Archive for the ‘ Misc ’ Category

Fotologue – The Japanese answer to Flickr

  • November 9th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

Fotologue which was Japanese only for a while has been translated into English and opened up it’s gates for anyone else around the globe! Not only does it look much more stylish than Flickr or any other photo sharing site, it’s also completely done in Flash! Check out my gallery for a quick preview of [ READ MORE ]

ePaper – When is it feasable?

  • September 26th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

I’m really missing one great invention that has yet to come for global consumption … books made of electronic paper! I’m not talking about these LCD display-like books or these foil-like papers that are already used for some advertising purposes. What I’d love to see available is a pocket notebook made of finely woven ePaper [ READ MORE ]

Fixing other people’s code

  • September 22nd, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

I just had to refuse the second job offer this year where I would have to fix somebody else’s written ActionScript 1 spagetti code! I don’t know what is the reason for agencies trying to give such jobs but it’s save to say that the troubles of digging through the messy and often timeline-spread code [ READ MORE ]

Which Open Source License is good for you?

  • August 24th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

I was trying out Google’s own code repository Google Code today, finally delving into some SVN knowledge with Subclipse and was starting to wonder if there is actually an explaination about all those Open Source Licenses which is understandable for non-lawyers. A quick googling gave me this useful ZDNet link … HOWTO: Pick an open [ READ MORE ]

The Challenges of new Keyboards

  • August 17th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

I must have been temporally mind absent when I strolled through Akihabara some days ago and went into a Computer Shop to buy this cute little – but ridiculously overpriced – Happy Hacking Keyboard! Not only doesn’t it have Letters, it also has no cursor keys and no function keys! Well ok mine is dark gray [ READ MORE ]

Time for a new Rig!

  • August 8th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

Being that old hardware DIY’er that I am (it started long ago with changing the kernel of my C64) I’ve so far always bought parts and built my PCs up by myself. This time I was pondering with buying the new Dell XPS 700 just because it’s case design is so ultra slick (around 100.000 [ READ MORE ]

The Crappiest Corporate Site of the Week

  • July 24th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

The “Crappiest Corporate Site of the Week” Award goes to Dell Japan for not being able to have a Shop website that runs on current Browsers! When I try to get onto their XPS 700 Customization page I get a simple Access Denied, telling me that I need to use Internet Explorer [ READ MORE ]

Tools Of The Trade Part 3: FreeMind

  • July 24th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

In my book “How to become a Flash Game Developer of World Class” I surely will not forget to mention this useful tool … FreeMind, a Mind Mapping tool that is not only free but also very intuitive! It is written in Java and therefore available for all common Platforms. Where other Mind Mapping tools [ READ MORE ]

More Coding Fonts

  • July 21st, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

Found these today on my daily dose of Stumble Upon random links … Proggy Programming Fonts! Still coding with Courier? Maybe it’s time for a change?! [ READ MORE ]

How to survive IT meetings

  • July 7th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

A Developer’s Guide to Surviving Meetings … an invaluable guide for those long and boring meetings! Be sure to also read the comments as there are some nice tips as well! [ READ MORE ]

MXNA doesn’t like me!

  • May 14th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

I’m chased by bad luck since a while when it comes to getting this blog onto the Macromedia XML News Aggregator! First when I used Nucleus CMS it stopped fetching my feeds automatically after a while. Nobody, not me and not the admin at MXNA had any clue what was the cause. Now I’ve switched [ READ MORE ]

Raised from the dead

  • May 10th, 2006
  • Posted in Misc

Finally I got myself up to completely overhaul this blog and after a long time of resisting I finally decided to switch to Word Press! Nucleus was a great system but the mysterious problems recently that kept my blog from appearing on newsfeed fetching sites forced me to go the radical way. After all a [ READ MORE ]