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Swinger music player 0.1
Swinger music player 0.1
02/14/2004 03:53 AMA 100% Java music player using standard UI components.
Curveball :: Flash Game
Curveball :: Flash Game
07/02/2004 10:08 AM
Curveball :: Flash Game
Flash game roundup
Flash game roundup
08/27/2004 01:51 PM
Can
you make it as a waitress? Can you make it as a
cuckoo?
Can you make it as
a burger munching documentarian pursued by floppy-shoed
ghosties?
Can you make it as a corn dog munching naked mole
rat?
Can you
make it as a shark jumping Fonzie?
Product tie-in productivity killers unite!
Flash game: Pong
Flash game: Pong
07/26/2004 09:01 AMfourPong
squarefuse.com/pong.swf
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Siemens SF65 Swinger Phone
Siemens SF65 Swinger Phone
09/15/2004 03:20 PM
Maybe it's just because I'm a sucker for white bricks,
but I think the new Siemens SF65 swing-out phone looks sort of nice.
It's a good thing, too, because beyond the color, the flip-out screen,
compact size, and the 1.3-megapixel camera built-in there's not a lot
to make it stand out.
Er, actually, scratch that. I guess it stands out quite a bit,
doesn't it? Too bad it's Euro-only - it has not the dual-bandery we
need.
Read -
Siemens SF65 Mobile Phone Digital Camera [MobileMag]
Look - Tons of
Pictures [Slashphone]
Welcome to the Globulos multiplayer
flash game
Welcome to the Globulos multiplayer
flash game
12/17/2003 05:01 AMthe Globulos multiplayer flash game .. , . .. leuk spelletje ..
multiplayer .. Globulos! .. Globulos
globulos.com
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Addicting penguin flash game
Addicting penguin flash game
01/28/2004 03:37 PMYeti Against the Penguin .. waste of
time
home.tele2.fr/kcv/pinguin.swf
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Philippino call-center Flash game
Philippino call-center Flash game
01/02/2004 07:10 AMLuis has made a free Flash game based on the Philippino call-center
industry. He sez, "The call-center business is really huge in places
like India and the Philippines, and in my country in particular (the
latter of the two), working in a call-center has become the default
occupation after you graduate. It pays more than your average
bottom-of-the-ladder job and let's you exercise a bit of control over
your work-hours."
L
ink
(
Thanks, Luis!)
Speed, addictive Flash card game
Speed, addictive Flash card game
01/10/2004 11:17 PMcardgame ..
Speed
media.gamerival.com/games/Speed_web_version_upsell_SWF.swf
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Developing a Cross-platform Flash Game
for Dolce & Gabbana
Developing a Cross-platform Flash Game
for Dolce & Gabbana
04/18/2005 07:15 PMDevelop once, play anywhere—see your game work on mobile phones,
Pocket PCs, and desktop computers.
What a crappy present!
What a crappy present!
12/18/2003 05:02 PM This is a funny site about downloading music, along the lines of
SendThemBack.org....
What a Crappy Present!
What a Crappy Present!
12/18/2003 09:19 AMdownloading
whatacrappypresent.com
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Crappy Headset Business
Crappy Headset Business
08/28/2004 01:03 AM
More bad shopping experiences. Recently, I bought Plantronics
MX10, an phone amplifier that connects to computer for
multimedia works and VOIP,
along with a Telex H-51 headset. Actually, I got the Hello
Direct Virtuoso before
that but returned it in favor of MX10.
When I received it, I realized that MX10 requires headsets with a
special type of
connector called Quick-Disconnect (QD). Note that
Quick-Disconnect headsets
are two to 9 times more expensive than normal computer
headsets.After
a bit of grumbling, I ordered a Symphony headset from
Headsets.com because it
was cheaper than Plantronics headsets of comparable quality.
When I got the Symphony headset, I hooked it all up but couldn't
hear the dial tone.
Hmm. I tested the headset by hooking it up directly to my
phone. There
wasn't any problem with the headset. I tried everything, even
talking to Plantronics'
very nice clueless tech person. Only conclusion I could make
was that MX10 was
defective. So off it went back to Amazon.
Today, the replacement MX10 arrived. I hooked it all up again
but same symtoms.
I switched to a different phone and was rewarded with very distant
dial tone.
Amplifier that weakens signal? I called Headsets.com tech
support this time
and got the disgusting insider news:
Headsets and phone amplifiers from different manufacturers are not
compatible with
each other although they all use Quick-Disconnect connectors.
Huh? That means Plantronics amplifiers like MX10 works only
with Plantronics
headsets and Symphony headsets will work only with Symphony
amplifiers. The
fact that they use same connector form factor is just meaningless.
