Programmer's Happy House

Screw it. I’m ill. I’ve been trying to sleep for hours. I can’t fast because of the whole ill thing. May just play COD:MW2.

The Metallian — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:57:25 +0000

And I wrote the post at the title cos I’m on my phone and am confused.

PEACE

Damn.

The Metallian — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:41:22 +0000

Don’t buy Tesco Somerset brie.

Eve project update

The Metallian — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:42:54 +0000

So. I’ve been using the Eve online API. What I can do so far:

Check server status (online/offline)
Get user count
Get users on an account (Including corporation name/ID)

I can, however, do far more. I just need to make the parsers/handlers. I’m thinking of parsing account balance and assets info.

Eve Online Project

The Metallian — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:09:10 +0000

Right, today (12am – 3 am) has been very productive!! I’ve been messing around with Java libraries for the Eve Online API and haven’t had much luck so I set out to create my own library. I don’t know if I’ll be releasing it but I will eventually release apps for Android phone users. Some will be free and some wont but all will be useful and reliable!

In other news, A friend of mine (the fellah that keeps posting replies) has come to visit and we can safely say that Sauron’s men have corrupted the Tate Gallery!!!

Leaving Turkey

The Metallian — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:27:34 +0000

Hello, boys and girls! So tonight is my last night in Turkey. I’ll be heading out tomorrow at 10:55 am to check out and should arrive in London around 2 or 3 pm (all local times). Let’s see what London holds for me. I know that I’ll be starting Eve Online with a friend when I get back. If you’re into it, let me know!

Apart from Eve, I’ll be continuing my Wing Chun training. For anyone who’s interested, Sifu tells me that he’ll show me some stuff for the Muk Yan Jong (wooden dummy). I’m really excited about that!!! Can’t wait!

As always, boys and girls;

Peace and love!!

Project Cancelled. More projects to come!

The Metallian — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:34:19 +0000

Ok, so I cancelled the 100 push up project because it was manly to have something in the Android Market and something I could learn from. To be honest, I’ve been getting to grips with the API quite quickly and have been helping out a little in the AndDev.com website. I do, however have a few more projects lined up.

Personally, I’m quite secretive when it comes to giving out details about things I aim to release to the public. This is the case with applications and music! I can talk about one Java app that I’ll be writing for a friend.

It’s going to be a desktop Stock Market simulator. I’ll have it merged with Google Finance. The features haven’t been finalised yet but I’ll be keeping you updated!

Peace!

‘LVL’ing will save Android Developers Money!

The Metallian — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:16:23 +0000

Man! That’s a clever title!!

So Google recently answered the call of developers for better protection against piracy with the “License Verification Library.”

Basically, it’s a library you can use with your Android Apps to make sure that it was purchased legitimately!

It requires Android 1.5+ and the Android Market to implement and the requirements and limitations don’t seem restraining.

http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/licensing.html

Thumbs up, Google!!

EDIT:

If I was back in the UK, I’d be on this like a rash but since I can’t use my online banking stuff in Turkey, I can’t set up a publishers account with the Android Market.

Guidance

The Metallian — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:26:12 +0000

Ok, boys and girls.

I just wanna write a little and share my thoughts on guidance and the path that we all follow. Let me start by saying I honestly don’t mind what your views are. We’re all products of what our life has taught us and if yours has brought you to think the way you do. How can I be so disrespectful and unsympathetic as to judge what you say and do??

Guidance

We are all guided one way or another. Sometimes, the thought of running from home and living a lawless life can seem very appealing indeed. Let me tell you, boys and girls, when you wake up and smell the coffee, you may see just how bitter it is. Let’s take a child as an example. Say her parent’s don’t really speak to her much and she doesn’t get the moral nourishment she needs. What’s going to happen? At some point, she’s going to have to eat!

She goes to school;

Watches T.V;

Listens to music;

Reads Books;

Plays with friends

and the list goes on. At any of these points, if she feels that she can suppress her hunger, she may do so. If she listens to music about dancing on disco sticks, how nutritious do you think it’s going to be?

What am I trying to say? If your parents really are the kind that want the best for you, then you have no one better to listen to!! It’s simple! No one loves you more then they do and if you worked your whole life, you wouldn’t be able to repay them!! How could you? They loved you before you opened your eyes for the first time!

So. If you have parents that care for you, maybe you should be listening to them more. Who else cares about you that much? Who else thinks about you as much as they do?

I just cut a big portion of this post out. Maybe next time?

Peace and Love!

First time using the QuickPress thing…

The Metallian — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:21:49 +0000

Nothing has really been happening with my life… Still in Turkey. PEACE!

Update on project

The Metallian — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:46:53 +0000

Hello!

Today has been a very productive day indeed! I started a new Android project. It’s very exciting and has some potential. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get some downloads on the Market and learn from it.

The application will (when followed) guide the user through a training course where by the end of 6 week (or 4 if you’re that good), you’ll be able to do 100 push ups. Happy days.

Progress -

Today, I’ve set the project up and got an XML document to store the user list and details. Then, I parse the file and create “User” object that store the data and create a “UserBook” (shit name but screw you!) that’s essentially an object that stores an Array List of Users and allows access to details of users and manipulation of data.

Tomorrow, I want to set up a nice layout and have each user load up when the app is started so that the end-user can select one.

P.s Remember the problem I had with only having the XML thing to work with ‘new TextView(this)’ and not ‘R.layout.main’ ? Well, I fixed it. Basically, you need to ‘setContentView’ before you manipulate the things on it. What I was doing was doing

‘TextView tv = findViewById(R.id.lol)’

before the setContentView.