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  • 2007
    • June
      • Beta Testing New Game
        06/29/07
        I'm looking for some feedback on a game I'm developing for both WM and Windows. It is written in C# on .Net so the same executable runs on both platforms.

        At this point the basics of the game are done, I just need input on the parameters on gameplay, i.e., is it too hard, etc.
    • May
      • 2 New Freeware Coming Soon
        05/25/07
        Just to force myself to actually remember to post these, I have two new freeware programs that I will be releasing soon. I still need to tidy up their interfaces and make some installers for them.

        The first is CPUSpeedScaler which will be a freeware PXA-270 CPU underclocker(/overclocker).

    • January
      • iPhone
        01/10/07
        Reposted from me writing this in response to someone saying they'd buy the iPhone the day it came out:

        It's funny, there's nothing that the iPhone does that a PDA or SmartPhone doesn't already do.

        Jobs was mistaken in saying it has the best screen, my PDA do

  • 2006
    • November
      • Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection
        11/22/06
        Anyone ever see these:

        Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection
        http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/

        It's a bunch of puzzle games that are self contained. Some normal stuff like minesweeper, sudoku, mastermind...

        But some interesting

    • September
      • A teaser of something I'm working on ...
        09/22/06
        Here's something I'm playing around with...



        I hate all the existing IM clients (specifically with AIM compatibility) so I'm playing with my own.

        The name and icons will probably have to change, but there's a start...

        Needs a ton of wor

    • August
      • PlaylistEditor 1.7
        08/08/06
        I've updated PlaylistEditor to version 1.7.

        It now has a button to launch the current playlist (without saving) with the program registered to handle that type of playlist.

        It also has a new menu command to shuffle the items in the playlist in a random order.

        Ge

      • GSPlayer 2.25 VGA
        08/07/06
        I've updated the VGA version of GSPlayer to the latest normal release, 2.25.

        This includes a WM5 version that uses the Soft Keys.

        Just drop the new exe over the old one from the regular 2.25 install. Otherwise copy a version of gsgetfile.dll into windows to make sure you

    • July
      • RadarWatch 2.3
        07/06/06
        I've uploaded a new version of Radar Watch (2.3) that is compatable with the new urls from the NWS.

        Let me know how it works.

        Jon

      • RadarWatch broken again
        07/06/06
        Apparently the NWS has eliminated yet again the source of the radar images RadarWatch Downloads.

        I will attempt to switch over to their new system in the next day or so. The animation part may not be full featured in the upcoming release.

        Jon

    • April
      • PocketPuTTY 0.03
        04/13/06
        I've uploaded a version that allows you to specify a non-standard port to connect to.

        http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc/PocketPuTTY.exe

        Jon

      • PocketPutty
        04/11/06
        I've taken the opportunity to fix a couple annoyances in PocketPutty. It now:


        I will work more on it when I get some free time. I'd really like to incorporate horizontal scrolling.

        This code is based on the 0.1 beta, which was the more stable version, but does n

    • March
      • RadarWatch 2.2
        03/14/06
        I've uploaded a new version of RadarWatch to the website. I haven't updated the webpages yet, but I have fixed the source of the images so they should work now.

        Let me know if there are any lingering problems.

        I have started to add the framework for the new images too

    • March
      • Radar Watch Broken?
        02/27/06
        It seems the NWS has changed the source of their images to download and RadarWatch might not be working for the last week. Anyone else notice this?

        (P.S. I'm not dead, just busy.)

        Jon

    • January
      • Some updates
        01/30/06
        vBar 2.2 is out with my fixes:
        -support for the default WM5 theme
        -Tap-and-hold to close, tap to minimize option
        -fixes squished menu in WM5
        -battery meter looks like a battery

        Download it from http://www.vieka.com/vbar.htm

        ----

        I am sorry for the

      • Two reminders
        01/16/06
        Many people are being linked straight to these blog entries, but I have created a variety of other software applications that can be found at http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc/

        By bypassing that page, you also miss my suggestion:

        If you appreciate these programs and would li

      • SearchToday Beta tester request
        01/15/06
        I'm going to be picking up working on SearchToday some more soon, and as I've discovered from all your wonderful feedback is that I need to have access to many more devices than just my x50v.

        I'm now accepting applications for about a dozen Beta testers. What I'd like

      • Traffic spike
        01/08/06
        Wow, I've gotten linked from somewhere particularly popular. But I don't know where. I'm always interested in where people hear about my programs, so feel free to leave a note stating where you were linked from.

        I'm on a bit of a break at the moment while I try to get

  • 2005
    • December
      • GSPlayer VGA
        12/31/05
        I see GSPlayer 2.23 is up with a new WM5 version. I've downloaded the source and made all the VGA changes I believe. I'm doing a few days of internal testing, then I will unleash it upon the New Year.

        Jon

      • The woes of software registration
        12/27/05
        I'm sometimes asked why I don't sell my software. The number one reason is lack of time to do proper support. My schooling and teaching come first.

