Hi,

when the first iphone SDK has been launched, i subscribed to the developer program of apple, with very entusiasm for the opotunity to publish my app (and most of it, games) in that platform. of course, why i live in argentina, i need to wait till apple approve my request, and that it’s what happen today (and i think it’s open wordwide now, really dont know, you need to register for that :P).

now, like pased some time ago from this, and i see several reviews about the apple platforms, a huge amount of diferent point of view, and i get the conclusion what, no matter how much succesful it’s the iphone now, i dont going to go now, pay the 100USD fee and start right now making app. why? i think the app store have too many app’s (and surely going to grow more in the future) and i want to see some successful cases of developers before launching me on this.

also it’s the fact i dont have the equip (no ipod/iphone/mac).

well, it’s that for now, really, i prefer to develop for android, but google it’s making me wait, and for that i dont discard the posibilite to be a iphone developer

also, about mi personal life, i’m with too much work and i have 2 projects in mind what i want to finish as soon as possible,

see you later

Regards,

Shadow.

Hi,

has been passed a little time from the last time i posted right?

well, not happen anything in this time, only too much work.

and i write this post only to recommend a blog:

http://underbooks.blogspot.com/

here you have many books, almost all about development (and game development)

i hope you can enjoy it

Regards,

Shadow.

Hi,

that it’s my certificate of the folding@home project

and surely you are asking, what it’s that? well, this it’s a project of the standford university to build a supercomputer with the personal computer of all the world to process and simulate the “fold” and “unfold” of the proteins. with this simulation, the cientific can know better how it’s work and treat in the future diferent deseases like alzheimer and some types of cancer.

also, i’m participating for ca contest for a several months of free hosting in hostgator.com

this mean, i can win a host package and helping the humanity at the same time…

it rocks

well, im running this in my 2 oc, in a semprom 3000 and a celeron laptop, take a longgggg time to process a unit but i think it worth the time

also you can run in from background, using you idle processor time, what mean it dont consume resources

well, if you want to try it go to the folding@home website and download the proper client

Regards,

Shadow.

Hi,

no, i not released a game yet, but a good friend mine yes, and that merit a post

he released her first game, i hope you, when you tried, be nice and give a contructive feedback

i appear in the credits, only why i help him with some things in AS3

only left enjoy it

http://gamesmosaic.net/games/Memo.php

Regards,

Shadow.

Hi,

a long time from the last post hu?

i has been busy with other things, i hope i get other news for the next week.

for now, i want to say the finishing of the contest, with a big participation of games, you can see the result here

now, have a draw in 3 games for the second place, and going to be choosed for that place with a internal vote with the people has been participated in the contest.

personally, i hope tronador win (go David, goooooo)

Regards,

Shadow.

Hi,

has been open for all the public the votation to choose the 3 winners of this marveolus contest.

The codear contest it’s a Argentinian challenge what it’s celebrate once per year in the EVA (expocicion videogames argentina) what have to objetive promote the videogames development in the country.

now, the codear have mini contest before the big ceremony in the eva, and this it’s one of them, in this time, you can play 40 games in a banner format of 600×90, wth a big dosis of innovative gameplay,abstracts character and common games and most it, fun

you can see and download each game from here and the mega pack with all the games, from here

when you finish to play all the games, you can vote for your 3 favorite games here.

Regards,

Shadow.

Hi,

a few days ago i get my notebook, and also a modem 3g (huawei e226) with for a movile internet connection.

after receive it, i try to find the form to install it in my ubuntu (the modem only provide the software for windows). i search in google and only find very unuseful information and too confuse and complicated how to’s. but just when i’m giving up, i found the easy and perfect solution :), for our luck, a spanish company (vodafone) develop a easy-to-use driver for this type of modem for linux (and you can use for any provider, not only vodafone ).

the first thing it’s download the driver from here:

https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/frs/?group_id=12

you have deb, rpm and binary packages

when you finish the download, unplug any internet connection what you are using and plug your usb modem, then, install the driver and execute it, automatically going to detect your hardware (the mine detect like huawei 270 but it work anyway), and then you need to create the profile, you see a screen like this:

there you need to enter:

*name of the profile (any name)

*username

*password

*host APN

and optional (and necesary in my case) you can define the dns to use (my service provider dont send correctly th dns, then i use the dns of movistar, i think you can use any public dns).

this necesary data you can get from the windows software what install the modem, search in internet or ask  to your ISP (normally it’s the same for all the user’s).

it’s work for me and i hope it can work for you too ;D

ths it’s some bechmark of my connection, i have a 2.5mb plan but i dont have a good connection here

Regards,

Shadow.

