Twitter is back on!

There was a period where my blog had a twitter widget. One day, while trying to browse it, it would totaly hung up on me. With a little debugging i found out it was the twitter widget. The site was down and so was my blog. I was so mad, that i couldn’t trust such a big (nowadays) site, that i ripped it off. Recently, i read that twitter upgraded their hardware or whatever and they said they were sorry for the down times and they hope it won’t happen again. Moreover, the huge blue space was very empty and i wanted to put something there since day one (i mean since the day i changed the theme). Browsing some blogs today, i saw a blogger that had her tweets on top, rather than a widget. I found it as a good idea for my hudge empty space up there. So, here it is, back on. Let’s see how it goes. I hope it won’t take my blog down again. Let me know if you have any loading time problems and also, what do you think about it?

PS: the tweet bird was a perfect match for the blue space up there

IE6 and transparent png’s

I’ve been missing around or the past few days but as you all know it’s the month of vacation and relaxation. So, i am doing just that. I am doing some stuff  have to do but the blog is another thing. I need to research and code (sometimes heavily) to have a post ready. Today i decided to post about a well known problem.

As you all know, recently i had a logo design by my friend #FN$#. The logo was transparent and obviously it was on a PNG format. After that i saw the widely known problem with IE 6 and transparent PNG’s. Take a look at the image below.

This is how the logo used to be displayed on an IE6 browser. Actually, this version is, in my humble oppinion, the worst browser ever made. Many many incompatibilities and it actually has a mind of his own. Anyway, the problem is caused because IE6 cannot render correclty the layers of the image. Anyway the cause is not what matters but the actual result.

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Java crash course #8: How to read the docs

We have come to a point that i think you are ready to explore what Java is all about. You will often hear me say “RTFM”, i.e Read The Fine (??) Manual! In Java this is more feasible than any other language. The documentation is well structured and well written. Nothing is left out. To be exact every bit of code is documented for us to see how to use it. The full documentation API is availiable here. You can also download a local copy for your reference here. But let’s see how you can get all the info from the documentation…

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Directory file exporter written in Java

Reading one of my friend’s blog the other day i stumbled onto this title: “How to copy Multiple Files/Folder names in bulk to Notepad file“. I remember my self wanting to write a small app that would do that exact thing because i needed it a couple of times. At that time i decided not to waste any time on it since i thought that no one would need it actualy. But reading this post i was convinced i should write it since it could be usefull. It took me about an hour and here is what i came up with.

This application actualy lists the contents of a given folder (recursivly or not) into a plain text file or into an EXCEL spreadsheet. I know that those commercial software do a bit more but i think it’s just to show off without any meaning what so ever. To run this small application you need the Java Runtime Environment 6 or better (with older version it won’t work because i used 6 to compile it). You can get the JSE6 here.

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Member Of The Month: July

I’ve been thinking alot lately about the contribution of the readers and the community on a blog such as mine. Heck, i even got a banner in less than a day! I have a small blog and i write for fun. The readers are devized into two categories: the regular ones that come over, comment and participate and the ones that are looking for somthing on google and just happen to find it here. The later ones rarely leave a comment. Now, one main reason i am still here, and not bored of the whole thing, is of the regular readers. Their comments keep my interest alive. So, i decided to give back to them, to all of you guys. I already told you that i don’t like ad campaigns and stuff like that but i would like to make an exception. So, i decided, from now on the top commentator of each month will be named the “Member Of The Month” (MOTM) and will get a free banner like the one you see on the right. As i said before, from an ad point of view, my space is worthless but i hope, as the time passes, the worth will be rising. This month’s top commentator is Siddharth. He is among the most loyal readers of my blog so this is a way to thank him. Keep commenting guys and let’s see who wins next month!