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Just another IT quote that came to me...

2008-09-23T01:24:00.005-04:00

"Upgrades - the solution to, AND cause of, all IT people's problems"

ClickClickRevolution update (v1.9.2 "Touch")

2008-04-20T05:42:00.006-04:00

ClickClickRevolution v1.9.2 is now available for download.New in this version:CCR is now touchscreen-enabled - which means if your mobile device has a touchscreen, you can play CCR with your stylus or fingers. (Note, if you currently have v1.9.1 installed and your mobile device does not have a touchscreen, there is no need to download this upgrade.)Visit the website athttp://

the dark side

2007-03-19T09:50:00.000-04:00

Your budget laptop

2007-03-03T02:47:00.000-05:00

Doing a little survey. What essential hardware requirements would you have for your ideal laptop***, and how much would you pay for it?Here's the template (all meant to be built-in components):SystemCPU/Speed (make/model/GHz): RAM (GB/speed): Harddisk (GB/speed): Battery life (Hrs under normal use):Weight:Speakers (if other than typical built-in speakers):VideoScreen (inch/resolution):Video card

Batch MP4 encoder for your mobile device

2007-02-03T04:03:00.000-05:00

For many like myself, VLC is the most loved free video player / encoder as it supports a wide spectrum of formats and provides a very comprehensive list of playback options to accomodate even the weirdest, funkiest and kinkiest of video playback requirements.However, its user interface leaves many of its loyal fans desiring some automation for encoding or transcoding multiple video files.

A simple web tester (SimpleWebTest v0.0.0.1)

2006-10-01T05:41:00.002-04:00

SimpleWebTest (SWT) provides an quick and easy way to build test scripts for verifying multiple pages in a web application or site. The design aims to reduce typing to a mininum (in many cases, the only thing you need to type is the filename in which to save the test script). For many simple web apps or sites, the test script building process should only take 5 to 10 minutes.The need for my

New features in AttoPlay 0.0.39

2006-06-17T13:26:00.001-04:00

- individual volume compensation- song score (rating)- filter by score- shortcut keys for skip forward/backwardDownload it hereDigg it!

AttoPlay - update 0.0.33

2006-05-28T00:38:00.000-04:00

New features:- persistent string search filter- new mood configurator and selector- self-retracting visible play buttons- extended playlist and UI optionsDownload here(know what? ...nevermind)

Buying vs Renting

2006-05-01T23:10:00.000-04:00

I am going to answer this question once and for all:Buying vs Renting, which costs less?I've written an excel worksheet to solve the question above. What I found is that the answer is different for every case depending on:the size of down paymentthe length of amortizationthe interest rate, inflation rate and rate of returnThe way to go about it is to find the house/condo that you want to buy,

AttoPlay - update v0.0.15

2006-04-11T22:04:00.000-04:00

- more intuitive mouse behaviour- clicking away from application closes playlist- clicking on a song in playlist selects or plays it- I think I finally got the lose focus bug fixed... I think- playlist is now a toggle button- mouse wheel changes play position when playlist is off- mouse wheel browses songs in playlist when it's on

AttoPlay - update v0.0.14

2006-04-11T00:54:00.000-04:00

New features:- shortcut keys: z, x, c, v, b, p, j, q- up / down keys in playlist- random play, repeatBug fixes:- weird mouse behaviours- focus change when Outlook is in focus- "jump to" search backspace behaviour

