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Enterprise Software Without the BS

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:41:24 +0000

A known author of many java and flex-related articles Yakov Fain has published a book named “Enterprise Software Without the BS”. This is a fairly light yet a bit sarcastic (ok, ironic) reading about the software industry. It is available free of charge on his website. Highly recommended!

Java Geek Humor

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:23:33 +0000

I’ve come across a really funny dialog here:

- I am looking for a downloadable java written practical test. We are in the process of employing some new staff and we need a test of some sorts to gauge the skills.
- Hey pls let me know ur company name….
So that I can also apply…
- Upon reviewing your posting record we recommend you apply to
www.mcdonalds.com

Compiling programs in CodeBlocks on Vista

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:11:16 +0000

Again these stupid errors with damn Vista system. In order to make it work read the following and add the path to the cc1plus.exe (in Settings->Compiler->Programs->Additional Paths). It worked for me quite well.

Installing 3DMax 7 on Windows Vista (acge16.dll problem)

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:13:41 +0000

After successful installation of 3DMax 7 on Windows Vista the application doesn’t start with the message - ‘couldn’t locate acge16.dll’. All you have to do is to copy all DLL files from ‘C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared’ to the location of your 3DMax installation, for example to ‘C:\3dmax\. After this simple procedure 3DMax works on Vista with no problems.

Get 2,5 Million People Watch Your Ad Again and Again

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:45:32 +0000

This is a short freaky video with a stupid crazy song. And I like it And 2,3 million people like it as well. And basically it is an ad of a software development company. There is a banner in the end of the video. Now that’s what I call an excellent marketing idea. I don’t know how many sales they managed to get but to my understanding it should not be a bad year for them indeed.

Wikipedia Killed Programmer’s Day

admin — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:03:39 +0000

13 September is a Programmer’s Day - an informal celebration of the 256th day of the year (256 is a power of two, i.e. 2^8=256). Unfortunately wikipedia has deleted the page of this holiday for the reason “Imaginary/joke holiday.” What a shame

Weird…

admin — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:31:56 +0000

We almost had a fight at work, some people think she is rotating counterclockwise. I can see her rotating both ways, mostly clockwise. This is weird…

Interview at Google

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:59:57 +0000

A really detailed description of the Google hiring procedures, a great post:

A few months ago I received an e-mail from a recruiter at Google asking for an opportunity to talk to me about available development positions. Needless to say, I was pretty excited. I’m fairly happy in my current job, but–it’s GOOGLE. You don’t say no to an interview opportunity at Google.

3D Mailbox - WTF?

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:51:50 +0000

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RIA’s war

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:53:01 +0000

Isn’t this me-too RIA buzz a little bit naive? A long time ago Java “invented” applets - a great idea for RIA that has gracefully failed. Flash has taken the seat. MS’s silverlight is not getting developers anywhere for too many reasons. JavaFX requires the latest Java JVM installed on the user’s computer. I believe in the power of the Sun, but the UI is not their strongest side. Flex is the only way to go if you want to have a good-looking RIA application. Almost everybody has it installed and it is a really quick download if you don’t have it. Great look, nice cooperation with J2EE technology.