General, Products

ohai!

Posted on November 15, 2009 Danny
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ohai, I’m gabehabe!

So, I’ve spent the last three days working on a site. Three days of hard work has gone into it, and it’s ready for release.

It’s a social portal. You can add links to all your profiles on social sites such as facebook, twitter and the like, as well as adding links to your blog(s), or even just your favourite sites. Your profile is customisable, you can change all the colouring, add a profile picture, add a background picture, etc. There’s more customisation to come in the near future, but as the weekend draws to a close, I’ve gotten the core of the site up and running, ready to be released. There are a few profiles up and running smoothly already, please feel free to create your own. :)

Screenshot of a profile:

ohai.im -- your personal portal

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to ohai.im and register a free account now! :)


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General, Tech News

The Future of Input Devices

Posted on November 1, 2009 Danny
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I had to post this, it’s awesome. The video explains it much better than I can, but it’s basically a new input system, developed to not require interfaces. Instead, it uses electromyography (EMG) sensors to translate muscle signals from the skin’s surface. The project is a joint collaboration between Microsoft, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Toronto in Canada.

The video shows a guy playing Guitar Hero with nothing more than an air guitar. (I’m sure there are dozens of amusing air guitar videos I could link to here, but I only ever find the idiots who take it seriously. Feel free to post a funny in the comments)

Final thoughts: What if you’ve lost a finger?

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Programming, Tutorials, wxWidgets

wxWidgets: Threading, and using the Clipboard

Posted on October 31, 2009 Danny
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wxWidgets: Threading, and using the Clipboard

Two for one in this tutorial. We're going to create a thread using wxWidgets, and make it monitor the clipboard for text. Then, if we detect a change, we're going to add the new contents to a list. It's a relatively simple process, but unfortunately wxWidgets isn't the most documented GUI toolkit out there. So, let's get started. I'm gonna pile all the code into a single file instead of breaking my classes up into seperate files, just for ease of navigation in this tutorial. The code is relatively short anyway, with only 62 lines. First off, as with any other program, we're going to want to get our includes done. We'll be needing three: The standard wx header, the clipboard header, and the thread header. 
#include <wx/wx.h> // standard wx header
#include <wx/clipbrd.h> // clipboard - we'll monitor the clipboard for text
#include <wx/thread.h> // include threads!
The next thing we need to do is declare our ClipLogger class - this will inherit wxThread, and have two variables: One to hold the most recent text that we got from the clipboard, and one which is a pointer to a wxListBox object -- the object on the main window which we'll be updating. 
class ClipLogger : public wxThread {
    public:
        ClipLogger(wxListBox*);
    private:
        void* Entry(); // the entry point to the thread
 
        wxString LatestText; // store the last text so we can check for changes
        wxListBox* list; // the list to update on a text change
};
The constructor is very simple. All it does is take a wxListBox*, and assign it to a variable stored by the class - this is the list that we want to update on clipboard text changes. 
ClipLogger::ClipLogger(wxListBox* l) {
    this->list = l;
}
Next up is the main part of this tutorial. When we create a thread, we need to override the Entry() method of the class, like so: 
void* ClipLogger::Entry() {
To save time and memory, rather than creating a variable every time we loop, we'll create it before and simply overwrite it inside the loop. 
wxTextDataObject temp;
wxTextDataObject is the type of object that the clipboard will store. Next, since our thread is a constant "monitor" for the clipboard, we want it to loop. 
while (true) {
Then, we need to think about how we can help our application not be CPU-hungry. The simple solution is to make the thread sleep each time it loops. We can do this with wxSleep(int time), where time is the length of time to sleep in seconds. 
wxSleep(1);
The rest of the loop is the clipboard. It's very simple, so rather than break it up line-by-line, I've added comments along the way. We basically need to do the following: - Open the clipboard - If the clipboard is text, get it into our temp variable - Update the list and remember this is the most recent (so as not to constantly add the same data to the list) - Close the clipboard 
        if (wxTheClipboard->Open()) { // try to open the clipboard
            if (wxTheClipboard->IsSupported(wxDF_TEXT)) { // if the clipboard contains text
                wxTheClipboard->GetData(temp); // get the data from the clipboard
                if (this->LatestText != temp.GetText()) { // if it's changed, we want to update
                    if (temp.GetText() != wxT("")) { // if it's not an empty string
                        this->LatestText = temp.GetText();  // update the "LatestText"
                        this->list->Append(temp.GetText()); // append to the list
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        wxTheClipboard->Close(); // close the clipboard
The last thing left to do in the thread is simply close it off, and close off the loop. 
    }
}
Simple, huh? :) And that's our thread defined. Now all we need to do is create the app itself, which is a simple process. I hope that you already know how to do it, so we can blitz through the majority of it. Create the app: 
class threaded_app : public wxApp {
    public:
        bool OnInit(void);
};
The beginning of the OnInit() should be nothing new at this point either. 
bool threaded_app::OnInit(void) {
    // quickly create a wxFrame to display a window
    wxFrame* f = new wxFrame(NULL, wxID_ANY, wxT("Threaded App!"));
 
