Reflection Design

2Jun/080

Pledge to download Firefox 3.0

The people at Mozilla have started a pledge to get people to set the record for most downloads within 24 hours of the release of Firefox 3.0. Here is more from the site:

Set a Guinness World Record
Enjoy a Better Web

Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.

By the way, the official date for the launch of Firefox 3 will be posted here soon - so check back! Join our community and this effort by pledging today.

Firefox 3.0 promises to be faster, safer and smarter with over 14.000 improvements. Personally i am using the Beta of FF3.0 right now and i am loving it all the time. So of course i will be helping the downloads with 1 download :D Sign up now! :D

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

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1Jun/082

Cannon3 (XNA) done!

Version 1.1 of my Cannon3 game done entirely in XNA is now finished.

I quickly included a small scoring system that basically updates the score throughout the game, and after the player dies it keeps the score displayed until the next game starts.

For now the graphics are the default improved graphics from the course, as I want to focus on my development, coding, skills rather than spend time making graphics for now.

But I WILL be making Cannon3 with more features. I just need to learn more about XNA to actually do so. Had some trouble getting the text displayed properly and still need to figure out a way to display it on the right side without using "magic numbers" as the solution is right now.

without further delay ..I present ... Cannon 3 !

Screenshots:

cannon3ss1

cannon3ss2

Version History:

  • 1.1 - Game with scoring system
  • 1.0 - Initial game

Downloads:

Canon 3 version 1.2

Requirements:

Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 1.0 Refresh

29May/080

XNA Xtreme 101 volume 2 arrives!

The good news today just wont end !
For the first time in a week or more I get home at an reasonable hour. Been working all hours of the day (missing out on my previous TV-show watching time) on our Bachelor Project at the university.
So I get home and we finally could take a day off before preparing to defend the paper next week. I am happy and decide to finish the XNA vol 1 videos and get my Cannon 3 ready for further expanding.
Just as I sit down and start the videos with a giddy smile the doorbell rings. Its a postman. Hmm what on earth could be be carrying for me ?! ;)

XNA Xtreme 101 vol 2

So as soon as I am finished with my exams (2 weeks into June) I will be spending at least 1½ hours a day coding XNA and making games. I simply cannot wait! :D

A big thanks to 3D Buzz for making these awesome tutorial videos!

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15May/082

Cannon2 is done! XNA here I come!

Okay last night I finally finished the Cannon2 game. This time around the game is still coded in win forms, but emulating the way XNA supposedly works even more.

A few "bugs" compared to Cannon1 is that the window can be resized and maximized for now. I wont bother fixing this problem right away, as it is quite trivial to fix and would only waste time.

The scoring visual is intended to stay on screen after the game ends, to make the score visible from the previous game. It is quick and crude, but it works :D

Version History:

  • 1.1 - Game with scoring system
  • 1.0 - Initial game

Downloads:

Cannon 2 version 1.1

7May/080

Cannon 1 is completed! (v 1.2)

Cannon 1 a small game you cannot win is now complete. The game is part of the XNA Xtreme 101 video training from www.3dbuzz.com

It has been fun to create the game, and now onwards to create Cannon 2 and Cannon 3.

Version History:

1.2 - Window title is now held in an easily changeable Variable for easy version tracking.

1.1 - Small player score feature implemented

1.0 - Initial game

Screenshots:

1 2 3

Downloads:

Cannon1 - Version 1.2

Cannon1 - Version 1.1

Cannon1 - Version 1.0

6May/080

Prevent Gnome-Do from popping up at logon (Ubuntu)

I found this usefull little tip over at LifeHacker. I was minorly, but nevertheless constantly, annoyed when i booted into Ubuntu. Gnome-Do would pop up, and i would have to click to mouse to make it dissapear.

I as pr. usual just accepted it as one of the little quirks of any system. I have a ton of them in all my operating systems, that i hardly ever notice anymore. I am simply used to routinely doing whatever workaround is available without thinking much about it.

But let us all rejoice and click the link to LifeHacker below and only see Gnome-Do when we actually activate it :p

Instructions:

If you want to run Gnome Do at start up but don't like it popping up every time u log on ,this tip is for you

In System->Preferences->Session

Click Edit and append --quiet to the command

Done.
Gnome Do will now start hidden

Source:

http://lifehacker.com/387494/prevent-gnome-do-from-popping-up-at-logon