The JavaFX 1.0 SDK was released today. I’ve played with the preview SDK, so I was pretty excited to try out the 1.0 SDK. Inexplicably, and this was the case with the preview SDK as well, Sun hasn’t released a version of the SDK for Linux. However, this wasn’t a problem because it was possible…
Category: Nerdy Stuff
Publishing to twitterfeed
I just got myself a twitterfeed account so that I can publish my journal entries to twitter. I hope this works.
My new T-Mobile G1 Android Phone
So I got my T-Mobile G1 Android phone yesterday, and boy am I excited! I had mixed feelings about it initially because I wasn’t so sure of the form factor. I remember thinking that it looked a little clunky, but now that I have it here, in my hand, I have to say that it…
JavaFX: The New Hotness
I went to JavaOne a few months ago. It was a pretty neat experience and I learnt a lot of cool things. One of the things Sun was touting was the JavaFX family of technologies. It allows you to create RIA (Rich Internet Applications) using JavaFX Script, a domain-specific language built on top of Java….
My new laptop
I recently bought myself a new laptop – the Dell XPS M1530. I was originally considering a Macbook, but that was a little too pricey for me. I started to fancy OS X ever since I found out that it is basically FreeBSD at the core. Also, there is the eye-candy. Other than the price-tag,…
Drop-shadows with CSS and Javascript
You have probably seen websites that have images with drop-shadows. It gives the image a three-dimensional floating effect. Usually the images are given drop-shadows with an image editing software like Photoshop. In IE, a drop-shadow is easy to achieve using the DropShadow filter. Unfortunately, this method is not standards compliant and only works on Internet…
Getting the Netgear WN311T to work on PC-BSD/FreeBSD
Recently, I decided to try out PC-BSD. It’s essentially FreeBSD with a desktop (KDE) and various other goodies. I’ll talk about my experience with PC-BSD in another post. This one is about setting up the Netgear WN311T RangeMax NEXT Wireless Adapter to work with PC-BSD. I had heard that setting up wireless to work with…
Sulekha: A text-based Markov-chain generator
I’ve finished work on the projects page. Sometimes I’ll have a passing interest in something that leads me to write some code for fun. Yes, you read right. I like to code… for fun. Anyway, this is something I’ve done ever since I started programming way back in 1991. I’ve written a bunch of cool…
Malayalam linguistics question
This is a question in linguistics. Or something. I am hoping that the 3.5 readers of this blog will have some input regarding this. There I was, on Wikipedia, as usual. On a slightly related tangent, let me just say that Wikipedia provides me an excellent outlet for all this useless knowledge that I have…
Why the Wii wins
I bought myself a Nintendo Wii in February. I really wanted one because it looked like fun, and I also really wanted to play The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I tried to get one in December, which didn’t happen because they were all sold out. In February, I went to Best Buy to get…