    // add a list to the frame we created
    wxListBox* list = new wxListBox(f, wxID_ANY);
 
    // display the frame
    f->Show(true);
The last part of OnInit() that we need to do is actually create an instance of our thread and run it, like so: 
    // pass the list to the clipboard monitor so it knows what to update
    ClipLogger* cl = new ClipLogger(list); // construct our thread
    cl->Create(); // we have to create a thread before we can run it
    cl->Run(); // run our thread
And we can simply finish off the OnInit() and IMPLEMENT_APP: 
    return true;
}
 
IMPLEMENT_APP(threaded_app)
And that's all there is to threading and using the clipboard in wxWidgets! Here's the complete code: 
#include <wx/wx.h> // standard wx header
#include <wx/clipbrd.h> // clipboard - we'll monitor the clipboard for text
#include <wx/thread.h> // include threads!
 
class ClipLogger : public wxThread {
    public:
        ClipLogger(wxListBox*);
    private:
        void* Entry(); // the entry point to the thread
 
        wxString LatestText; // store the last text so we can check for changes
        wxListBox* list; // the list to update on a text change
};
 
ClipLogger::ClipLogger(wxListBox* l) {
    this->list = l;
}
 
void* ClipLogger::Entry() {
    wxTextDataObject temp; // create a "wxTextDataObject" to get the info from the clipboard
    while (true) { // our thread will loop
        wxSleep(1); // sleep for 1 second, make the thread less cpu-hungry
        if (wxTheClipboard->Open()) { // try to open the clipboard
            if (wxTheClipboard->IsSupported(wxDF_TEXT)) { // if the clipboard contains text
                wxTheClipboard->GetData(temp); // get the data from the clipboard
                if (this->LatestText != temp.GetText()) { // if it's changed, we want to update
                    if (temp.GetText() != wxT("")) { // if it's not an empty string
                        this->LatestText = temp.GetText();  // update the "LatestText"
                        this->list->Append(temp.GetText()); // append to the list
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        wxTheClipboard->Close(); // close the clipboard
    }
}
 
class threaded_app : public wxApp {
    public:
        bool OnInit(void);
};
 
bool threaded_app::OnInit(void) {
    // quickly create a wxFrame to display a window
    wxFrame* f = new wxFrame(NULL, wxID_ANY, wxT("Threaded App!"));
 
    // add a list to the frame we created
    wxListBox* list = new wxListBox(f, wxID_ANY);
 
    // display the frame
    f->Show(true);
 
    // pass the list to the clipboard monitor so it knows what to update
    ClipLogger* cl = new ClipLogger(list); // construct our thread
    cl->Create(); // we have to create a thread before we can run it
    cl->Run(); // run our thread
 
    return true;
}
 
IMPLEMENT_APP(threaded_app)
Happy coding! :)

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wtf

Google Chrome – Unknown Plugin: lolwut?

Posted on October 30, 2009 Danny
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I certainly less than three google chrome, and today it proved just how great it is – even though it doesn’t know which plugin is unresponsive, it knows which one to kill!

chrome kill unknown plugin

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General

Arnold Schwarzenegger WIN!

Posted on October 30, 2009 Danny
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I lol’d.

Arnold Schwazenegger "Fuck You"

To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1176 without my signature.

For some time now I have lamented the fact that major issues are overlooked while many
unnecessary bills come to me for consideration. Water reform, prison reform, and health
care are major issues my Administration has brought to the table, but the Legislature just
kicks the can down the alley.

