gabehabe

ohai!

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 t...

The Future of Input Devices

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 do...

wxWidgets: Threading, and using the Clipboard

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 ea...

Google Chrome – Unknown Plugin: lolwut?

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!

Arnold Schwarzenegger WIN!

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 h...

Post a comment – Win a Google Wave invite!

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. :)

Uncharted 2: Pure awesome.

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-...

Monarch Recruitment: lolwut?

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 outdo...

Google Wave!

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. The...

Why is there a dead Pakistani on my couch?

...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.