The Weekly Squeak

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2012-September/165795.html There is the regular Browser for looking at source code. Sure. And then there’s the Swiss Army Knife version of the browser, the OmniBrowser, which tells you ranges of information at a glance.  The OmniBrowser is now in the trunk. Instructions for installation are available by following the link.

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2012-September/165816.html Ian Piumarta has released new sources for the non-Cog Squeak virtual machine. The 4.10 sources are available at http://squeakvm.org/unix Some of the new additions include updating to the lastest version of VMMaker, removing old autotools files, and plugins for Scratch support.

http://www.squeaksource.com/RFB http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2012-September/165740.html Deploying an image headless in a server leaves a developer without the same GUI used to create an application. Remote Frame Buffer (VNC) gives that GUI back to the developer while running an application in a server. Ian Piumarta recently updated RFB to work with the latest versions of Squeak. He was assisted…

http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2012/Innovation-Technology-Awards I used to read a magazine called Dragon. The winner of the 1981 AD&D International Dungeon Design Contest was Howard de Wiet. Turns out he went into the family business of manufacturing sausage casings at DeWiet International. Cherniak Software has a Smalltalk product for the HVAC industry (Heat, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning). These are…

Colin Putney is hosting some meetings with Google Plus open to anybody. The first is scheduled for Thursday 30th at 10 am Pacific Time. If you’d like to join a free floating conversation about Squeak things – questions, opinions, ideas – register and attend. http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2012-August/165572.html http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2012-August/165577.html The event is modeled on the biweekly meetings of…