AttoPlay - a big tiny mp3 player

2006-04-09T21:43:00.000-04:00

Just trying out a new way to do UI. It's heavily mouse-dependent, but uses both mouse and keyboard to minimize the number of clicks required to perform actions and to minimize desktop usage (occupied less than 3 pixels vertically).Download the very beta version of AttoPlay here (for windows)Features:- play, forward, rewind, skip, stop, pause, resume- randomize playlist- sort playlist by name/

google pages

2006-03-23T12:21:00.000-05:00

i've just got my space on google pages. the page editor is kinda primitive and you depend mostly on the predefined templates. it's fun to use nevertheless. don't think i'll put anything serious on it tho. i think it's more for those cool grandma's and grandpa's who use the internet.one thing tho if they incorporate that into blogger's template editor, with a drag-and-drop list of all the

crossroad

2006-03-08T10:14:00.000-05:00

download I did 4.93 megincoming folder now hosts an unfamiliar iconmouse pointer motionless and distantdare I not to ponderwhat becomes life what this file deliversclouds of uncertainty and concerncourage summoned I click oncelike timid feline on shore touches waterthe mouse pointer quickly retreatsfinger casts shadow over ENTERkey pressed oh hell or new era"welcome to mozilla firefox setup"(:

From bash.org

2006-01-18T16:53:00.000-05:00

#596983 +(2446)- Hey Psyko, if the world was gonna end in 3 minutes, what would you do? I'D SCREW ANYTHING THAT MOVES!!! What would you do? ... ... ... I'd stand very very still. o.o;hahahaha...

ClickClickRevolution

2005-12-11T01:05:00.000-05:00

I've always wanted to develop games that are challenging and addictive, coz that's the kind of games I like. And for that reason, ClickClickRevolution is born. So far it's been very successful in keeping me entertained while waiting in the driver license office or riding in the back of a police cruiser (*jokes*).Here's the website:http://ClickClickRevolution.comor download the preview game from

DownloadAll: download

2005-08-14T17:49:00.000-04:00

DownloadAll is a simple web documents crawler for downloading media files, javascripts, stylesheets, embedded documents, etc. The program allows you to manually crawl to (by 2x-clicking on) webpages that are linked to the original URL that you provide. Then run a regular expression search to select files that you want to download.Current version: 0.0.3 alpha [Download]What's new:- added comment

My I.E.: v0.0.51 download

2005-08-14T16:17:00.000-04:00

What's new in MyIE v0.0.51 [download here]:- bug fix for google search- bug fix for bookmarks not being able to load- added shortcut keys for bookmarks, search and address bar- added submit comments feature- other minor UI improvements*** MyIE update- latest version is now v0.0.52

Web crawling

2005-08-05T17:51:00.000-04:00

A friend sent me this site that has a bunch of funny videos so I pulled out my ghetto homemade crawler (similar to Get-it!) to download the media files. Within seconds it was configured (using regular expressions) and started downloading files from that site.Don't know if it'd be useful to anyone. I fixed up the user interface a bit, gave it a name ("DownloadAll") and uploaded it here.Enjoy!

Renamer tool saved the day!

2005-07-27T15:08:00.000-04:00

site: www.1-4a.comGreat for renaming files especially if you know regular expressions: 1-4a Rename

Google search treeview in My I.E. v0.0.49

2005-07-26T15:49:00.000-04:00

MyIE has an integrated google search which returns the results in a treeview. I found it useful myself and planning on creating a standalone control for that. but first I'd really appreciate if someone could try the control out and give me feedback.Update (July 27, 1am): I found out that Google returns two different types (could be more) of search results. Now version 0.0.50 handles both types.

My I.E.: new and improved

2005-07-26T12:12:00.000-04:00

I finally fixed the bug that prevented me from uploading images onto Blogger. There's been quite a few improvements since the previous version. It's still no FireFox but damnit it works the way I like it, takes up less desktop space and uses a lot less memory.What's new in v0.0.49:- Double-click on a tab label reloads page.- Click-drag on a tab label navigates forward or backward in the URL

Another brain workout

2005-07-15T14:25:00.000-04:00

roy sent this to me. arrange the vertices such that no edges overlap.*** flash removed [URL here]***

Good free online programming resource

2005-07-07T16:11:00.000-04:00

http://www.thefreecountry.com/The site doesn't look glamourous but it has lots of free code and resources to help with your software projects.

