Blogs

In this post, I will discuss Koders and krugle, two code search engines

In this post, I will discuss a new search engine called Accoona.

Accoona is the the new kid on the block in the world of search engines dominated by Google. It has a nice simple interface like the one that won the hearts of so many for Google and made Yahoo's cluttered page look bad. A wise man once said: "Fools learn from their own mistakes, the wise learn from other people's mistakes". Anyway, you can search the web, for businesses, and the news. I would like to see an image search similar to Google's, and that is one of the only things I can find lacking. One thing I won't miss when searching with Accoona is the "Sponsored Links" at the top. Bottom Line: I highly reccommend this new search engine, and if you like Google you should give it a whirl.

NetHack has always been considered the longest running open-source game around. Its rouge-like gameplay keeps players and fans coming back for more. It goes back to the classics, bringing back the classic turn-based RPG genre.

Well, ddcc requested a portable version of it, so I decided to take a look. The result is Portable NetHack. With this you can play NetHack directly from your USB drive without having to worry about leaving anything behind in the registry. All settings are saved locally so you don't have to worry about loosing any saved data.

In this post, I will discuss the newest AjaxLaunch app, AjaxXLS.

As you can probably tell from the title, this new web-based app opens and edits spreadsheet files. AjaxLaunch has released a version that is just a viewer, and a pre-release editor version that is in testing. They both support .xls, .ods, and .sxc. The editor is a little buggy and I would not recommend it for the general public until it is a full release. It does however, look quite promising. The viewer is very nice and will suit your needs perfectly if all you have to do is see a spreadsheet that someone else has created. Once the editor is completed, we will have our first standalone portable spreadsheet! Keep an eye on AjaxLaunch, great things are coming out of there I can tell

I just got a project page for Portable Notepad2. The URL is https://portableapps.com/development/projects/portable_notepad2.

In this post, I will talk about Google's new web-based app, a calendar program.

Today, Google released a calendar app for its account-holders (If you aren't one, get an invite from a buddy who is, as Google is the future!). It is quite basic, but it can import calendars from all of the major apps (I'm not sure about Sunbird, but I think that Sunbird uses the same iCal format that Google already supports). The interface is as always easy to use and good-looking. It even has a feature to let you search for events in your calendar. In addition, you can set who has access to your calendar, so your family and friends can see your calendar and add their events too. Go check it out!

HowTo: Put HM NIS Edit on your USB drive.

HM NIS Edit is an NSIS editor and InstallOptions Designer. I love the fact that when you hover over a command, it gives you basic syntax, and when you click on a command and press F1, it brings up the help for that command.

Get it here: hmne.sourceforge.net

The following tutorial assumes you already have HM NIS Edit.
HM NIS Edit will hereby be referred to as HMNE.

In this post, I will discuss a web-delivered IM application called Meebo.

Meebo is an AJAX app that allows logging in to AIM/ICQ, MSN, YAHOO!, and Jabber/GTalk. It is entirely web-based and can be run on any browser that has JavaScript enabled. I find it highly useful in places where I don't have my USB stick or where the computers have been locked down by gestapo IT folks. It has a nice interface that is easy to use even for people new to computers. The two things that I find lacking is the inability to have groupchats and the lack of IRC support (which I don't use too much anymore anyway). All things considered, it is extremely good, I highly recommend that you try it out.

After toying with it for quite some time, I've finally come up with a version of Portable Notepad2 I consider worthy of public release -- PortableNotepad2 0.4.

Portable Notepad2 lets you use the Notepad2 text editor on the go, without leaving mess behind on the current computer. Get it here.

Enjoy!

In this post, I will talk about an AJAX-delivered application called AjaxWrite.

AJAX, which stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML is a platform used for many web-delivered programs. In this case, it is used to deliver a word processor on the web. It is quite simple, but it gets the job done for smaller projects. It has most of the features that I use daily for reports and such. I usually don't have tons of formatting in my documents anyway, so AjaxWrite works fine for me. It is still in beta, so they have some on and off problems, but it can save in .doc, .odt, and a host of other formats. You can also upload from your desktop (USB key). They also have a drawing program called AjaxSketch and promote a video editing suite online called Eyespot. They plan on releasing an app every week at 12:00 PST, which is quite ambitious. Apps you can expect soon (they are launched on http://www.ajaxlaunch.com) include a spreadsheet (YAY!! A portable one finally!!) and a presentation program like PowerPoint. I should mention here that IE is not supported, only Gecko-based browsers are (Firefox, Epiphany, Netscape, Moz Suite, etc). They do plan to incorporate IE and Opera support later. All in all, a great app.