After a test period by the EVE-Central Google Group members, I am pleased to announce Contribtastic 2.1.1 for EVE-Central. Contribtastic is our cache-scanning no-nonsense upload client.
New in this version:
- Automatic cache folder detection! Everything happens under the hood, including when the EVE client updates
- Multiple client support! Multiple EVE clients are now detected and managed automatically.
- New icons
- Application remembers its tray status – it will relaunch to tray only if it was last hidden in the tray
- Little bug fixes
Get it from the software download page.
Here is a prototype “home page” for EVE-Central, the top-portion only. Opinions?
Obviously there are placeholders – the 3ISK tritanium would be prettied up (and contain actual data!).
(And yes, this is based on Twitter Bootstrap. I am not a web designer, but I can adapt as needed)
Contribtastic 2.0.3 (the EVE-Central.com upload client) is now available, and far less crashy than before.
Highlights include:
- (Should) no longer reset its configuration at random
- The autodetect logic for cache folders is now fixed and actually works now
- EVE-Metrics uploading was removed (I know, kinda late)
- Locating a cache folder manually will no longer thrash your disk and take minutes/hours to complete
- Visual C++ Redistributables are now automatically bundled and installed for your convenience.
You can grab it from the download page at EVE-Central.com
Hi everyone!
Remember EVE-Central? The tool that first launched when you exported market data using the “Export to File” button, but has been chugging along (mostly) reliably since those dark days?
Well, I am “bringing back the fire” to the project, and upping my contribution. EVE-Central is still an invaluable resource in the EVE economic arena, but it can be so much better.
Currently, the following projects are under way:
Facelift: There is some advantage from moving from Web 1.0 to the future, and that is a better UI experience (also, accepting contributions for Logo redesign)
Contribtastic improvements: This program has been long neglected, and while a large number of you use it successfully, it needs some serious refinement. Streamlining, adding first class Mac support, supporting multiple clients, historical data, and more. We are also working on a unified uploader format to help interoperability.
Core technology: The uploader acceptance system is getting an overhaul, in the name of better statistics and error rejection. After that we will start overhauling user state and sessions.
New features: Hangar sells, API integration, and more.
More traders means more chances to buy and sell commodities. As a matter of interest, from a quick data mining expedition in the EVE-Central database, I present you with the top trading systems in EVE. These were cataloged not from volume (which is very hard to determine without tapping into everyone’s wallet), but from the number of active orders present in the database for each system.
The first chart is the makeup of just the top 7 systems (before statistics people shoot me, “Other” was omitted in this chart). As no surprise to anyone, Jita is the top, followed by the other capital systems.
Here is a view of the top 40 systems. Note the high ranking of two 0.0 systems, 6VDT-H and G-0Q86.
I am currently looking at bringing much better real time statistics to EVE-Central – leave a comment for what you find interesting!
If you ever have the misfortune of managing e-mail servers, please do not ever attempt to use the SORBS RBL. Its false positive rate is amazingly high, and its support is downright terrible when your mailman mailing list (you know, an opt-in mailing list) is flagged.
I have just uploaded the schematics, gerbers, and Eagle files for an “old” but fully functional LED moonlight strip which is micro controller controlled. Its somewhat overkill, but will light up your aquarium quite nicely. I do have extra boards available to sell – contact me if you’re interested!
For more information, visit: http://opencoral.com/ocluna/start
The Incarna database dump is now loaded into EVE-Central! Enjoy 
Bob over at Ambient Sensors has shown how to use the 40mV-500mV LTC3108 boost converter being powered from a Peltier junction.
You can also find his open source design on Github.
I’ve loaded a part of my back-catalog of software to github. Included into the transfer is:
- an old Python application server (Cymbeline)
- an audio player library (PyAudioPlay)
- a project which combines the two (Shallot)
- and even a very minimal NTP replacement (SNTS)
Note that this software is from the 2004 vintage, which reflects a previous era (before Git, before the end of college, etc). It was languishing on the StackFoundry website prior to its overhaul; I also couldn’t simply throw it away.
Also loaded onto github are slightly newer projects, such as:
- the static site generator qsgen
- a movie file browser (quick movie)
- the ptee process/subshell tee augmentation
- and finally an X11 keyboard wedge program for barcode readers (softwedge).
Most of the previous pages at StackFoundry now redirect to the appropriate github page.
Enjoy!