Totally disgusted, I packed up everything except the Telex H-51 and
scheduled a UPS
pickup tommorrow. Since I ordered a telephony enabled modem
with my new computer,
I am gonna use that instead of fancy but insane phone
equipment. I don't know
why I haven't thought of this before. After all, I have
written a sophisticated
telephony app for a client nearly ten years ago. Maybe I'll
even write a telephony
app that will put these crappy companies out of business.
Two rants on Geneva's crappy WiFi, one
fictional, one non-
Two rants on Geneva's crappy WiFi, one
fictional, one non-
12/13/2003 12:43 PMLessig's just got back form the World Summit on the Information
Society in Geneva, where he ran into the Swiss version of WiFi, a
craptacular extravaganza of telecom stupidity compounded by the irony
of hosting a summit on the "Information Society" where it's easier to
get a gift bag of conference schwag than an Internet connection.
Lessig's
rant on the subject is entertaining, and it put me in mind of a section I
wrote for my novel-in-progress, "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town," which is about community wireless hackers (among other things)
and this chunk was inspired by my trip to Geneva a couple months ago
to attend the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.
I've uploaded the relevant section.
"No problem -- outside every hotel and most of the cafes, I can
find a signal for a network called 'SwissCom.' I log on to the
network and I fire up a browser and I get a screen asking me for
my password. Well, I don't have one, but after poking around, I
find out that I can buy a card with a temporary password on it.
So I wait until some of the little smoke-shops open and start
asking them if they sell SwissCom Internet Cards, in my terrible,
miserable French, and after chuckling at my accent, they look at
me and say, 'I have no clue what you're talking about,' shrug,
and go back to work.
"Then I get the idea to go and ask at the hotels. The first one,
the guy tells me that they only sell cards to guests, since
they're in short supply. The cards are in short supply! Three
hotels later, they allow as how they'll sell me a 30-minute card.
Oh, that's fine. 30 whole minutes of connectivity. Whoopee. And
how much will that be? Only about a zillion Swiss pesos. Don't
they sell cards of larger denominations? Oh sure, two hours, 24
hours, seven days -- and each one costs about double the last, so
if you want, you can get a seven day card for about as much as
you'd spend on a day's worth of connectivity in 30-minute
increments -- about $300 Canadian for a week, just FYI.
"Well, paying 300 bucks for a week's Internet is ghastly, but
very Swiss, where they charge you if you have more than two bits
of cheese at breakfast, and hell, I could afford it. But Three
hundred bucks for a day's worth of 30-minute cards? Fuck that. I
was going to have to find a seven-day card or bust. So I ask at a
couple more hotels and finally find someone who'll explain to me
that SwissCom is the Swiss telco, and that they have a retail
storefront a couple blocks away where they'd sell me all the
cards I wanted, in whatever denominations I require.
LinkJapanese Broadcast Flag -- welcome to
the crappy future of TV
Japanese Broadcast Flag -- welcome to
the crappy future of TV
05/26/2004 02:43 AMThe Japanese Broadcast Flag has gone into effect. Like its American
cousin, this is a technology mandate that restricts how you can use
the shows that show up on your own television, on the grounds that you
might be some kinda eyepatch-wearing-pirate. 'Course, the broadcast
flag doesn't really stop you from capturing
analog signals
and putting their programming online; no, this is a measure that is
100% ineffective at stopping "piracy" and 100% effective at stopping
new tech like VCRs from being invented without the permission of the
movie studios.
Because programs that have been copied once cannot be duplicated or
edited digitally, editing the programs via a personal computer has
become impossible.
In addition, the broadcasters' move has made it necessary for viewers
to insert a special user identification card, known as a B-CAS card,
into their digital TV sets to watch programs.
These duplication controls are being applied to digital TV programs
aired by both digital terrestrial and satellite broadcasters.
In the week after the measure was implemented, NHK and the grouping of
private broadcasters received more than 15,000 inquiries and
complaints about the scheme.
Link
(
Thanks, Alex!)
What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice,
Parents and Kids
What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice,
Parents and Kids
12/18/2003 04:32 AMlink about buying CDs
whatacrappypresent.com
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"What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice,
Parents and Kids"
"What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice,
Parents and Kids"
12/18/2003 03:37 PMInternational Protection from Crappy
Porn Week of Resistance
International Protection from Crappy
Porn Week of Resistance
11/06/2003 01:52 AMNow there's a (>
cough<) mouthful. Anyway: the final week of
October, 2003 was declared "Protection from Pornography Week" by
President Bush. Some object to the declaration's equation of
"pornography" as a whole with child porn, or adult entertainment
produced in a coercive, exploitative manner. In other words, they
believe porn
per se isn't a problem --
bad porn is.
