Quick bits – very good free tools for converting daa image file to iso under win32, daa2iso by Luigi Auriemma.
Archive for Computing
Google stops development on Google Waves
It is not a big surprise to hear that Google make this decision…
IMHO Google Waves never took off at all, but is still sad to see that a project that didn’t made its way..
The idea of collaboration system reminds me of something, back in 2003 when I was in Sydney University, I designed something rather similar to Google Waves in an assignment, it was a collaboration portal based on Macromeida Flash, XML, CGI, mySQL for graphics designer to work collaboratively with sync/async timezone and rich graphical content, mock up and prototype was done, since the task of the project was to demo the idea only, so full function code was never done…
I do love the idea of a good online collaboration tools, if I have the time, I sure would try once more on that never finished prototype..(let me see can I still find that somewhere in the hard drives…)
Anyway, R.I.P Google Waves 2010….
Start development on HTML5 and CSS3.
I started a turn base game based on HTML5 & CSS3.
With new animation and storage, and the help of rich CSS3 I think it should be fun to do some games development which do not demand heavy graphics.
Hope I can learn and exercise more with this development.
A bit of advise, to another web developer/designer
Last Sunday, me and R went to Lamma Island for a nice weekend holiday..
While I am on the way to the pier, I was trying to get the timetable of the ferry from Central to Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island, after a quick Google search I got some link and the official website of the ferry company….
Most of the links from the results return a 404 error and seems the official site has changed their site layout.. (I find that they changed the layout on Dec 2009, they mention it on their page)
So I go to the official site then….
Instead of a simple welcome page all I got was a big Flash missing icon shown on the Webkit base browser, there is no skip nor other ways of getting into their page….(There is a Skip button, but the button is INSIDE the Flash, well..)
For all Flash content developer out there:
At least add a text hyperlink on your site for user to skip the “So very nice animation(s)” you made, you just cannot expect everyone to go thru your Flash movie before getting to the content!
And the other thing is: As an official website, redirect your old pages is always a good idea, at least a better 404 page redirecting users to main page instead of ugly default Apache error page, please you get paid for your work, don’t be so lazy!
P.S: Oh yes, please DO NOT make everything a PDF, you can add a link for user who wants to download it, but NOT the only way to get the info, why 56KB of PDF instead of 2K HTML?
Just my 2 cents!
Link:
– HKKF official site
– HKKF official site – Main page
Firefox 3.6 released.
Since some older version addon does not work on updated version of Firefox, I have been setting my Firefox to bypass the version checking on addons…
And seems current version (3.6) has change how the setting is set, Googling like 30 secs found the answer but I think it is good to keep a note on it.
>about:config in firefox.
>new boolean extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6 to false
>quit and reload firefox
REF:
MozillaZine – Updating add-ons – Read from line “Note: Starting with Gecko 1.9.2 applications (e.g., Firefox 3.6)”
Everything that has a beginning has an end.
Viliv X70 3G, goodbye, you have fulfilled your destiny, now go back to the source.
So long, we have a good time.
🙂
Very good read for developing and hacking with GreaseMonkey
As a web programmer, I love to hack web pages that does not fit my needs, example:
Google Reader on a UMPC:
The UI of GoogleReader was way too complex to be displayed on a 7inch UMPC.
Many forums/discussion groups:
Many of these forums developed code to prevent extra bandwidth loading on IMGs, so javascript was used to do so, example, users have to click on the IMG to load it.
Many download sites:
I hate it on how some site developed stupid code for user to download a file, example, count down on time counter, funny/stupid javascript calls to hide/dynamic gen URL, all I want is a direct link to the file….
Here comes the cure, GreaseMonkey Addon, which allows developer to change how pages are render, or even add functions and automation.
If you are interested in learning it, this site is a great start.
– Dive Into GreaseMonkey
http://diveintogreasemonkey.org
My Installation Log on Windows 7 Pre-beta build 6801 on fujitsu U2010
As of my target is my Fujitsu U2010, a few points has to be taken care of:
1/. Limited RAM (1GB only)
2/. I changed my 1.8 inch slow slow HDD to a Sandisk 8GB Extreme IV CF, so 8GB is the limit, Windows 7 Ultimate Build 6801 needs 10GB by default.
After a bit of searching, found that vLite does works with the ISO, so I removed some unneeded support, services and applications for U2010, and keep installation below 7.8GB.
00:00 Start booting with DVDROM
00:01 Windows7 Loading bar loading……
00:01 7~8 bars of loading, now in Windows7 installation loading screen.
