Flash back to the 90′s
by poedgirl on 23/06/10 at 11:35 am
One thing that has been really annoying me lately is the sheer amount of ads on websites that use flash animations. Seriously, it makes websites look like they’re from the 90′s with the amount of animating crap on them. Several sites that I visit often have decided to place 4 (some sites more) ad spots [...]
Full StoryThe new donate box
If you are a regular visitor here, you may have noticed the new donate box to the right of the page. Normally I don’t ask for money, but with my current financial situation, I can’t really afford to spend my limited funds on things like a new laptop. Also, as I’ve had a lot of [...]
Full StorySygic vs TomTom, round 2 of the Navigation apps
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed Navigon vs Sygic. Today, I decided to give the new heavyweight in the arena, TomTom, a good test. Seeing as though Sygic won the first round, I thought I’d pit it up against TomTom.
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Today, I decided to test out the newest addition to the iPhone turn by turn navigation application arsenal, Navigon. Of course, I already had Sygic installed on my iPhone and I had been using it for a while. I was happy with Sygic, but there were a few features in Navigon that I really wanted, [...]
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I thought it was about time that this blog got a proper domain name instead of just being a subdomain of a site that hasn’t been updated in over a year. So here it is, www.roapd.com. Of course, it is made up from the name of this blog, Rants Of A Psychotic Developer. The old [...]
Full StoryIdiots on Youtube
Recently, someone released an obvious fake for a jailbreak on the new iPhone 3GS called the “ttys” exploit. This user was called iH8sn0w, the reason it was obviously fake was the fact that he used an SSH connection to his iPhone to actually apply the jailbreak. Anyone who knows anything about the iPhone knows that [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft finally woke up
Well, it looks like someone from Microsoft actually reads my blog. If you read the earlier post entitled Microsoft, you are retarded, you would see that I was extremely unhappy with Microsoft’s method of suspending users when they don’t want to pay for additional months of XBox Live Gold memberships. I just received an email [...]
Full StoryBackwards ordering of blog comments
This is one thing that really annoys me, blogs that have their comments backwards. I really don’t understand what kind of sense it makes having the comments in reverse chronological order, i.e. latest to earliest. Most comments on blog posts are either replies to another comment or reference something said in an earlier one. For [...]
Full StoryFirefox Geolocation, not all that useful
Today, I decided to test out a new feature of Mozilla Firefox 3.5, the Geolocation system. Now, I have to say, using a mobile phone with Google’s Location Services is actually pretty accurate – within a few hundred metres. But it would appear it is not the same for fixed connections. Even when connected via [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft, you are retarded
About 6 months ago, I upgraded my Xbox Live account to a Gold account as I wanted to play some games online – something I don’t do often. I was under the impression that I could just play online for a month, then downgrade my account back to Silver when I was done. I was [...]
Full StoryPublishers encouraging piracy
Today, I bought the game Saints Row 2 on PC. I had played it before on PC, yes, a pirated copy, and thought it was good enough to buy. However, as soon as I got it home, my mind was completely changed. The problem all stems from the fact that this specific game uses the [...]
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