I got a chance to play with Windows 7 earlier this week. In case you haven’t heard, Windows 7 is the next OS from Microsoft, following in Vista’s footsteps quite literally – it’s based on Vista, and it looks almost exactly like it. I’ve skipped Vista myself. I’ve heard so many bad stories about it, and never got around to …
Static/Dynamic typing sweet spot
Commenter TurboC linked an interesting talk about the future of programming languages. This got me thinking about something I had thought about before: It seems that PHP has moved a bit towards static typing, and languages like C# seem to be implementing some dynamic features. Are we going towards a “mixed” language with static and dynamic typing? What’s the “sweet …
Windows Remote Desktop + Live FolderShare = Ultimate combo?
I’m a frequent user of Windows’ remote desktop feature. It’s a stellar remote control solution: It’s incredibly fast, almost like sitting on the remote PC, and has features like bringing over the clipboard and even sounds from the controlled computer. Much better than VNC, really. VNC is painfully slow compared to it, even over multi-megabit internet connections. There is one …
How I got into programming
While browsing around some old files on my computer, I came across some old files from 1998 (I think): An old text-game by some of my elementary school friends. It reminded me of how I got started in programming. It was probably when I was 11 or 12 years old, when a friend told me about a text adventure game …
User experience comparison: Online stores vs. Real stores
This one has been hanging on my drafts list for a while. Kind of lost track of thought during writing this and I never got around to writing about all the points I intended to… but there’s still some interesting thoughts here so I decided to post it anyway :) While shopping for groceries the other day, I came up …
Impressions on WordPress
So I’ve been using WordPress as my blogging platform for a while now. As a matter of fact, this is my 48th post with WP. I had only heard good things about WordPress before installing it, but how has it worked out?
Java based IDE = Very bad IDEa
Have you ever used Eclipse or any Eclipse-based IDE, such as Zend Studio Neon or Aptana Studio? All fine tools, but they have a big problem: Java Note: this post is a bit old (late 2007), and IDEs have gotten better since then. For example, NetBeans 6.5 is a personal favorite of mine now. If you still want to read …
Geek humor
Sunday morning, 5 AM… – Hi – Haven’t seen you in a while, but I have seen you in a foreach! Proof against homosexuality: You can’t connect two male cable connectors. note: I have nothing against sexual minorities, the above is just a funny fact ;) ) Camel-casing is fundamentally flawed You know how camelCasingWorks, right? Well, I think it’s …
Switching to WordPress
I’m moving my blogging from My Opera to here at CodeUtopia.net for now at least. I’ve installed WordPress here, and I must say it was quite painless to get it up and running. I had to do some digging through the documentation to find some features that I want to use, such as showing a small “teaser” of the posts …
What kind of software is needed at a LAN party?
Originally posted in my old blog at My Opera So, the Solid Fireparty is over now and I'm back home. Something like 1200 kilometers driven. I have also posted some photos to the photo gallery and more can be found at http://fireparty.org/lanikuvat/, so check it out. Getting back on the usual topics, let's look at what kind of software is …