So tempted to iPhone bash!

Modifying etherpad source today and needed to change this line

“PrimaryPad is not yet fully-functional on the iPhone.”

So tempted to Change it to..

“PrimaryPad is not yet fully-functional on the iPhone. Ha!”
Or..

“PrimaryPad is not yet fully-functional on the iPhone. Looks like you don’t fully respect open source!”

But of course Etherpad isn’t fully-functional on the Android yet neither 😉

what type of 3d is avatar?

Stereoscopic 3D,” – which mixes live-action and CGI imagery in a seamless blend. The film is shot with a Fusion 3-D camera. Don’t get too excited though, you still need glasses.
Cameron truly did break boundaries with Avatar so all I can say is, please make a new star wars with this tech, it would be amazing!
Maybe the most significant thing I took from avatar was the 3d experience. Let’s hope there is more of this calibre to come. P.S I watched it at the Imax, Bradford

PHP to create Elgg pages from a mysql database

Installation:
  1. Save to below script to the root of your Elgg install as importelgg.php
  2. Change the bits in bold to suit your environment.
  3. Log into your elgg site as the user you want to upload as then browse to the script.
Code:
<?php
// Modified from edit.php from Elgg doc’s by John McLear – www.mclear.co.uk
set_time_limit(0); // We dont want the script to time out
require_once ‘engine/start.php’;
// Load configuration
global $CONFIG;
$dbhost = ‘localhost‘; // The MySql Hostname
$dbuser = ‘root‘; // MySQL Username
$dbpass = ‘yourpassword‘; // MySQL Password
$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, TRUE) or die (‘Error connecting to mysql’); // TRUE so we dont overwrite connection
$dbname2 = ‘mydatabase‘; // The databasename
mysql_select_db($dbname2);
$sql=”SELECT title,contents FROM pages“; // Get the content from the source database
$result=mysql_query($sql);
// Go through the records and create what you need from that
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$title=$row[“title“]; //Set the title value from the mysql title field
$content=$row[“contents“]; // Same as above but for contents
gatekeeper();
set_context(‘pages’);
// Get group fields
$input = array();
foreach($CONFIG->pages as $shortname => $valuetype) {
$input[$shortname] = get_input($shortname);
if ($valuetype == ‘tags’)
$input[$shortname] = string_to_tag_array($input[$shortname]);
}
// Get parent
$parent_guid = (int)get_input(‘parent_guid’, 0);
// New or old?
$page = NULL;
$pages_guid = (int)get_input(‘pages_guid’);
if ($pages_guid)
{
$page = get_entity($pages_guid);
if (!$page->canEdit())
$page = NULL; // if we can’t edit it, go no further.
}
else
{
$page = new ElggObject();
if (!$parent_guid)
$page->subtype = ‘page_top’;
else
$page->subtype = ‘page’;
// New instance, so set container_guid
$container_guid = get_input(‘container_guid’,’8849‘); // Set the container GUID to a static user
$page->container_guid = $container_guid;
}
// Have we got it? Can we edit it?
if ($page instanceof ElggObject)
{
// Save fields – note we always save latest description as both description and annotation
if (sizeof($input) > 0)
{
foreach($input as $shortname => $value) {
if ((!$pages_guid) || (($pages_guid) && ($shortname != ‘title’)))
$page->$shortname = $value;
}
}
// Validate create
$page->title = $title;
if (!$page->title)
{
register_error(elgg_echo(“pages:notitle”));
forward($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’]);
exit;
}
// Access ids (Make it public)
$page->access_id = 2;
// Get the content
$page->description = $content;
// Write access id (Make it public)
$page->write_access_id = 2;
// Set parent
$page->parent_guid = $parent_guid;
// Ensure ultimate owner
$page->owner_guid = ($page->owner_guid ? $page->owner_guid : $_SESSION[‘user’]->guid);
// finally save
if ($page->save())
{
// Now save description as an annotation
$page->annotate(‘page’, $page->description, $page->access_id);
system_message(elgg_echo(“pages:saved”));
//add to river
add_to_river(‘river/object/page’,’create’,$_SESSION[‘user’]->guid,$page->guid);
echo “$title – DONE<br/>”;
}
else
register_error(elgg_echo(‘pages:notsaved’));
}
else
{
register_error(elgg_echo(“pages:noaccess”));
}
usleep(250000); // Just a little rest not to be overspammy
}
?>