        A second reason is software registration. The reality for software developer is that if you release a shareware program, it will b

      • WM5 and *.unload files
        12/22/05
        I was looking into how to display the list of installed programs, and I noticed that in WM5 there are no .unload files in the \windows directory. It seems that they have been replaced with xml files in subdirectories under \windows\appmgr

        Anyone confirm this or explain the difference?
      • Got a program idea?
        12/19/05
        So I have some time over break (I'm a grad student) and I like to do a new program over my breaks as a hobby. However, I'm not really sure what program to make next. So, I'm opening it up to suggestions.

        Anything goes, but here are some notes that will make your suggestion

      • x51mix?
        12/17/05
        As far as I know, the x51 series has the same audio chip as the x50 series. That means that x50mix should also work on the x51s without a problem.

        Leave a note here with your experience to confirm, or let me know if there seems to be a problem.

        Jon

      • FreeCell VGA Version
        12/13/05
        I saw a new open source version of FreeCell announced over at PocketGamer and decided to take a look.

        Turns out, it isn't VGA aware, and uses the old style cards. I decided I wanted the shiny new cards, so I converted it to run in VGA.

        Install from the original CAB or EXE

      • SearchToday: Now with 100% less hangs
        12/11/05
        I believe I've fixed whatever was causing the hangs on reboot on WM2003 devices. With that in mind, I'm releasing a new version with a few more features:



        I will continue to add a few more features, mainly where you can customize the menu to hold various different sea

      • Internet Coding Examples
        12/10/05
        Two observations about coding examples and information on the web:

        1.) Never trust it
        2.) Even (especially?) if it's from Microsoft.

        Jon

      • Another Test Version
        12/10/05
        I've uploaded a new test version that fixes a tiny problem SearchToday had in the code, and makes the installer set some more registry entries.

        I have tested this on the ARM emulator and found it to not hang (i got it to hang once in a while before, but its hard to know if that was f

      • SearchToday New Testing build
        12/07/05
        I've uploaded a new testing build to try to eliminate the lockups on WM2003SE. So far all I know is that an x50v with WM2003SE has problems, while an x50v with WM5 doesn't seem to.

        This new testing release disables two features I added in the new version: resizing on orientation

      • New build for testing - read Warning first!
        12/06/05
        I've uploaded a new version to test in the hopes it starts the lockups on reboots.

        Anyone who is feeling adventurous and has encountered a lockup, give it a try and please report back.

        http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc/Se

        Thanks.

        Jon

      • Reports of SearchToday causing lockup!
        12/06/05
        I'm hearing that the new version of SearchToday is causing lockups on reboot that require a hard reset. I have not seen this in WM5 although boots are so slow it feels locked up.

        If you can find a copy of safe mode for the pocket pc you can install that if there are problems on a WM2

      • SearchToday Version 1.0.2 released
        12/05/05
        I have uploaded a new version of SearchToday. This version supports:



        Notes on using a custom search URL

        You may enter any url here, and where you include the %s sequence will be replaced with whatever text you have typed into the textbox.

        Examples:
        <

      • Search Google from your Today Screen
        12/04/05
        I was enamored with one of the Today Screen plugins on the new WM Treo, of which you can see a screenshot here:
        http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.p

        The plugin allows you to search the web from the today screen. This seemed useful, and I wonder why no one ever thought of it before

      • When Experimentation Goes Awry...
        12/03/05
        Upgrading my x50v to WM5 has certainly been an experience. There have been a lot of good suggestions to help improve its usability. One of them involves stopping ActiveSync from starting every 5 minutes by creating a fake server to connect to so you can update the synch schedule.

        I wonder

      • PlaylistEditor Tip
        12/02/05
        Did you know PlaylistEditor supports making playlists of streaming files?

        Simply click the Add button and instead of browsing to a file, simply type or paste the url of a streaming file (http:// or mms:// for sure, others may work too.)

        This way you can make playlists of your f

      • Posting Enabled - For now
        12/01/05
        I've decided to enable user comments, mainly to see if anyone is actually reading.

        For some reason the image capcha technique (anti-spam image with numbers thingy) isn't working on this server, so I've made a slight change to the PHP so that it just does the plain text ver

      • Preview: AstronToday
        12/01/05


        I've been toying with some Astronomical calculations, and have this version of AstronToday for my personal testing.

        One thing most people don't see is that I use and work with my applications for a long time often before they see the light of day. Typically I only re

    • November
      • WM 5 Memory Rant
        11/30/05
        I've got an ongoing rant over on PocketPCThoughts talking about the latest Where is My RAM? blog post from the WM Team.

        Go check it out at:

        http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/

        Jon

      • Whirlwind 21 and WM5
        11/30/05
        I was trying out (read: playing) Whirlwind 21 on WM5 when I noticed with every card I was dealt that GSPlayer would stutter in the background. Once through the entire deck and it stopped.

        What I believe is happening is that the first time I am displaying a particular card resource image f

      • WM5 Compatability
        11/30/05
        I've updated my PPC with WM5 and have proceeded to test all of my applications under it. For the most part there are no problems, so yay for me.

        The one exception to this is the modified version of PocketNester I made to better utilize the VGA screen. I based my code on the modificat

      • Not a blog!
        11/30/05
        I always swore I'd never make a blog, but there are a lot of things I'd like to post about in regards to the software that I develop as a hobby.

        Plus with the RSS syndication here (assuming it works) I can let people subscribe to my announcements so they can be notified of when