Now this is a nice game. I've been a fun of big fish games since they started or so. I enjoyed "Virual Villagers", "Build-a-lot" and many more. This is a one i found yesterday on a $0.99 (+ Tax) sale. It is on till tomorow, August the 15th. It is a puzzle game with many types of puzzles like point and click (not the annoying kind of ones), blocks. find the same etc. Very nice graphics and a pleasant and relaxing gameplay. Colours are bright and shiny and the interface is appealing to the eye. Moreover the navigation and gameplay is not hard since the clicks are not close one to another making your life easier. Anyway i strongly recomend it and rush for the sale that is on! You can get it from here.

Let the games begin

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

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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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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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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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!

Before i dig deeper into Java, i need to explain a few more things that i think have been underestimated before or have not been metnioned at all. There are many key concepts that i am surely missing in this series but this is why it's called a "crash course". I am trying the best i can to explain the most of it but please forgive me if i leave anything out. So let's get into the point.

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Well it is always important to have a nice community and some good friends in it. As it seemed all my loyal readers and good friends (although i have never met them) were happy to help me with this one. On my previous post i announced i was thinking i needed a logo and i was willing to put a small ad linking back to anyone that would be kind enough to make me one. And then along came my friends. They offered to make me one. The fastest one of all and a loyal reader, #FN$#, was eager to try out. He made a couple of attempts, we chatted a little and the new logo came out. I felt it was really nice so i decided to put it up. "Siddharth" and "Rockstar Sid" also offered to help. If they come up with something nice too i think i'm gonna put them up on a rotation or something. I would realy like to thank very much my friend #FN$# for his time and skill that he put into the design. I offered to put up the block as i promised but he said he didn't want to so i respect that. It even shows that he did it on good will and nothing more. Nothing better than a great community!

So what do you think about his design?

Ok the title says it all. As you all know, i recently moved my blog to this domain and changed my theme. Now, i am an awfull designer and my skills on photoshop are realy limited. I know i need a logo or a banner just to identify my blog. The site is what you see. A technology/personal blog. I publish code alot and many personal things too, like pics and things that happen in my life. So, if you think you can design a neat logo for my blog go on! If i have your attention then keep reading...

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On July 26th is Saint Paraskevi's feast. She is the protecting saint of Chalkis. Every year there is a celebrating letourgy organized on the church and alot of people, all over Greece, come to show their respect. It is considered a big blessing. Also Saint Paraskevi is the protector for any eye sickness. In the night of the 25th is when this all happens. Then, for the whole following week, a big festival is held on the town that is fairly big (i would estimate about 3 kilometers of small shops with anything that one can imagine, it's like an eastern market place). So, here are some pics from the church when i went on the night of the 25th. Hope you like them, as always!

PS: If i take a stroll down the market place i will surely take my camera with me