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

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 like to send a donation, I'd suggest sending it to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. You can donate online here: https://www.cff.org/ways_to_give/DonationForm/

Thanks.

Jon

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 my new semester rolling. I'm definitely reading what you guys post, but give me some time before I respond or before you see your suggestions implemented.

Some general notes:

* I hate themed/skinned applications. However if you have artistic talent and would like to contribute an icon or something, send me an email through the contact link on the right and we can talk.

* That being said, notice that the colors of the text and the textbox on SearchToday are customizable through the menu. Set it to whatever works best for you and your today theme.

So welcome everyone, and try out some of my other applications!

Jon

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?

Jon

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

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 from pegcards.dll its loading it from the flash memory and caching it, causing a considerable delay.

I loaded up solitaire to see if the problem occurred there and I noticed that it took an extra second to start up than I was used to. I bet it preloads all the images to avoid the stutter. I think I will make an updated version that does this as well and hopefully eliminate it.

Jon

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 modifications Emulamer on Aximsite made for PocketSNES, but something isn't quite right under WM5. I intend to investigate.

Another small annoyance is that the distributed version of gsgetfile.dll that several of my programs use in lieu of the default file open dialog is not WM5 compatable. The text shows only as the empty boxes that indicate a font problem (probably a language problem.) The good news is this can be fixed by downloading the latest version of gsgetfile.dll from here. Look for the file named gsgetfile-i.zip (I can't hotlink the file because it's hosted on geocities. bah.)

I'll update the archives with the latest version when I get some time.

Jon

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 I update or add software, which seems better than trying to go around to all the various sites and post about it. Maybe I'll have some better visibility for the various other programs I've written.

I occasionally will rant about particular nusances in WM and the development environments as well. I could use an outlet to vent about something these days.

Commenting is initially disabled until I gauge how effectively I can limit comment spam.

Jon