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New Skype Client Sucks
2009-06-01 10:53:00 What are those yellow dots that don’t let scroll the chat window? Such a pain. And in general, the client app is getting worse. I wouldn’t complain, but I am in fact paying 20-30 bucks per month for skype-out thingie, so I guess I have a moral right to complain Need to get an ... More About: Skype , General , Sucks
Enterprise Software Without the BS
2008-05-14 10:41:00 A known author of many java and flex-related articles Yakov Fain has published a book named “Enterprise Software Without the BS”. This is a fairly light yet a bit sarcastic (ok, ironic) reading about the software industry. It is available free of charge on his website. Highly recommended! More About: General
Java Geek Humor
2008-03-11 04:23:00 I’ve come across a really funny dialog here: - I am looking for a downloadable java written practical test. We are in the process of employing some new staff and we need a test of some sorts to gauge the skills. - Hey pls let me know ur company name…. So that I can also apply… - Upon reviewing your posting record we recommend you apply to www.mcdonalds.com More About: Humor , Java , Geek
Compiling programs in CodeBlocks on Vista
2008-02-23 15:11:00 Again these stupid errors with damn Vista system. In order to make it work read the following and add the path to the cc1plus.exe (in Settings->Compiler->Programs ->Additional Paths). It worked for me quite well. More About: General
Installing 3DMax 7 on Windows Vista (acge16.dll problem)
2007-12-20 08:13:00 After successful installation of 3DMax 7 on Windows Vista the application doesn’t start with the message - ‘couldn’t locate acge16.dll’. All you have to do is to copy all DLL files from ‘C:Program FilesCommon FilesAutodesk Shared’ to the location of your 3DMax installation, for example to ‘C:3dmax. After this simple procedure 3DMax works on Vista ... More About: Windows Vista , General , Problem
Get 2,5 Million People Watch Your Ad Again and Again
2007-09-18 12:45:00 This is a short freaky video with a stupid crazy song. And I like it And 2,3 million people like it as well. And basically it is an ad of a software development company. There is a banner in the end of the video. Now that’s what I call an excellent marketing idea. I ... More About: Marketing , Watch , People , Million
Wikipedia Killed Programmer?s Day
2007-09-16 10:03:00 13 September is a Programme r ’s Day - an informal celebration of the 256th day of the year (256 is a power of two, i.e. 2^8=256). Unfortunately wikipedia has deleted the page of this holiday for the reason “Imaginary/joke holiday.” What a shame More About: General , Wikipedia , Killed
Weird?
2007-08-19 09:31:00 We almost had a fight at work, some people think she is rotating counterclockwise. I can see her rotating both ways, mostly clockwise. This is weird… More About: Weird , General
Interview at Google
2007-08-14 14:59:00 A really detailed description of the Googl e hiring procedures, a great post: A few months ago I received an e-mail from a recruiter at Google asking for an opportunity to talk to me about available development positions. Needless to say, I was pretty excited. I?m fairly happy in my current job, but?it?s GOOGLE. You don?t say ... More About: General , Interview
RIA?s war
2007-08-02 13:53:00 Isn’t this me-too RIA buzz a little bit naive? A long time ago Java “invented” applets - a great idea for RIA that has gracefully failed. Flash has taken the seat. MS’s silverlight is not getting developers anywhere for too many reasons. JavaFX requires the latest Java JVM installed on the user’s computer. I believe ... More About: Programming , General
Fake it!
2007-07-14 06:58:00 Sometimes you need test data to... test some class or jsp page. Here is the java class that can be of help to someone. PLAIN TEXT JAVA: import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils ; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; import org.apache.commons.lang.math.RandomUtils; public class Fake { public static String getAddress() { String str = RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric(2) ; + "/" + ... More About: Programming , Java , General
Adwords Mistakes
2007-05-20 10:29:00 Once in a while I come across funny mistakes and errors in Google Adwords . Now it’s high time to start collecting them: And when you click the ad: I am just wondering who’s paying for the mistake More About: General , Mist , Stakes , Mista
An Idea of an Online Service: CV Builder
2007-05-20 02:18:00 At the moment I am looking for a job as a java programmer here, in Sydney. I still have not found a job, only settled some interviews with the employers: two investments banks, a telephone company and a telecommunication entertainment company. As a result I came up with an interesting idea of an online service ... More About: Programming , General , Service , Idea , Online
Web Design Mistakes You Should Avoid
2007-05-05 13:59:00 Daniel from Daily Blog Tips has a list of common web mistakes. Some of the rules are useful, some are a little bit outdated, some are wrong, I guess. I would like to add one more rule: do not use java applets, as they are slow and can freeze the browser. In addition, I ... More About: Marketing , Web Design , Design , General , Sign
Java 3D Application in JavaScript (Irrlicht & Jirr)
2007-04-24 12:52:00 With the new features of Java 1.6 it is incredibly easy to add scripting capabilities to your programs. By using JavaScript you do not have to recompile your application every time you change something, also JavaScript is much easier especially for those new to Java. Check out the way we implement an Irrlicht application in JavaScript. ... More About: Programming , Javascript , Application , Licht