Video (and computer) freezing

2005-06-27T13:49:00.000-04:00

I plugged my computer to the UPS, but the computer still freezes every once in a while, for 10-20 seconds at a time. It happens not only when I'm watching TV, but playing videos, too. I'm guessing these three reasons:power surgesinsufficient power supply, orvideo card overheatingI'm hoping it's not a defective card coz sending it back to Taiwan would be a bitch.Just another item in the long

You get what you pay for

2005-06-23T13:53:00.000-04:00

I bought the MSI Personal Cinema video card + tv tuner about 2 weeks ago. I used to have on-board video and an old ATI tuner card with no remote control. I thought the MSI card would be a nice little upgrade for better 3D and TV, and would also free up 64MB of RAM. At C$90, it sounds like a worthwhile investment.Browsing through the driver CD, I saw the files were dated all the way back to

My computer crashed again

2005-06-21T16:25:00.000-04:00

My computer at work went BSOD this afternoon. It appeared to be some sort of harddisk failure. Maybe it got sick of running the same xslt over and over again on 4MB worth of XML at each shot. I powered it down for a couple of minutes, and it blessed me once more with something other than just blue and white. Since I lost all my running programs and opened folders and unsaved code, I thought

d-Torrent Hub Simulator

2005-05-20T16:53:00.000-04:00

For a torrent website that can't be shut down, I propose the d-Torrent Hub concept. [download simulator here]News came in one morning early this week that btefnet got shut down along with a few other torrent sites. Dependency on a central server cripples bittorrent distribution with a single point of failure. People out there have been aware of the problem for some time, and trackerless

My I.E.: Download

2005-02-04T15:44:00.000-05:00

This Windows application is an IE replacement for those who hate IE but can't live without it.My IE supports tabbed browsing and popup blocking.I believe there's already a My IE project out there, nevertheless, I wrote my own.Enjoy.MyIE v0.00.23 alpha [download]What's new:edit Favoritesreload a particular Favorites folderopen all links in a Favorites foldera Back buttonlots of bug fixes

Topic suggestion for 72h gaming competition?

2005-01-06T19:02:00.000-05:00

this has nothing to do with programming but it is one game that ain't gonna end up on the shelves in a neighberhood Blockbuster near you. * flash file removed *

Workout for your brain

2004-12-22T10:41:00.000-05:00

with the holidays approaching, we can expect the average programmers to code less and eat/drink/play/sleep more. to keep our precious brains in good shape, give it a workout by solving this puzzle.Instructions:A family of six (parents, 2 daughters and 2 sons) got lost in the forest. they were hungry and ate some magic mushrooms they found under a tree. the mushrooms caused the dad to think the

The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing

2004-12-01T09:24:00.000-05:00

by Peter Deutsch (sent to me by roy)"Essentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, makes the following eight assumptions. All prove to be false in the long run and all cause big trouble and painful learning experiences.The network is reliableLatency is zeroBandwidth is infiniteThe network is secureTopology doesn't changeThere is one administratorTransport cost is zeroThe

SequenceGen Bug

2004-11-28T16:22:00.000-05:00

Found a bug in SequenceGen. File was truncated when the output text is too large. Fixed in v0.00.03.

WebHoldem: Download

2004-11-24T22:08:00.000-05:00

This Windows application allows users to play Texas Holdem over the Web.Current version 0.06.00 [download]v0.06.00 (2004/12/16):a more discreet "Discreet Mode"dealer button only shows up when it's neededAction window only shows up when it's neededtext-to-speech pronounces certain acronyms in full wordsbug fix: shitload of themv0.05.00 (2004/12/09):a new "Discreet Mode"when minimized, taskbar

72-hour Game Development Competition

2004-11-18T13:03:00.000-05:00

the challenge: building a computer game from scratch using only publicly available libraries in 72 hours by a maximum of 3 people per team.the BIGGER challenge: getting the 3 people to agree on how they will make the game.personally, I think a team of one will be more efficient with this kind of project. just imagine all the design meetings at work you need to sit through just to decide who does

Something worthy of version 1

2004-11-16T19:37:00.000-05:00

finally NetworkHoldem is ready for version 1. I can name a hundred things that can be added to the program, but screw it, it can play a complete Texas Holdem game from start to end, and that's all I care about. Download it here. if you've tried NetworkHoldem (and have figured out how to use it despite the lack of help file), and liked it. I encourage you write an end-user documentation for the

Let's play lunch time poker!

