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Entries for March, 2009

Where's Wally?

I found him! Here he is: http://ez-url.net/Xpy1X5 That is all for today.

Interesting News For The Past Week

Seems like a thing I’ll do every week! I always get the interesting news articles passed around work, so here are the ones from the past week: Social networks ‘are new e-mail’ iPhone geek who has made fortune designing games in his bedroom Old age begins at 27 – scientists claim after new research Nagging [...]

Annoying Shortcuts in Applications

Don’t you hate it when you accidentally stumble upon a shortcut in an application that does something you don’t want it to do? This morning I made the mistake of trying to enter a line break in Outlook 2003 using Ctrl+Enter instead of Shift+Enter. Shift+Enter = line break. Ctrl+Enter = send e-mail. Annoying when your [...]

Great News About iPhone OS 3.0

Now as many people are aware, many features of the iPhone OS 3.0 were announced earlier today. I’ve just had a quick gander at some of the announcements (thanks to engadget for coverage) and I am really liking what I see. Over 1000 new developer API’s. Peer to peer connections In-app purchases Embeddable Google Maps [...]

iPhone OS 3.0 announcements tomorrow

So the rumor mill is filled with all ideas about the upcoming preview of the iPhone OS 3.0. From MMS and tethering to a laptop,  to Cut And Paste and Background Applications, the features people want are all being rumored. But will they come true? I personally would like to see MMS become a feature [...]

Peggle [XBLA]

So this week’s Xbox Live Arcade game is Peggle. I downloaded the Trial and within 5 minutes I had already bought the full game. It is a simple game design – shoot a ball, knock out the orange pegs, and then you win. There are various puzzles – 55 in total, and within each is [...]

Interesting News Articles

So I was doing my usual search through the news, and found some interesting articles for today: Man unwisely tries to rob Tae Kwon Do studio Google Earth Now Shows Latest Images of Mars Rare Superman comic sells for US$317,200 Shut Adelaide down, says our Lord Mayor of 100 days Math whiz, dead for 450 [...]

The New Facebook Layout

Everyone seems to be asking what happened to Facebook so I thought I’d quickly write something to explain it. At the moment there is a website called Twitter which is a new social website which allows users to post 140 character status updates, much like the way statuses originally worked on Facebook. Facebook has seen [...]

Nerding It Up

So if you don’t know by now, I am a software developer. Which means I make computer applications. And recently, I have been getting ideas of various things I can build in order to learn more! So at the moment I am in the process of learning about how to create a Facebook application. Hopefully [...]

Upcoming DLC

Hey peoples, Just looked up this weeks Downloadable Content for Lips and Guitar Hero World Tour. For Lips: Coldplay – The Scientist Coldplay – Speed Of Sound Boys Like Girls – The Great Escape Seems as though they really want to push Coldplay songs, as I think this brings the total to 5 songs by [...]