Protect Your Contact Form against Spammers
2007-04-06 20:26:00 ?Contact Us? page How a user can contact the administration of a web site? Usually every web site has a ?contact us? page with the contact details of people in charge. Moreover, this is not really convenient. A user has to start his mail client, to make sure the address of the recipient is correct, ... More About: Spam , Your , Again , Form
Creating a Distribution Package of Your Java Application
2007-04-05 12:08:00 Say, you have written a Java application and now it is time to create windows installer package to upload it to your site so that anybody could download it, run and enjoy your proggy. Of course, one can distribute a plain JAR file, but not all users will be able to start it successfully. It is ... More About: Cat , Distribution , Creating , Your
Java Applets
2007-04-02 16:20:00 Paul Graham says: The scary thing about platforms is that there are always some that seem to outsiders to be fine, responsible choices and yet, like Windows in the 90s, will destroy you if you choose them. Java applets were probably the most spectacular example. This was supposed to be the new way of delivering ... More About: Apple
Search Engine Friendly URLs for Java Web Application
2007-03-28 18:49:00 Static and Dynamic URLs Any web-application has static and dynamic resources. As the names imply static resources are those that are never changed. For example, html pages with no dynamic data, static download files etc. Dynamic resources are those that can change their content from time to time: html pages that contain dynamic data (such as ... More About: Cat , Java , Search , Search Engine , Friend
First Day of Game Development
2007-03-19 22:40:00 Today I have suddenly realized that I do already have everything to start writing a game. There is a basic scene manager, sprites, particles in my engine. With the help from the guys in LWJGL IRC channel, I managed to plug Mappy library to LWJGL and now it is really simple to have an animated ... More About: Development , Men , Game , First , Develop
Software Development Can Be Fun
2007-03-19 20:10:00 Now the developer has to know a bunch of different technologies, systems and libraries. And each day you start your favorite IDE, HTML editor, XML editor, a couple of utilities along with Outlook Express program and run a server. The computer is as slow as hell and you start cursing the developers and the computer. I ... More About: Software , Fun , Software Development , Development , Men
Google and Search Problems
2007-03-18 13:06:00 Today my friend and I were looking for software that could make a trialware version of our program. We have lost the source code of the program as it was written about 3 years ago and we cannot use popular software protection systems or cut some program?s features to make a limited demo version. We ... More About: Google , Search , Problems , Problem , Googl
Day 1
2007-03-16 22:13:00 So, I have just come across a Cas?s ?The Alien Flux Development Diary?. And as he and his team are the creators of LWJGL engine, and as I am using it to write my next 2D game I thought maybe I should start my diary of my own. I am planning to write a simple, ...
Cool effects Cool Me Off
2007-03-03 13:49:00 Today I have come across a nice Tetris game Culitrs written in Java. It is based on a LWJGL library ? a Java framework for game development. The game is free and looks pretty cool, nice visuals. There is only one thing ? you cannot play the game. This ?cool? effect shows the transparent block ... More About: Cool , Effect , Effects
A Few Words on Synth
2007-02-23 10:45:00 If you are into heavy server-side development, you probably do not pay much attention at other Java features, such as GUI. However, I like to dig everything around this great language and the platform. Some time ago, I came across ?Synth ? thing in Java. This is a way to customize and change look?n feel ... More About: Word , Words
Hot Water
2007-02-22 17:40:00 Check out how this guy managed to get hot water. Pretty smart I think. More About: Water
List of Countries for Java Application
2007-02-22 14:10:00 No more, no less: the list of countries for your resource bundle file: Show List #--------------- # Count ries #--------------- country.afghanistan = Afghanistan country.akrotiri = Akrotiri country.albania = Albania country.algeria = Algeria country.americansamoa = American Samoa country.andorra = Andorra country.angola = Angola country.anguilla = Anguilla country.antarctica = Antarctica country.antiguaandbarbuda = Antigua and Barbuda country.arcticocean = Arctic Ocean country.argentina = Argentina country.armenia = Armenia country.aruba = Aruba country.ashmoreandcartierislands = Ashmore and Cartier Islands country.atlanticocean = Atlantic Ocean country.australia ... More About: Cat , Java
A Few Words On PHP
2007-02-22 13:53:00 I know some Java programmers consider PHP to be a simple language for simple solutions. But the number of PHP powered sites is really large. PHP powered content management systems (CMS) have great look and exciting features. When you write in plain PHP without using any of the PHP frameworks, it sucks. It really ... More About: Php , Word , Words
Hibernate 3 Annotations
More articles from this author:2007-02-12 11:33:00 In the recent versions of Hibernate , a new, more elegant approach (other than traditional database mappings that are defined in a set of XML mapping files) has emerged, based on Java 5 annotations. Using the new Hibernate Anno tations library, you can dispense once and for all with your old mapping files--everything is defined as, you ... More About: Nate 1, 2 |
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