And, by golly, they're taking action.
What do I mean by "crappy"? Well, basically, I mean pornography that
doesn't affirm what sexuality really should be all about -- or what
being a human being really should be all about. (...) So I thought I
would launch a new campaign... because I believe that what we really
need isn't to be protected from pornography, but to show resistance
against crappy pornography and support for better, sex-positive,
humane pornography that is produced without exploitation, without
perpetuating damaging stereotypes, and that fully affirms the
principle of informed, revocable consent.
Link
(Thanks, Jonno)Canadian Liberal party trying to shut
down political parody site with crappy
Trademark claims
Canadian Liberal party trying to shut
down political parody site with crappy
Trademark claims
12/23/2003 09:33 AMI'm off to catch a plane, but before I go, I had to post this. Bullies
from the Canadian Liberal party are strong-arming a parodist who has
put up a political site to make fun of the Prime Minister. This
(should be) a national embarrassment: Canadian journalists should be
covering this story.
I woke up on Wednesday morning to a phone call from a friendly guy
named Tim, who informed me that I had one hour to take down the
website, PaulMartinTime.ca, or he would set the lawyers loose on our
asses (that's not a quote, but it's an accurate summary).
In between his friendly but businesslike remarks, he dropped a few
remarks intended to make me nervous. He said, for example, that he
"had a little trouble getting through privacy.ca, but they're no
longer supporting your cause." If we had in fact been using
privacy.ca, that would be pure power-play. It would mean that he had
intimidated (legally or otherwise) a company whose function it is to
protect the identity of people who use it into breaking its sole
mandate. As it turns out, we don't use privacy.ca; the address of Rob
Maguire, the person who registered paulmartintime.ca, is publically
available, for all with an internet connection to see.
LinkDelivering Flash Video: Dynamic
Bandwidth Detection with Flash
Communication Server
Delivering Flash Video: Dynamic
Bandwidth Detection with Flash
Communication Server
12/17/2004 06:35 PMDownload sample code and directions for delivering streaming video at
target bandwidths for individual users.
All-in-one tool to build Flash websites,
Flash intros, slide-shows and more.
All-in-one tool to build Flash websites,
Flash intros, slide-shows and more.
07/18/2004 02:20 AMOne-click Flash website and intro builder. [PRWEB Jul 18, 2004]
Tenmiles Launches Flash Wallpaper -
Brings Flash to Desktops
Tenmiles Launches Flash Wallpaper -
Brings Flash to Desktops
06/03/2004 02:00 AMPromises to revolutionize desktop use [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004]
Developing and Adapting Flash Games for
Flash Lite
Developing and Adapting Flash Games for
Flash Lite
12/17/2004 06:35 PMFind out how easy it is to develop Flash games and port them to play
on mobile phones through Flash Lite 1.1.
Create Flash effects fast--without Flash
Create Flash effects fast--without Flash
10/28/2003 11:08 PMCNET Oct 28 2003 1:52AM ET
The Flash Anthology - Chapter 1: Flash
Essentials
The Flash Anthology - Chapter 1: Flash
Essentials
07/29/2004 10:07 PMWebmasterBase Jul 30 2004 1:16AM GMT
Newer, Smaller Flash Cards: C-Flash
Newer, Smaller Flash Cards: C-Flash
03/14/2005 06:03 PM
Pretec Electronics
Corporation, apparently unaware that more than eight competing formats
already exist in this market, has developed a new flash memory card
called the C-Flash. Smaller than a dime, Pretec seems to be gambling
on the "hope your customers lose your product and don't learn from
their mistakes" business model. Cards with capacities up to 1GB will
be available by June, and they're sampling them in mobile phones,
which is just about the only place I'd want to see one. Honestly,
though, there comes a point (perhaps when you require magnification
equipment) when it's just too small. A note to these
companies with the perpetual smaller-is-better mentalities: Just
because I might one day be able to carry all of my media collection as
well as the Library of Congress on a card the size of an eyelash
doesn't mean I'll want to, dig?
While on the topic of Flash Memory formats, now seems like a good
time to mention LIVEdigitally's Flash Card roundup, wherein they break
down the Flash Jungle into small, manageable pieces.
New Flash
Memory Card Smaller Than Dime [TheRawFeed]
Flash Card Memory
Roundup [LIVEdigitally]
Flash point for Flash animation
Flash point for Flash animation
04/07/2005 03:45 PMMacromedia beefs up visuals and mobile features for its animation
software. Also: Why some people see Flash as the enemy.
