So today was the first day when my Kindle decided to give me a faster heartbeat. I got few books from Amazon and in order to get them I had to turn to the WiFi. Unfortunately that also the moment when my little mutt (Kundelek) decided to play dead. Or rather play freeze, go blank and dead.
15 minutes of googling and the answer appeared - "Amazon Kindle white screen of death". Apparently holding power button for 15 seconds is not enough and you should hold it for 30 s. Luckily this solution worked and a moment later pretty tree with a progress bar below it appeared. What additionally makes me happy no books were lost in the process (also those which were not bought on Amazon) and also the last page I was reading was where books opened.
To tell the truth I have no idea why Kindle decided to froze on turning the browser on. No page was loaded there, also book I was reading wasn't some interactive thingy.
But speaking of interactive books. If anyone is interested Puzzlebook: 103 Puzzle Quizzes is now available for free! Not that $2.99 is some terrible amount of money, but in the times of crisis one must save money. I recommend this book for anyone who likes to exercise their brain ;) Books is interactive in such way that by clicking an answer from ABCD directs you to the page with solution. Simple, but fun. The whole thing is perfect for those 15 minutes in public transport when reading is a little bit difficult*
*my greetings to 4 extremely noisy teenagers who all decided to share their personal problems not only with their callers but also with other people in train -_-
Showing posts with label geeky stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geeky stuff. Show all posts
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
"I want to believe"
Be warned - this is a long entry.
Since I was this little I watched sci-fi shows. Be it The X-Files, SG-1 or Psi-Factor - I really loved those shows about aliens coming from the outer-space. I also watched some freaky show which told about ghosts, already mentioned aliens and Nazis and their secret bunkers where they've hidden treasures. And those stories really gave me goosebumps. I couldn't stand the first tunes of The X-files' music theme, it scared the hell out of me.
But I was 10...
Since I was this little I watched sci-fi shows. Be it The X-Files, SG-1 or Psi-Factor - I really loved those shows about aliens coming from the outer-space. I also watched some freaky show which told about ghosts, already mentioned aliens and Nazis and their secret bunkers where they've hidden treasures. And those stories really gave me goosebumps. I couldn't stand the first tunes of The X-files' music theme, it scared the hell out of me.
But I was 10...
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Get inspired, but do not copy
From time to time I have a website to design. One of my current projects pro publico bono (which means more less that doing this for free) is a website for a small parish. It's located in the country, so I can't do anything fancy like corporate web 2.0 blogs. This website has to have a specific style. And here is also where my adventure begins.
Monday, 19 July 2010
Un blob CSS (and some summer rant)
Smashing Magazine (my 2nd favourite lecture these days; I have nothing to do at work most of the time) released an article about what wonders you can do with CSS3. WONDERS, seriously. I can't wait to use that piece of teh interwebs, but the things is... that I don't think it will be soon.
What I found the cute was this Blob. JS + CSS3 = "Woo! I can play with this for hours." Like a truly disabled mentally grown up who is bored at work. But the things is... I use Firefox. And here is where the problems begins.
What I found the cute was this Blob. JS + CSS3 = "Woo! I can play with this for hours." Like a truly disabled mentally grown up who is bored at work. But the things is... I use Firefox. And here is where the problems begins.
Thursday, 29 April 2010
When a disabled (when it comes to games) child starts to play with PS2
<cloudi> a jellyfish defeated me
<kubuś> in a life-death combat?
<cloudi> yeah
<kubuś> [*]
Finally I can play Final Fantasy X (forgive me the lame pun). After lots of adventures like:
To other impaired people who don't know what this games is about: I'm some blond dude who looks like just taken from Baywatch cast. His city was attacked by a giant flying water sphere (he was sucked into it) and now he wakes up 1000 years later (Sleeping Beauty) and from what I've gathered he's trying to find his way home (E.T.). Innovative, right?*
Generally I'm not into this kind of games and it is a little bit painful for me to watch. Especially with hours of that cut scenes. I am playing this just for 2-3h and I tell you I have seen hours of films there. It's like a movie on Polsat channel where the commercials are sometimes interrupted by a film. But I found it handy, thanks to those I could finish my supper without the need to pause the game.
Which brings us to the gaming system. Pick action, pick enemy, do the action, wait for your turn. Seems boring. However! after a while it appears that the characters have few interesting moves and attacks. I especially love summoning that giant flying creature by Yuna (here I would like to greet Juli who looks just like this animated character) or using black magic by Lulu who, for your information, wanders around with a teddy-bear. If we add to the picture that she looks like emo geisha, I think that we can agree that Japanese are running on some strong drugs.
Keep that up boys! Because I'm really enjoying this game.
*Actually I can tell you about other things/names. Because the 3rd location I'm visiting looks like Hawaii. I think that S. told me the name of that place, but I think that "Hawaii" fits better. After a quick run over that place and fighting with stranger creatures (blob, Blue Lion form the Land of The OZ) we jump on a sea ship and get attacked by Sin (a local version of Cracken) I was hoping for Johnny Depp appearing on the board, but no luck. And I thought that Japanese would know what a fan service is :<
<kubuś> in a life-death combat?
