When you are frustrated with your device, you might ask how it can be called a smartphone. It can seem like it's smart about everything but making and receiving phone calls. On the bright side, how many other things can they do now? Phone calls might be a staple that often gets overlooked for all of the other whiz-bang features but you have to admit, they can do some pretty … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Movie review: ‘Disconnect’, a drama of the Internet’s impact
I recently watched the movie Disconnect, a 2013 movie about three scenarios where the digital world collides with people's personal lives. The different scenarios include cyber bullying, identity theft, and online prostitution. The movie holds a nervous tension the entire film, truly showing the dark side of how people can be exploited, robbed, and emotionally damaged by other … [Read more...]
Adobe Creative Cloud Packager error: Maximum file path name exceeded
When trying to build packages for Adobe's Creative Cloud apps that updated last week, I ran into an error with the 32-bit versions of InCopy CC (2014) and InDesign CC (2014). The package build would stop and give a little hazard yellow warning triangle that said "Maximum file path name exceeded". I was able to build packages for some individual apps, both 32-bit and 64-bit, … [Read more...]
Learn JavaScript and Vim through web games
Earlier this year, I wrote about CodeCombat, a web game intended to teach the concepts of object-oriented programming. Today, I'd like to introduce two others with similar approaches. These websites gamify learning JavaScript or VIM with objectives on each level that teach you about syntax or commands. Untrusted Untrusted is a game on Github to teach JavaScript. It's a little … [Read more...]
Deploying Paint.NET 4.0
We previously looked at the new features and design of an early beta Paint.NET 4.0. Today, the free image editor came out of beta and reached final release. You can check out the Paint.NET roadmap and change log for all of the new features available in this major update. The minimum system requirements for Paint.NET 4.0 are as follows: Windows 7 SP1 or newer (including … [Read more...]