00:03 Installation Language selection screen (My selection English, HKSAR and Chinese US Keyboard.)
00:04 Starts installation
00:05 Finish File copying, expanding starts
00:08 Expanding in progress (50%)
00:11 Finish Expanding, starts Installing feature.
00:11 Finish Installing feature., starts Installing updates
00:11 Finish Installing updates, Reboot.
00:12 Rebooting, Starting Windows
00:13 Setup is starting services and installing.
00:27 Display flashes, suggesting Windows is installing Display related settings, DVDROM starts reading again.
00:28 Installation complete
00:28 Reboot.
00:29 GFX is messed up in first boot, screen shows Setup is checking video performance.
00:30 Setup user account.
00:31 Setup is done.
Post-OS installation:
– First, as GFX is messed up, install display drivers first, my choice is GMA500 Vista 2.2 releases from Intel, the installer do not allow installation as it detects Windows7 as unknow OS, go device manager, select Standard VGA drivers and go update, and point to the unzipped DIR and let it search thur.
– Reboot after the Video drivers installation.
– After reboot, GFX looks good.
– Installing drivers from Fujitsu.
– Install ALPSStickPoint, Reboot.
– Install ButtonDriver, ButtonUtility, SystemExtensionUtility, DisplayManager, HotkeyUtility, Fingerprint.
– Just in case, go Device manager, see are there any unknown device, if so, point it to the Fujitsu Drivers DIR and let it scan thur, at the point you should have NO unknown device, Reboot.
– I turned off some more un-needed services, will have to go thur it later.
– I also kill ALL HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun and HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun, system still works good without them.
DONE DONE…
Filesize:
With powercfg /hibernate off, pagefile turned off, I get a very good size of about 3.xGB consumed.
RAM:
After all drivers installed, tweak on unneeded services, start-ups, Windows 7 on my U2010 consume about 480MB RAM after boot, not as good as XP (350MB), but WAY better than the default Vista by Fujitsu (which consume 890MB RAM of 1GB when I received the device factory fresh)
Boot-time:
With all those tweak, 40secs Post BIOS to Windows Login screen, not that bad, close to my XP setup (35secs), and way better than with vLite Vista HOME setup (6x secs).
Overall performance:
It works good, it works very smooth compare to Vista Home, the new PenTip on Windows 7 works great, overall most app I tried works smooth (didn’t have time to install much yet, Firefox works greats)
As of this is a very early Pre-beta, I do thinks there should be way more time and room for Microsoft to improve Windows 7 before mid-2009, I am quite looking forward from Microsoft this time, (Vista was a HUGE joke……WinME was only a small one)..
Windows7 beta build on Fujitsu U2010
No photo, no truth!
It does run smooth on the U2010, with all drivers installed, quite a little bit vLite (yes, vLite works on the ISO) and some (quite some) unused services turned off, it will consume 490MB RAM after boot (Compare to 350 on XP).
Boot time is about 10 seconds from Power on to BIOS (this is how Fujitsu BIOS is, it is SLOW!!!), another 40 seconds to boot to Windows7 Login screen.
Using all Vista Drivers from Fujitsu, I got all function working (That was a hard job on XP), the overall user experience was GREAT compare to Vista, still it is not as good as XP due to limited RAM on U2010 (1GB) and Theme on Windows7.
Thanks to great user Rafael, A little bit tweak to get the “SuperBar” and “Aero Shake” to work, as it was disabled on the build, it is good to use with U2010, the Aero shake works great with the touch screen.
Thinks Microsoft did spend some time on their work this time, my feeling of this pre-beta Windows 7 is like Windows ME over Windows 2000, well, hopefully it gets better over the time.
Links
Rafael’s Blog Post –
Flashy Windows 7 bits protected by elaborate scheme, workaround
Do not trust technology, it happens…
Shit happens, especially when you need it…….
This is a Security Device from HSBC HK for online banking, user will need to use the security key it generates in order to log in to the online banking website, instead of giving a 6~8 digits passkey which it should it decided to give me a all zero (of coz, this is due to faulty….)
WTH? I need to do my online stock exchanges, I still have 10 billion shares of put warrant to sell tomorrow!!! (Just joking, I was trying to see did a payment came though…)
Called up the CS department, staff was helpful and yep, the device is out of order, and why? of coz! with an/some unknown reason(s)….
Well, well, that’s fine, lets do it the old fashion way…..head to the bank tomorrow..until they ship me a new key chain…
