a major improvement over + the other OAuth solutions available to Objective-C developers. + +- `sporst/SWFREtools `_: + A toolset for everse engineering and performing security audits on + Adobe Flash Player and compiled SWF files. It features an SFW + Parser, SWF Minimizer, Flash Debugger, and Metrics Generator. This + GPLv2 licensed project is powered by both Java and Python. + +- `leftnode/get-shit-done `_: + A small script for toggling the blocking of a list of configured + domains on your system, so you can Get Shit Done™. + +- `microsoft-dpe/watoolkitios-lib `_: + This set of libraries, written by Microsoft, allows Objective-C + developers to utilize the Azure Cloud Storage platform from an iOS + application. Check out the + `example application repo `_ + to see it in action. + +- `enonic/cms-ce `_: New + community edition of the Enonic CMS, bsaed on Java's Spring + Framework and JEE. Unlike the commercial version, the AGPLv3 + licensed Community Edition lacks a plugin engine and LDAP/AD + support. + +- `wbsun/kgpu `_: This + extremely ambitious project allows the Linux kernel to offload + data-parallel computations to a CUDA-enabled GPU. It aims to "make + the Linux kernel truly parallelized: not only processing multiple + requests concurrently, but can also partition a single large + requested computation into tiles and do them on GPU cores." + +- `jiminoc/goose `_: + Instapaper-like HTML content and article extractor, from Gravity + Labs. Written in Java, this Apache v2 licensed project will take + any url you throw at it, and return the content. + + +Promising Repos +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + +- `bobthecow/coda-cli `_: + Command-line tool for launching and Panic's Coda editor (similar to + TextMate's ``mate`` command), making it a full \*nix citizen. Check + out the `project page `_ to + see usage examples. + +- `skammer/vim-css-color `_: + This epic plugin bring color to your Vim installation's CSS colors. + It currently supports RGB, RGBA, and HTML Color Names. (Note: + 256-color terminal required). + +- `bradfitz/campher `_: + You can now run Perl on top of the Go stack. Seriously. This + esoteric project has quite a bit of ambition and an awesome sense + of humor. + +- `wavded/humane-js `_: + An unobtrusive browser notification system, aimed to be as simple + as possible. This fully themeable system is compatibly with all JS + frameworks and browsers. Check out the + `demo page `_ to see it in + action. + +- `brixen/poetics `_: A + native CoffeeScript interpreter, running directly on the Rubinius + VM. Need I say more? + + +Feedback is appreciated! Send any questions, suggestions, and +anonymous tips to reflog@kennethreitz.com. + +-------------- + +For more open source news, check out +`The Changelog `_ and +`github.com/explore `_.