2004-11-10T01:39:00.000-05:00

DocNsanE introduced to me a library called cards.dll which came with Windows for card games like solitaire and hearts. before I knew it I spent half the night up building a network-enabled poker game client. it has no game logic, only cards and chips handling capability. it took longer than I thought it would (more than 30 minutes), but I had fun making it. ... now I just need to find some

NetworkHoldem: Download

2004-11-10T01:29:00.000-05:00

This Windows application allows users to play poker-type games, e.g. Texas Holdem, over the LAN.Screenshot:Current version 1.00.00 [download]v1.00.00 (2004/11/16):added text-to-speech messaging (download voices)added "check" functionality, shown as (C)v0.00.07 (2004/11/15):fixed problem when a player folds she stays folded for subsequent gamesv0.00.06 (2004/11/11):fixed "show cards" function that

Need for sequence generation

2004-11-05T13:30:00.000-05:00

I initially needed a tool to generate an HTML page to display images (image01.jpg, image02.jpg.... image56.jpg). I couldn't have just used a javascript loop because I wanted to put different captions under some images. a javacript function that takes the image number as parameter would've worked, except I wasn't sure all the people who would browse the page would have JS enabled(I know I don't).

SequenceGen: Download

2004-11-05T13:20:00.000-05:00

This Windows program generates sequences of letters or numbers from a template.Current version 0.00.03 [download]What's new:v0.00.03 (2004/11/28):fix truncated file problem with large outputv0.00.02:Simplified syntaxBetter support for XML/HTMLA new preview window

Why security on YOUR desktop matters

2004-11-05T13:15:00.000-05:00

The following is from an email by SK that fell into my inbox this morning: -- quote from email -------------------------- Subject: Why security on YOUR desktop matters [All facts taken from: http://www.computerworld.com/.../0,10801,97157,00.html] According to this independant study (and if you'll read it, you may be surprised that I chose to use this one), a third (32.7%) of successful

WebSource: [embeds] not working

2004-11-05T13:08:00.000-05:00

it turned out [embeds] really didn't work and I fixed it for WebSource v0.00.08. I also found that the program crashes more often than I'd like when there's a lot of javascript and forwarding going on. I'll have to look into that.

WebSource Download

2004-11-04T16:00:00.000-05:00

This program displays the HTML source of a webpage in a tree view structure and allows users to browse directly from the source. It also retrieves external javascript and stylesheets files.Current version 0.00.08 [download]What's new:fixed [embeds] fixed startup error messageWebSource v0.00.07:minor bug fixes ([embeds] may still not work)handles popup windows better

RE: WebSource

2004-11-03T14:19:00.000-05:00

roy pointed out to me that FireFox does a very good job with its source viewer, and I agreed completely. what WebSource does different is the way external files and links are handled. In WebSource: external (linked) javascript and stylesheet files are downloaded and can be viewed at the same time with the HTMLlinks can be opened from within the source tree, and user has the options to open the

Dissect those huge and complicated webpages

2004-11-03T11:40:00.000-05:00

quite often I found myself dissatisfied with the way web browsers do "view source". either I couldn't find what I was looking for (because some files are linked externally) or the HTML was just way to messy for me to comprehend. so I took a few hours and wrote this program: WebSource it's not the prettiest program in the world but it does the job of laying out structurally a complex HTML file.

New template!

2004-11-02T22:41:00.000-05:00

Made a new template that includes the codehead logo. ;)It's really a rip off of the old one, ah well. This one is more space efficient tho.

HD based MP3 players

2004-11-01T10:05:00.000-05:00

From roy's blog: Let the knock-offs begin!