After completing 640-863 and 642-436, those students who are training for 1Y0-259 should start preparing for 70-536 and 70-642.

Hi,

well, after a few days i tested the Symphony Os 2008.1 what i download a few days ago.the review has been done in a VM with virtualbox in a ubuntu 7.10 like host.

Installation

the installation it’s the normal 6-7 step like have ubuntu, it’s take like 20-30 minutes all process including the copy of the files.

when the installation finish, the system occupied like 1.5 gb of the disk with the basic installation.

The Good:

First of all it’s a clean system, maybe you lost in the beginning why it’s not a normal desktop but it’s easy to use and know where are the things. you only have 4 buttons what display a menu with options.

in the top left icon, what it’s like the icon for a console, have the options to change the theme,remove/install app and other configuration options, it’s really easy to know what do each thing.

the top right icon, show the device and the file system, with folder for download, documents etc.., all organized and using nautilus for the file browser.

bottom right, easy to know, are the options to reboot ,logout and shutdown the system.

and the bottom left have the main menu (like the menu of app for gnome or KDE), there you have listed all the app installed and web app inserted.

all the system it’s like a ubuntu system but with another feel, more simply and beauty.All the tools and app what you use in ubuntu, work in symphony (or it’s logical it work :p ). also the OS have a nice feature integrated in firefox, what you can use a web app like a desktop app (you see the gmail option in the menu?), that mean you can grab any web app and put in you app menu, then you run it directly by there.also the the open app’s are showed in the bottom bar with images of the content (like the efects what have compiz fusion).it’s important to say this system it’s really fast, load fast and run fast, the creators say can be used in 200 mhz machines (great ).

The Bad:

After 70-293, many PMI-001 professionals take a break. They do this so that they can write 350-018 followed by 70-284 and 650-393 back to back, leading to 642-446 finally.

I think the team has been released a too premature version to be a final release :s, this have several bugs, like the shutdown button dont work, and need more work to be a production system. the font what use the system it’s too hugly and have a theme for the windows like vista what i cant change easily (the theme manager dont change that) and i dont like how look with all the system.the app menu dont add the new icon of the new app installed, you need to logout or reboot the system to see the changes.also the system dont have the tray bar, programs like amsn, ktorrent or any what use the tray bar if you close it, you can access again to the window.several image what use the system, the icons of the app and including the fonts show pixelated or dont show (you see in the image above the thunderbird whiteout icon), i thing can be improvement to make more friendly the system. the icons what use for the folder and other things are like use windows vista, it can be changed by the theme manager but i think the distribution need to find he own look like do so far and not copy what already exist (the distribution itself it’s a new form to use the PC, why need to copy a simply icons?).Too less app included in the iso, i think need to add at least some media player and the open office suite, to have a complete and functional system (i dont think this can be a problem, why the iso weight only 463 MB, have enough space to add some essential app’s).

Conclusion:

It’s not a system to use like primary system, but i think it’s going to a good way, the $1 what i waste to buy this OS worth to colaborate for the evolution of this distribution. the team have a great idea and i think with more testing, and fixing the details, in the future can be a good competence for the principal and more used linux distribution, like ubuntu, why this system it’s easy to use, consume less resources and, with the necessary fixes can be the perfect OS for the people what commonly use windows.

i hope you enjoy and found useful this review and my opinions about this wonderful Linux Distribution.

Regards,

Shadow.

After 350-030 and 220-602 , those 70-640 professionals who want to build a career in 640-822, immediately register for 70-236 and 642-503.

Hi,

well, i dont receive any donation but i donated the dolar to download my copy of symphony os (via torrent why the server it’s too slow xD ).

now, when i finish some things with the work, i going to install in a VM and test it, make a review and if it’s good, maybe i going to replace my ubuntu with this OS

stay tuned

Regards,

Shadow.

Hi,

the new version of Symphony OS has been released, after a year of development has been released the 2008.1 version. with a lot of changes and a rewrite of the system, now based in ubuntu 7.10 and full compatible with it. you can view more information here:

http://symphonyos.com/cms/?p=8

when i get $1 dollar of donations, i get my copy to test it and make a review of it (and if you can do the same to help this great project).

Regards,
Shadow

EX0-101 and 642-552 is hard for a 70-294 and 70-647 candidate who has not done 640-816 and hence is not eligible for 70-271 either.