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A blog where I write anything that comes to mind.

Azada: A very nice puzzle game ($0.99 sale!)

Now this is a nice game. I've been a fun of big fish games since they started or so. I enjoyed "Virual Villagers", "Build-a-lot" and many more. This is a one i found yesterday on a $0.99 (+ Tax) sale. It is on till tomorow, August the 15th. It is a puzzle game with...

Twitter is back on!

There was a period where my blog had a twitter widget. One day, while trying to browse it, it would totaly hung up on me. With a little debugging i found out it was the twitter widget. The site was down and so was my blog. I was so mad, that i couldn't trust such a...

IE6 and transparent png’s

I've been missing around or the past few days but as you all know it's the month of vacation and relaxation. So, i am doing just that. I am doing some stuff  have to do but the blog is another thing. I need to research and code (sometimes heavily) to have a post...

Java crash course #8: How to read the docs

We have come to a point that i think you are ready to explore what Java is all about. You will often hear me say "RTFM", i.e Read The Fine (??) Manual! In Java this is more feasible than any other language. The documentation is well structured and well written....

Directory file exporter written in Java

Reading one of my friend's blog the other day i stumbled onto this title: "How to copy Multiple Files/Folder names in bulk to Notepad file". I remember my self wanting to write a small app that would do that exact thing because i needed it a couple of times. At that...

Member Of The Month: July

I've been thinking alot lately about the contribution of the readers and the community on a blog such as mine. Heck, i even got a banner in less than a day! I have a small blog and i write for fun. The readers are devized into two categories: the regular ones that...

Java crash course #7: A few important points

Before i dig deeper into Java, i need to explain a few more things that i think have been underestimated before or have not been metnioned at all. There are many key concepts that i am surely missing in this series but this is why it's called a "crash course". I am...

The new Logo

Well it is always important to have a nice community and some good friends in it. As it seemed all my loyal readers and good friends (although i have never met them) were happy to help me with this one. On my previous post i announced i was thinking i needed a logo...