Comments for kfsone's pittance

Comment on So who do I thank? by Badger77

Badger77 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:18:38 +0000

Actually nice clean beer – Of course that or Cobra essential with a good curry :)

Comment on Microsoft hate by Badger77

Badger77 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:14:12 +0000

Be plays fine. (Might have to set it to vista compatibility otherwise mouse doesn’t work on boot up).

I am running W7 64 bit and I must say I think it’s pretty damn good. I was still on XP – avoided the dodgy vista bandwagon but do really like this one.

I run a Mac Support company and love macs and there is a bit of mac in this OS and a much more logical layout. The OS is a little more intuative and some of the tedious routes you used to have to take are now gone and layed out nearer top level.

I would say from a GUI pov it is the best they have done.

Some devices and apps need to go W7 still or have drivers produced but pretty much everything is working well so far for me without a huge amount of trouble.

Thumbs up from me and once we get the first service pack and updated drivers then it will be complete.

64bit W7 is the way forward next year for anyone even condsidering an upgrade.

Comment on Kitten update by rebel357

rebel357 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:41:52 +0000

We have 2 cats baby and abby, baby is half Himalayan half bobcat. Without a tail she cant jump and land on her feet every time its funny as hell to watch her loose her balance! Abby is a Fat cat. She has the classic Tuxedo coat all grey with white chest and feet. Shes a nervous lil cow with lots of play time with baby she has lost about half her weight. She can open just about any door in the house by jumping to the handle and turning it. Thats how she got so fat. Eating her fill every time she wanted. We finally started keeping the food in a bucket with a lid. I hate cats hehe :)

Comment on Kitten update by JWilly

JWilly — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:07:53 +0000

Ignore the critics. Cats are excellent.

Comment on Kitten update by Konev

Konev — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:09:12 +0000

creepy cat man in the making.

Comment on Kitten update by Laccy

Laccy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:08:10 +0000

Sounds like they’re just what Pippa needs to keep her occupied!

Comment on Kitten update by jizzyjaz

jizzyjaz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:08:14 +0000

As fun as having that many cats can be, it gets dirty quick i can imagine. Plus who want’s to be “that guy” with all the cats.

Comment on Touchy feely (10gui) by Stang

Stang — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:37:56 +0000

Pretty cool. Must ave feedback. heh

Comment on Touchy feely (10gui) by LFA

LFA — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:37:20 +0000

That is exciting stuff, Rickb. I’d heard that some mobiles in Japan could already take pics and interpret those square-shaped barcodes.

Ah well, the more awesome the idea, the more certain you can be that someone else has thought of it already (and that some smart-ass will happily crush you with a link to it :P).

Comment on Touchy feely (10gui) by rickbdotcom

rickbdotcom — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:43:30 +0000

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/07/02/haptic-feedback-fingerprint-identification-and-rfid-tag-readers-in-future-iphones/

Comment on Thank you, Sms :) by kfsone

kfsone — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:06:52 +0000

The ‘one’ is from a lack of creativity :)

Gyroscope :)

Comment on Microsoft hate by Drave

Drave — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:33:16 +0000

I only say one thing: MSDN Academic Alliance :D

Comment on Thank you, Sms :) by Laccy

Laccy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:30:40 +0000

Oh and, by the way, you look like you’ve just been let out of a concentration camp, not counting the beer of course.

Comment on Thank you, Sms :) by Laccy

Laccy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:29:32 +0000

What’s the “one” in “kfsone” from then?

Comment on Thank you, Sms :) by sms

sms — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:07:34 +0000

You’re welcome,
I must admit I got worried when I saw that KILLER had signed for them,
he and DOC could probably down those beers in less than 5 minutes,
but they must really respect you. :)

Comment on Thank you, Sms :) by kfsone

kfsone — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:05:35 +0000

For those of you sad enough to want to know…

The “kfs” in “kfsone” is from “KingFisher Software”, a name which isn’t exactly mine: I started working on an Atari game with some friends who wrote under the name “Kingfisher Software” (they wrote Canvas and Hot Wheels and Duck Dash, Canvas was their only commercial release).

When I started rewriting the game on the Amiga, I wanted something that would give me a short acronym, so I went by “KFS” (KingFisher Software). I know that Kingfisher is one word, but it was more a case of my liking the initials “KFS” and using that name to justify it than basing my name on a typo…

Besides: McDonalds is one word too ;-P :)

Comment on So who do I thank? by Thank you, Sms :) « kfsone’s pittance

Thank you, Sms :) « kfsone’s pittance — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:45:45 +0000

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Comment on So who do I thank? by sms

sms — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:28:35 +0000

Kingfisher, “The King of Good Times”
http://goindia.about.com/od/nightlife/tp/top-indian-beers.htm

I first tried the brand during some visits to an outsourced development project we have in New Delhi, then saw on your website that your company is called KingFisher Software –> KFS..

Comment on Touchy feely (10gui) by kfsone

kfsone — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:31:10 +0000

FYI: What I'm suggesting is that 10gui be based around a haptic IO device rather than a simple input device.

Comment on Touchy feely (10gui) by kfsone

kfsone — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:26:56 +0000

Yeah – when you think about it, it’s so obvious. You don’t need to see “past” your fingers; they’re amongst the best damn sensory organs in your body! They “see” through feel. So make the input device talk directly to them.

I don’t think your examples are crap: they underline just how perfect a feedback mechanism it would be. People who can’t touch type often find that switching to an ergo-keyboard (with the split in the middle) helps immensely. Laptop manufacturers often put little marks on the keyboard to help people find the center keys.

Tactile feedback touch devices /has/ to be /the/ next big thing in human-device interaction.

Comment on Touchy feely (10gui) by LFA

LFA — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:29:03 +0000

Hot damn, that is a really really good idea!

Just a few quick thoughts running with it, e.g. take a page of text such as your blog post above:

- for viewing, hyperlinks could be mounds raised up higher than normal text so that they are easy to find and “push”

- for editing, moving vertically/towards user causes each line of text to be represented as a horizontal ridge, while white areas are flat

- when moving horizontally causes each word on the current line to be represented by vertical ridges, with spaces being flat

Maybe they are crap examples, but your idea that “‘Touch’ is a two way interaction” makes perfect intuitive sense.

Comment on Microsoft hate by Easting

Easting — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:41:37 +0000

I’m jealous! Mine is not here yet!

Comment on So who do I thank? by kfsone

kfsone — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:11:30 +0000

Sms – can you tell me what brand? :)

Comment on Online harassment: illegal by kfsone

kfsone — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:10:51 +0000

Rubbish: That’s just the truth, not harassment :)

Comment on Microsoft hate by Breed

Breed — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:24:36 +0000

The question remains, how does BE play on it. Any issues?

Comment on Online harassment: illegal by mangydog

mangydog — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:12:47 +0000

Big Brother Is Watching.

Comment on Online harassment: illegal by rubbish

rubbish — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:49:17 +0000

kfs1 is a big smelly poohead

Comment on So who do I thank? by Konev

Konev — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:18:34 +0000

dammit i was wondering what address i had my realdoll sent too.

Comment on So who do I thank? by Snail

Snail — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:07:12 +0000

If it was a box full of bricks along with a bag of mortar, it’s for walling up the door to your workspace, after you’re inside.

You’re welcome.

If it wasn’t that, then wrong box. Carry on.

Comment on So who do I thank? by sms

sms — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:03:20 +0000

You can thank Beergeek.biz, for making it possible to send you beer. :-)