<cloudi> yeah
<kubuś> [*]
Finally I can play Final Fantasy X (forgive me the lame pun). After lots of adventures like:
- not having a working TV in AV mode,
- taking console to friend's place (who has a working TV), yet forgetting to actually pack the games,
- borrowing a TV from friends,
- yet not borrowing an adapter so the cinch cables would magically turn into SCART input
To other impaired people who don't know what this games is about: I'm some blond dude who looks like just taken from Baywatch cast. His city was attacked by a giant flying water sphere (he was sucked into it) and now he wakes up 1000 years later (Sleeping Beauty) and from what I've gathered he's trying to find his way home (E.T.). Innovative, right?*
Generally I'm not into this kind of games and it is a little bit painful for me to watch. Especially with hours of that cut scenes. I am playing this just for 2-3h and I tell you I have seen hours of films there. It's like a movie on Polsat channel where the commercials are sometimes interrupted by a film. But I found it handy, thanks to those I could finish my supper without the need to pause the game.
Which brings us to the gaming system. Pick action, pick enemy, do the action, wait for your turn. Seems boring. However! after a while it appears that the characters have few interesting moves and attacks. I especially love summoning that giant flying creature by Yuna (here I would like to greet Juli who looks just like this animated character) or using black magic by Lulu who, for your information, wanders around with a teddy-bear. If we add to the picture that she looks like emo geisha, I think that we can agree that Japanese are running on some strong drugs.
Keep that up boys! Because I'm really enjoying this game.
*Actually I can tell you about other things/names. Because the 3rd location I'm visiting looks like Hawaii. I think that S. told me the name of that place, but I think that "Hawaii" fits better. After a quick run over that place and fighting with stranger creatures (blob, Blue Lion form the Land of The OZ) we jump on a sea ship and get attacked by Sin (a local version of Cracken) I was hoping for Johnny Depp appearing on the board, but no luck. And I thought that Japanese would know what a fan service is :<
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
iPad my ass
Everyone got excited about iPad (now that we know how it's named). Even I watched live broadcast from presentation. So here are is some quick random review from what I've seen.
Friday, 22 January 2010
Whining day today
Gosh... I'm so tired -_-' I can't remember when was the last time I slept 6h or more. This week I had 7 (yes, seven) tests and next week looks like there are another 5 to come. And then just exams. Considering I'll have to write two tests again, because I had an option: learn for one enough to pass and ignore the other or fail at both, next 2-3 weeks look entertaining as hell...
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
if someone makes you so angry...
My new wallpaper at work. Because old one was getting boring. And I'm looking for another one to put on Антон's* desktop.
Picture found @http://sawb.soup.io/post/40835212/If-someone-make-you-so-angry
*my charming notebook has a pretty name
Picture found @http://sawb.soup.io/post/40835212/If-someone-make-you-so-angry
*my charming notebook has a pretty name
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Oh the United States of America
I'm playing http://www.purposegames.com/game/states-of-the-usa-quiz the moment. And I must say: it is a wicked idea to put the state Washington on the other coast then city Washington.
Friday, 29 May 2009
All you kids in the US
Have you ever tried to do something like this?
And by "this" I mean reprogramming sign as the one above? Apparently it's quite easy. All you need is get your hands on the controller, write default password (if it's changed, resetting it takes 2-3 seconds) and be creative.
Today (and yesterday, for the record) at my University takes place Infoshare conference. Long story short - bunch of geeks meet and talk about new, cool things that happened in the last year and what new features are in the business. I won't bore you with tech stuff like Glassfish, web apps for mobiles and disputes about creating Silicon Valley in our local playground, but in the schedule there's one lecture for normal people - "Hacking ATMs." But advices how to hack those poor machines wasn't the only subject of the 1.5h talk. Apart from that we had some advices on social engineering and how to get free stuff this way.
For sure most of people just want to use ATMs, phone booths (if such still exist in ones country), but there are always those, who think "what will happened if I push this button." It's a kind of challenge, to see if you're able to get that free can of Cola (unfortunately the most you can do is change the welcoming text; but there's always brute force) or open a padlock. As for the latter... I know, which laboratory has laptops and that kind of protection. So next week I'm taking a pen or toilet paper (yes, this also works) and we'll see if I have spare notebook after classes. Opening padlocks is also tempting. Unfortunately skeleton keys are kind of illegal here, so I have to stick to other things to satisfy my curiosity.
ps. I know it's Friday, but people wearing paper bags with "502 Proxy Error" and "No Image" is just too much.
ps2. English punctuation is weird. However there two other languages, which are even more creative - Norwegian and Spanish.
And by "this" I mean reprogramming sign as the one above? Apparently it's quite easy. All you need is get your hands on the controller, write default password (if it's changed, resetting it takes 2-3 seconds) and be creative.
Today (and yesterday, for the record) at my University takes place Infoshare conference. Long story short - bunch of geeks meet and talk about new, cool things that happened in the last year and what new features are in the business. I won't bore you with tech stuff like Glassfish, web apps for mobiles and disputes about creating Silicon Valley in our local playground, but in the schedule there's one lecture for normal people - "Hacking ATMs." But advices how to hack those poor machines wasn't the only subject of the 1.5h talk. Apart from that we had some advices on social engineering and how to get free stuff this way.
For sure most of people just want to use ATMs, phone booths (if such still exist in ones country), but there are always those, who think "what will happened if I push this button." It's a kind of challenge, to see if you're able to get that free can of Cola (unfortunately the most you can do is change the welcoming text; but there's always brute force) or open a padlock. As for the latter... I know, which laboratory has laptops and that kind of protection. So next week I'm taking a pen or toilet paper (yes, this also works) and we'll see if I have spare notebook after classes. Opening padlocks is also tempting. Unfortunately skeleton keys are kind of illegal here, so I have to stick to other things to satisfy my curiosity.
ps. I know it's Friday, but people wearing paper bags with "502 Proxy Error" and "No Image" is just too much.
ps2. English punctuation is weird. However there two other languages, which are even more creative - Norwegian and Spanish.
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