We thought that floppy was dead, especially now with the arrival of Blu-Ray. Personal computers now do not have floppy drives by default as they used to. It appears that this is not the case, floppy is back but with a more artistic point of view rather than data storage. Floppy is used to generate music in a retro style which makes many people to feel nostalgic. There are several music videos on YouTube with floppy generated music with millions of views. Here are some cool themes ands songs created with the sound of floppy drives. Enjoy !
May 11
M-emo-ry: Pair Memory Game
M-emo-ry is a simple pair memory game where you match emotional emoticons. The purpose of the game is to find all (18) matching pairs. Even though the game is designed for small kids, it is suitable for all ages. We all need to exercise our memory in order to keep our brain highly active. It runs on any system that has .NET Framework 4, Windows XP, Vista and 7, on both 32bit and 64bit versions. M-emo-ry is freeware (you can use it for free) and portable (no installation needed).
May 10
Wolfenstein 3D is 20 years old
Happy birthday to Wolfenstein 3D which is now 20 years old. Twenty years ago, 5 May 1992, Wolfenstein 3D was released. It was the first first person shooter (FPS) and this is how the era of FPS games began. It was this game that started it all. To celebrate the 20 years of Wolfenstein 3D they have created a website (source link) where you can play the game (for free) from your browser. It might be a little difficult to play (for those that never played it) but just keep in mind that it is a DOS game that was released in 1992. If you don’t even know DOS (and no, we don’t mean Denial of Service here) then you are too young or too ignorant and please leave this page immediately. For those about to play the game, we salute you.
May 08
Amazing basketball shots
First one is a shot in a real game Guilford College vs Randolph Macon on January 31, 2005. The score is 88 – 88 and one of the teams scores one more point 1 or 2 seconds before the end. The surprise is that the opposite team wins and watch how. There are similar shots and this is one of the reasons that basketball is excited and unpredictable. You don’t know who is the winner unless the game is finished, not a second before.
May 08
Ultra PDF Merger passed 5000 downloads
The download counter of the latest version of Ultra PDF Merger is now larger than 5000. You can download the latest version of Ultra PDF Merger, which is 1.3.2, if you don’t already have. I want to thank all of you for choosing Ultra PDF Merger for your PDF needs and your comments are more than welcome. If you want additional features or you found a bug please feel free to contact me. The easiest way is to post a comment on any of the related posts or via contact form. I have also developed a very simple memory game while playing with WPF which will also be freeware like Ultra PDF Merger and it is coming soon. Even though everything I share with you here in michalisnicolaides.com is absolutely free (except the services) I would appreciate any donations that show your appreciation. I don’t like advertisement and I will try to never add ads to this website, especially not those flashy animated ones. Once again, thank you for your choice and support.
May 02
Not grandma, not again
Did you skip work with your grandma as an excuse? Did you do that even though it wasn’t true or more than once? This funny video, which is an ad, shows a grandma dies six times, every time with a unique way, but at least it looks painless and instant. The purpose of the ad is to promote the job finding website in order for people to find a job that they want to go and do not use grandma as an excuse. Of course, the death of a close person like grandma is very sad but if you don’t want to go to work there is a plethora of other excuses you can use, not grandma, not again. When I was in the army, someone used this excuse three times, even though both of his grandmas were alive.
Apr 27
Iran to become a cyber super power
Iran has invested a lot in cyber capabilities, both offensive and defencive. They moved all government websites to local servers to protect them from attacks few months ago. Now they are hiring an army of hackers in order to become a cyber super power. According to rumors, they are building their arsenal and they will target US facilities like power grid and water systems. They will not attack just yet but they are being prepared for a future confrontation with the United States. One of the main reasons of Iran cyber decisions is the Stuxnet trojan and I can’t blame them. The soldiers of the future are hackers and the next war will most probably be electronic targeting valuable facilities.
Apr 26
Bad news for CISPA, good news for us
I was waiting for something like this one but even so I am very surprised. Cyber Inteligence Sharing and Protection Act is the new Internet bill, after SOPA and PIPA failed, which protects companies and blames Internet users for any copyrighted material. Big Internet companies prefer that bill because they care only for themselves and not for their users. The White House, after reviewing the bill, decided that will endanger Americans’ privacy and released official warning for a veto against CISPA. The statement claims that it will endanger user’s privacy, CISPA will shield companies from liability and grands NSA more power that it needs. Using web browsers which provides anonymity or encrypting your emails will be considered as a threat according to CISPA proposal.
Apr 26
Internet still expanding
nternet is still growing very fast and now the total website addresses are about 677 million. This is an increase of 150 million since the last topic on how many websites exist. From around 526 million websites on November 2011 to 677 million websites on April 2012. This is about 30 million new websites per month. Apache, as expected, is the number one choice web server with a 65.5% market share. Internet will continue expanding as more and more people and companies want their corner in that vast place called Internet.
Apr 23
Amazing water illusion
I like science and the cool things you can do with it like chemical reactions and Tesla coils. This video belongs to that category, the cool science. It is an experiment that uses two regular things, water and sound. I bet you have both of them in your house and you can do this on your own. The experiment is very simple but very impressive. Based on the frequency of the woofer you see the water drops frozen or moving backwards into the tube. Stop reading and press play to watch the video.