http://www.gabehabe.com/blog Tech stuff, and other things you might like. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:55:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/ohai/ 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, ... http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/the-future-of-input-devices/ 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 ... http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/wxwidgets-threading-and-using-the-clipboard/ 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! http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/google-chrome-unknown-plugin-lolwut/ 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 ... http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/arnold-schwarzenegger-win/ 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 ... http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/post-a-comment-win-a-google-wave-invite/ 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 ... http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/uncharted-2-pure-awesome/ 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 ... http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/monarch-recruitment-lolwut/ 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 ... http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/google-wave/ ...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. http://www.gabehabe.com/blog/why-is-there-a-dead-pakistani-on-my-couch/