Wednesday, October 28, 2009
I have 3 prizes for my readers: 1 license of HandyBackup Pro and 2 licenses of HandyBackup Standard.
In order to avoid duplicate posting follow this link to join the contest:
http://victorhurdugaci.com/11-contest/
There you'll also find why "11-11-11-11" :)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Today is a big day:
Windows 7 is here
Sunday, October 18, 2009
I wrote on my main blog a small review for Office Live Apps - the Google Docs alternative from Microsoft.
Read the review
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
I am proud to announce that SkypeGadget was downloaded more than 100.000 from gallery.live.com.
There is a problem with the posted date but I remember that I uploaded it on gallery.live.com at the beginning of 2008 (or late 2007). So, I think that it was downloaded 100K times in ~19 months.
SkypeGadget is a Windows Vista Sidebar gadget that allows you to control Skype. If you want to download SkypeGadget and/or get more info about it, visit the project page at: http://victorhurdugaci.com/projects/skypegadget/.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Writing code and creating working software is not hard but writing quality code and creating valuable software is.
The software craftsmanship manifesto values:
Not only working software, but also well-crafted software.
Not only responding to change, but also steadily adding value.
Not only individuals and interactions, but also a community of professionals.
Not only customer collaboration, but also productive partnerships.
That is, in pursuit of the items on the left we have found the items on the right to be indispensable.
One can hardly doubt that the principles from then manifesto can be satisfied in other way than through passion. Of course, not all individuals involved in the process of software creation do their job with passion and dedication. Some do their job just because they need money or because they have some other interest and they really don't care about the final product. They create software because they have to and usually is bad software.
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Friday, July 03, 2009
I want to share with everyone my Bachelor’s thesis.
It is called “Sisteme bazate pe reguli, o implementare moderna. Algoritmul Rete” (eng. “Rule based systems, a modern implementation. Rete algorithm”) and it is written in Romanian.
Feel free to download it from its page and *please* provide feedback.
June was a busy month. I didn’t have time to write anything on blog, even though I wrote some tweets on Twitter.
I managed to finalize the paper about Rete algorithm and expert systems. Will publish it soon. Also, I presented it at the faculty and I want to write about this presentation.
The Bachelor’s presentation from the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics from the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania is
awful. First of all
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Friday, June 05, 2009
The Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit adds documentation, sample code, header and library files, emulator images and tools to Visual Studio that let you build applications for Windows Mobile 6.5.
A new set of APIs is being introduced that will enable application developers to take advantage of the new Windows Mobile 6.5 touch gesture framework. The gesture APIs allow an application to handle touch gesture input and provide a visually consistent experience with the rest of the device UI. Note that the gesture APIs are only available on the Windows Mobile Classic and Professional SKUs.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Microsoft has unveiled its new control system for the Xbox 360 console, at E3 in Los Angeles.
Project Natal is a fully hands-free control system that will use face recognition and motion sensors to allow users to play games. Film director Steven Spielberg, attending the launch, said it was “a window into what the future holds”.
Basically it allows you to interact with the virtual world without using any controller at all. There is probably one or more webcams that capture movement and other sensors for voice and other forms of interaction. This is just a prototype and I don’t know if it will be possible to interact freely with the system or just under some constrains (light, body position, movement speed, correct language, etc); remains to be seen but it is fascinating.
It is so hard to describe it in words. You must see what it can do to convince yourself that this might be a revolution:
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