Ex nihilo nihil fit (Alter Ego)

To visualize or not to visualize

Victor Hurdugaci — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:21:31 GMT

I have released a free open source debug visualizer for Visual Studio.

It allows developers to inspect the content of System.Drawing.Image objects, graphically, in debug mode. Compared to other visualizers is a little more advanced because it allows zooming and panning and it gives information about the pixel's color under mouse.

If you work a lot with images you will find this really useful - I made it for me in the first place because couldn't find something similar.

Check the project page and provide feedback or propose new features. Project page: http://victorhurdugaci.com/projects/vsimagevisualizer/

11-11-11-11 Contest

Victor Hurdugaci — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:19:22 GMT

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" :)

1, 2, 3, 7!

Victor Hurdugaci — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:10:29 GMT

Today is a big day: Windows 7 is here

Office Live Apps

Victor Hurdugaci — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:57:17 GMT

I wrote on my main blog a small review for Office Live Apps - the Google Docs alternative from Microsoft.
Read the review

Share OneNote notebooks with Live Mesh

Victor Hurdugaci — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:21:41 GMT

Read the article here.

100000+ Downloads

Victor Hurdugaci — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:25:01 GMT

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/.

Software Craftsmanship

Victor Hurdugaci — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:43:40 GMT

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.

My Thesis is Available for Download

Victor Hurdugaci — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:44 GMT

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.

The faculty is over

Victor Hurdugaci — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:56 GMT

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 Read more >>

Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK is Available

Victor Hurdugaci — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:32:56 GMT

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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