Yet another legislative year has come and gone without the major reforms Californians
overwhelmingly deserve. In light of this, and after careful consideration, I believe it is
unnecessary to sign this measure at this time.

Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger

(Via TechCrunch)

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Contests, General

Post a comment – Win a Google Wave invite!

Posted on October 26, 2009 Danny
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Google Wave is awesome. And as of today, I have some invites to dish out. So here’s a contest to win one.

Simple stuff really. Just post a comment. It asks for your email address, enter the email address you want the invite to go to. Subscribe to this post, and I’ll announce the winners in a comment on Friday 13th November, 2009.

One entry per email address. 3 up for grabs. Get commenting. :)

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Games, Reviews

Uncharted 2: Pure awesome.

Posted on October 24, 2009 Danny
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Since this is more a tech blog than a game blog, I’m not going to go really in-depth about the game. If you want loads of in-depth and galleries, check out joystiq, a great blog dedicated to gaming.

What I will say, is that this game is insanely good. I’d even go so far as to say it was better than the first, something rarely achieved by a sequel, especially a sequel to something so awesome as Uncharted.

The game overall is actually fairly short. I managed to complete the game in around 6-7 hours gameplay. Though it has a great replay factor, and I barely found any of the 100 hidden treasures. :(

The scenery in-game really makes up for the short gameplay, there really are some breathtaking visuals.

I think the thing that makes Uncharted 2 so good is the fact that it’s much more real than other games. Characters tend to react how you’d expect them to react to demon sasquatches coming charging at them, as opposed to running in, guns blazing.

And yes, Nate even seems to find the time to draw a picture of them and explain that they’re scarier than Sully’s moustache and a slippery naked guy in his notebook.

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General, wtf

Monarch Recruitment: lolwut?

Posted on October 22, 2009 Danny
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Got an email from Monarch Recruitment today, epic fail from a guy named Luke Osborne. (Yes, I’m hoping to get his name tied to the word “fail” in google)

First up, a bit of background:
About a year ago, I was looking for a job in IT. I tried everything, even putting my CV on some recruitment sites: bad idea.

I received a hell of a lot of spam, and have been added to agency spammailing lists. But generally, they will send them out to just one person at a time.

Not Monarch. They’ve outdone themselves as a fail agency this time.

Received an email which was addressed to 810 people. I’d also like to point out that I don’t recall getting my name changed to FIRST_NAME by Deed Poll.

This’ll do a damage to the vscroll on this site for a while, but it’s so worth it.

All email addresses have been changed to x@domain.com for privacy. (regex ftw!)

Original email:

x@gmail.com
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x@monarchrecruitment.co.uk) client-ip=213.235.63.87;
x@monarchrecruitment.co.uk
Received: from bhammail-srv01.monarch.local (78-33-40-66.static.enta.net [78.33.40.66])
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Subject: Senior .Net developer role
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:13:34 +0100
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Google Wave!

Posted on October 18, 2009 Danny
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ZOMG I GOT MY INVITE TODAY!

I actually got it last night at about 3am when I went to bed, so I decided to wait until today to play with it. And… I luffs it!

In fact, you’ve probably noticed the widget on the right, which shows a wave that I set up just for my blog.

In case you can’t see it yet (you have to have a wave account, though the wave is public so I don’t need to add you for you to see it), here’s a screenshot of how it will look when you get on. (Note I said when, not if. There’s a bloody huge hype about this, I expect a hell of a lot of people, especially the type that read all my ramblings here, to have an account eventually!) ;)

google wave wordpress widget

In case you’re wondering how I did it, I added “embeddy@appspot.com” to the wave, and it gave me the code to embed the wave. Simple as that. :)

Now I’m just waiting to get the ability to send out invites. Can’t do it yet, but apparently you only get 8 and I’ve promised most of them to friends already, so no giveaways here I’m afraid!

Quick screenshot, nothing in-depth since I’m too lazy to do a massive writeup. :\

gabehabe google wave

If you have google wave, this is the wave on the right, just a bit bigger:


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Why is there a dead Pakistani on my couch?

Posted on October 16, 2009 Danny
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…well? I certainly didn’t put it there.

Actually, I’ve heard it’s from Lost. Which is a terrible show.

I just found this amusing and thought I’d share.

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