Category Archives: General

The WINGStand

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A while age I saw a ridiculously cool project on Kickstarter (the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects) but totally forgot about it until recently. Yesterday it was delivered – the WINGStand. It’s basically a docking-station for you iPad so you can type effortlessly on your Apple Wireless Keyboard.

It consists of just two plastic elements which slide onto the Keyboard. On top of those two elements you can rest your iPad or iPhone and type away. Their website advertises that it also fits with the Samsung GalaxyTab, Blackberry Playbook, HP Touchpad, Acer Iconia, HTC Flyer and Droids. But honestly… who cares?.

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Downloading whole websites

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Ever needed to download an entire website for offline viewing? I didn’t really need to download it for myself. A client needed an offline version of his website. wget to the rescue, I thought!

Showstopper

wget is not included on OS X… bummer! You can, however, install it from source (or from Mac Ports). Just download the newest package from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/ (at the time of writing this post wget-1.13.tar.gz). Continue reading →

Mega Man X for iOS

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A week ago I learned that there is a Mega Man X port for iOS and being a Mega Man veteran it was simply a must-buy. Another reason was that I have recently watched @Egorator’s excellent “Sequelitis – Mega Man Classic vs. Mega Man X“. You should definitely watch it! It’s really good. In that video he explains why Mega Man X is a prime example for good game design. Another perfect excuse for me to spend a few bucks.

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Welcome to 2012

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Happy new year everyone – Let’s make 2012 the best year of our lives! I will try to outline how I will try to accomplish that goal (at least for myself).

New Year’s Resolutions

I really dislike New Year’s Resolutions. Let me try to explain… Why would you pin something that is clearly of some importance to you on an arbitrary date such as the beginning of a new year? If it were really important to you… well, then you could have started working on it as soon as you realized its importance. Continue reading →

I ♥ CamelCase

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I think this deserves a (really short) blog post: CamelCase. In case you don’t have a clue what I am talking about, here is an excerpt from wikipedia:

CamelCase (or camel case) [...] is the practice of writing compound words or phrases in which the elements are joined without spaces, with each element’s initial letter capitalized within the compound and the first letter either upper or lower case. The name comes from the uppercase “bumps” in the middle of the compound word, suggestive of the humps of a camel.

I guess the love for CamelCase is rooted in my programming experiences and since then has made its way to my everyday life and communication. For years I have been using CamelCase in every single E-Mail, Tweet and Text Message. Well, I don’t think I have to explain my love for CamelCase to any fellow programmer… but I still felt like saying it. :)