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StupidZombie wants to send you a Tweet

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Yep, the idea is that when you update your blog that becomes a tweet. No there is always the issue of build vs. buy and on this case I think I rather build functionality on top of existing libraries for StupidZombie. Not very concerned about speed and rather keep the project moving forward.

So which is the best Twitter library for Java out there? Looks like Twitter4J. I’ll give it a try, but that also means I may have to add Cryptography to StupidZombie as the API requires the user / twitter password in order to send tweets. Or maybe not, as the API seems to support OAuth.

Tags: api, java, twitter
Posted in coding, java, updates, zombie | 1 Comment »

Finished adding online manual browsing using default browser

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Using Java Desktop object I enabled this functionality for the 1.1 release. Now is time to code other features.

Tags: desktop, java, java native desktop, stupidzombie, swing
Posted in coding, java, opensource, updates, zombie | 1 Comment »

Localizing StupidZombie in Spanish!

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Yeah, a feature I didn’t had time to add for the 1.0 release. Still not complete, but is moving forward.

Posted in coding | 2 Comments »

StupidZombie 1.1: Now faster

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Just finished branching StupidZombie 1.1. If you want to take a look on the code (making changes) then do the following:

svn co https://kenai.com/svn/stupidzombie~source-code-repository/Branches/1.1

So, what’s new? Well, some speedup came for free this time. I decided to upgrade all the major libraries of StupidZombie and some of them have important improvements in term of speed and memory utilization, like the usage of the new class ‘XmlRpcLiteHttpTransportFactory’:


HashMap result = new HashMap();
XmlRpcClient xmlrpc = null;
XmlRpcClientConfigImpl config = new XmlRpcClientConfigImpl();
try {
config.setServerURL(new URL(BUNDLE.getString(directory)));
xmlrpc = new XmlRpcClient ();
xmlrpc.setConfig(config);
xmlrpc.setTransportFactory(new XmlRpcLiteHttpTransportFactory(xmlrpc));
Object[] params = new Object[]{name, url};
result =
(HashMap) xmlrpc.execute("weblogUpdates.ping", params);

Next update is to fix (once for all) the menu handling in OSX. After that localization is the next milestone!

Tags: apache commons, apache jakarta, stupidzombie
Posted in coding, ping, updates, zombie | 2 Comments »

Softpedia shows some love to StupidZombie!

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Brain eaters, rejoice!:

Congratulations,

StupidZombie, one of your products, has been added to Softpedia’s database
of software programs for Mac OS. It is featured with a description text,
screenshots, download links and technical details on this page:
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/StupidZombie.shtml

The description text was created by our editors, using sources such as
text from your product’s homepage, information from its help system, the
PAD file (if available) and the editor’s own opinions on the program
itself.

“StupidZombie” has been tested in the Softpedia labs using several
industry-leading security solutions and found to be completely clean of
adware/spyware components. We are impressed with the quality of your
product and encourage you to keep these high standards in the future.

To assure our visitors that StupidZombie is clean, we have granted it with
the “100% FREE” Softpedia award. To let your users know about this
certification, you may display this award on your website, on software
boxes or inside your product.

More information about your product’s certification and the award is
available on this page:
http://mac.softpedia.com/progClean/StupidZombie-Clean-57902.html

Thanks fo the people of Softpedia 🙂

Tags: awards, softpedia, stupidzombie
Posted in coding, opensource, ping, updates, zombie | 1 Comment »

What do you want to see in StupidZombie 1.1?

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

For the 1.1 the following features are planned:

– Soporte para Español
– Post blog updates on twitter (twitt)
– Post blog updates on Facebook (status update)

– Also I want to add more directories. Which additional ones should I include?
– Any other feature than you think is important and deserved a special place on the application?

Please vote!

Tags: release, stupidzo
Posted in coding | 1 Comment »

StupidZombie 1.0 is out

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Release 1.0 is there!!!. No known bugs, very simple GUI and functionality. However this is the road for the 1.1 release:

– Soporte para Español ¡(si señor)!
– Update blog status on Twitter
– Update blog statis on Facebook
– More directories
– Bugfixes from the 1.1 release

So stay tunned and happy download!

Tags: 1.0, release, stupidzombie
Posted in coding, zombie | 1 Comment »

Bitacoras.com showing support to StupidZombie

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Woot! Woot!

Great news indeed. The article (In Spanish) follows:

http://bitacoras.com/noticias/archivos/stupidzombie-aplicacion-de-escritorio-para-envio-de-ping.php

🙂

Tags: bitacoras.com, stupidzombie
Posted in coding | 1 Comment »

Suprises from JavaOne: StupidZombie is now available at the Java store

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Java store and StupidZombie

Sun Microsystems (or should I say Oracle ;)) unveiled their strategy for Java apps. The project (code named Vector) is an application store, similar to the Apple store but with the potential of being bigger and oriented to desktop applications:

The Java Warehouse is the repository for Java and JavaFX applications submitted by developers for distribution through the Java Store to hundreds of millions of desktops worldwide.

Right now the offer a private invitation and I luckily got accepted to try their beta program. And guess which application will be part of the Java store?

Dear Jose V Nunez Z,

Congratulations! Your application to the Java Warehouse was reviewed, and you have been approved. You may now start submitting your applications at the link below.

Developer Dashboard »
Please do not reply to this email, as this is an automated email which no person monitors. If you have questions, please refer to the FAQ page.

Sincerely,
The Java Warehouse Team

Very excited, I hope that people will get interested in the application and will start requesting features. Right now I’m working out some Icon details but as soon is ready I will post the link of the application at the Java store so you can play with it.

StupidZombie world domination!

Tags: free, java store, opensource, store, stupidzombie
Posted in coding, java, opensource, ping, updates, zombie | 1 Comment »

OSX package is now available

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

If you want to run StupidZombie in OSX now you can have a native installer. Just download this file and install.

Tags: installer, osx, stupidzombie
Posted in coding | 1 Comment »

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