Flash is Hookin' Up: Web Forms with
Flash
Flash is Hookin' Up: Web Forms with
Flash
08/08/2002 07:53 AMDrawing in Flash: A Beginner's
Introduction to the Flash MX 2004
Drawing Tools
Drawing in Flash: A Beginner's
Introduction to the Flash MX 2004
Drawing Tools
09/24/2004 08:03 PMTake a guided tour through the Flash Tools panel as you draw a simple
illustration.
Speedera and Macromedia Unveil Secure
Flash Video Delivery; Customers Can Now
Monetize Macromedia Flash Video
Speedera and Macromedia Unveil Secure
Flash Video Delivery; Customers Can Now
Monetize Macromedia Flash Video
04/18/2005 08:24 AMBusiness Wire UK Apr 18 2005 11:55AM GMT
Matrix online game hires real actors to
play in-game characters
Matrix online game hires real actors to
play in-game characters
03/25/2005 06:33 AMCory Doctorow:
The Matrix Online (a massively multiplayer online game based on the
Matrix franchise) has hired a troupe of 20 actors to hang around in
game and in character, advancing the story and generally making it all
seem more disbelief-suspendingly real.
Since the close of the beta, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
announced that it has employed a troupe of 20-odd people whose job it
will be to enact narrative scenarios in The Matrix Online live. These
people will assume the roles of popular characters, interact with
players, and generally move the stories in ways that only live
"actors" can. And though it appears that the story hasn't officially
commenced, a few players on the Method server were treated to a pretty
slick sample of it this afternoon: an extended pep-talk by none other
than Morpheus himself. (See the screenshots for proof.) But this is an
Out of the Box report, so here are our first impressions of the game
so far.
Link
(
via Wonderland)
Euro 2004 game offers tournament
experience with new game play
Euro 2004 game offers tournament
experience with new game play
06/14/2004 04:15 PMCanadian Press via Canada.com Jun 14 2004 7:41PM GMT
Pranksters (Children's Computer Game)
will be at The 2005 Digital Game Expo
Pranksters (Children's Computer Game)
will be at The 2005 Digital Game Expo
06/22/2005 01:52 AMGarageDeveloper International will be among numerous exhibitors at the
southeast's largest Digital Game Expo(http://www.dgxpo.com/) which is
being hosted by Wake Technical Community College on June 24-25, 2005.
They will be on hand throughout the expo to show off several new
computer games from their product line. [PRWEB Jun 19, 2005]
Flash In The Pan - Or Flash and The
Money?
Flash In The Pan - Or Flash and The
Money?
04/13/2005 05:33 PM"I saw some websites from an award winning designer, frequent user of
flash media. Of course, he has a team of pros in his design studio.
They're artists to the max. Out of my league. Is this the wave of the
future?"
FOX Launches Online Game Based on Hit
Series '24'; LG Mobile Phones Signs on
for In-Game Product Pla
FOX Launches Online Game Based on Hit
Series '24'; LG Mobile Phones Signs on
for In-Game Product Pla
12/22/2004 01:41 AMBiz.yahoo.com - Tue Dec 21, 11:15 am GMT
Vision Videogames Seeks Game Testers for
SpaceStationSIM Game
Vision Videogames Seeks Game Testers for
SpaceStationSIM Game
12/22/2004 01:28 AMVision Videogames of Towson, Maryland, recipient of a Space Act
Agreement from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), is seeking volunteer game testers to help test their upcoming
release of their game, SpaceStationSIM, due for consumer release in
the first half of 2005. Game testers need not be professionally
experienced, just enthusiastic, own a PC, and be experienced playing
SIM games.Those interested in participating should complete the form
on the Vision Videogame website at www.vision-play.com [PRWEB Dec 20,
2004]
The Game Room: Macworld's 2003 Game Hall
Of Fame
The Game Room: Macworld's 2003 Game Hall
Of Fame
12/19/2003 11:33 AMBy Peter Cohen (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)
Game Depot, Inc. Announces the Opening
of a New Online Superstore Featuring
Discount Prices on Everything for the
Home Game Room
Game Depot, Inc. Announces the Opening
of a New Online Superstore Featuring
Discount Prices on Everything for the
Home Game Room
12/19/2004 03:10 PMGame Depot, Inc. has announced the opening of a new online game
superstore. [PRWEB Dec 2, 2004]
Game Tunnel Announces its May
Independent Game Round-Up
Game Tunnel Announces its May
Independent Game Round-Up
06/24/2005 02:37 PM12th edition of the Round-Up features new Independent Game of the
Month [PRWEB Jun 24, 2005]
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