Overflow !!

Overflow ?! :D

Android Art

One of my friends (Mohamed El Geweily) sent me this image yesterday , hope you like it

this is a 1440 x 900 version

and this is 720 x 450 version

you can tell your opinion here in comments or contact Mohamed directly on his mail

HP Magic Giveaway

hp in its celebration of this holiday session and the thanksgiving will give 50 bloggers a six thousands dollars valued package to share with their visitors. !!!

so what does this package include ?

According to hp magic giveaway site , windows connected , Jake Ludington’s and GearLive Blogs

Hardware

• HP TouchSmart IQ816 PC
• HP HDX 18 series Premium Notebook PC
• HP MediaSmart Connect
• HP Pavilion dv4 series Entertainment Notebook PC (with Windows Live)
• HP Mini 1000 (with XP)

Accessories

• HP Photosmart C6380 Wireless AIO (printer)
• HP 564 Photo Value Pak

Software

• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate/Home Premium or Microsoft Windows XP pre-installed on all units (Mini 1000 runs XP)
• Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 (Student-Teacher Edition) – 1 DVD with 3 licenses
• Microsoft Windows Live
• Corel VideoStudio X2

Entertainment

• Kung Fu Panda (2 widescreen DVDs; 1 widescreen Blu-ray disc)

an interesting package isn't it ?? :)

for the complete list of blogs see this link.

it is worth mentioning that each blog will define its rules to win the package ...some will choose randomly others will require you to register in their site ..etc. but the what I have noticed is that the common rule in many blogs is that you will have share your prize with others..windows connected blog says "impacting a number of peoples lives with the hardware will get you the best chance to win" also bleeping computer blog require that you share at least one computer with some one who is in need of it...

Another thing to know is that not all of the blogs will start in the same time..each blog will start on a certain date and choose a winner after a week..I found an excellent article in istartedsomething blog which lists all the blogs and their starting dates in a fancy Google calendar :)...

and yes this giveaway is global and not restricted to USA citizens..so go ahead and don't forget your friend :)

Good Luck For Every One...

Typealyzer

While I was searching for something I stumbled upon this interesting site ..Typealyzer which still in beta analysis your blog posts and determines what kind of person you are...i give it a try and here are the results.. :D

ISTP - The Mechanics

The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.
The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.

it also gives me an analysis of what part of my brain was dominant while writing !!!! really interesting.

it is worth mentioning that it still in beta..and the results might not be very accurate at least for me..as I am sure that I don't enjoy risks or driving race cars !! :D

Me , My Friends and a Hard Disk Drive :)

we ( me and 5 more friends )  had to prepare a presentation for our college about How Hard Disks work ,  the subject it self isn't that hard but the problem was in TeamWork , how can all of the team members cooperate  in the same project effectively without wasting time in non-useful arguments.

At the beginning we have faced a lot of problems but finally we managed to get over it by avoiding -as much as we can- to be like one of those people.

• people who don't do any thing.
• people who want to do every thing using their own method or style.
• people who like to manage the team but they actually work less than they talk. :D
• people who are used to be followers, waiting for orders to start doing something

however we managed to make something that is not bad for students in the first year.

you can Download the report from here and the presentation from here

by the way ... we also had a lot of fun :)

Project Touchless

Touchless is a free open source application hosted by CodePlex and built using .Net technologies , it enables you to do some touch tricks by using a webcam that tracks color based markers.

According to the project main page it is divided into two parts:

-Touchless Demo is an open source application that anyone with a webcam can use to experience multi-touch, no geekiness required. There are 4 fun demos: Snake - where you control a snake with a marker, Defender - up to 4 player version of a pong-like game, Map - where you can rotate, zoom, and move a map using 2 markers, and Draw - the marker is used to guess what....  draw!

-Touchless SDK is an open source SDK that enables developers to create multi-touch based applications using a webcam for input, geekiness recommended.

they provide a nice video which demonstrate all the features off the project.

the first thing you might need after launching the demo is to set webcam and ensure that it is working then you will need to create markers, you should use a distinguished one so the camera can easily recognize and you can create more than marker , actually you will need more than one to play the demo's included.

the demo that I liked most is called the image demo were you can rotate , move and resize a photo with two markers like pictures in iphone or Microsoft surface.

and here is a screenshot where I was able to control a picture with two screwdrivers :D.

the second demo is a small snake game.

there is also another game that you can play with three other players

the last one is a paint demo where you can draw with markers.nice drawing,isn't it ? :).

Finally I hope you enjoy Multi touch with Touchless :D.

Robot Band

I found this funny video on youtupe..hope you enjoy it. :)

My First Program

While I was organizing some old files I found this,My first program that I have made 6 years ago using visual basic 3 !!! (yes it was my first language) unfortunately I haven't found the valuable source code to share however the screen shot is enough to make you laugh :)

Have you tried Phun ?!!

Phun is a -free for non-commercial use- 2d physics sandbox , it proves that Physics Could be Fun :) with lots of tools that you can use to create great simulations or machines.

According to their main site:

Phun is a free game like 2D physics sandbox where you can play with physics like never before. Children, students, engineers, artists, university professors, and many others, use Phun for telling stories, learning, constructing amazing machines, creating games - or just for the plain fun of it.

for more screenshots and Videos visit phun media page http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Media.

Phun is available for Windows (xp/vista),Linux and mac OSx and It can be downloaded from the main site www.phunland.com also the site provides a great and comprehensive tutorials found here.

hope you enjoy Physics now :)