To all fans of StupidZombie, version 1.1 is finally out!. This release contains both important bug fixes, is faster and also adds new features.
Please download and enjoy.
José.
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A todos los fanaticos de StupidZombie, la versión 1.1 al fin fué liberada. Esta entrega contiene correcciónes importantes, es más rápida y también contiene nueva funcionalidad.
¡Por favor baje la nueva versión y espero que la disfrute!
José.
Well, not related with Blockhead or StupidZombie, instead is the movie of the book World War Z. Looks like its getting a new writer, hopefully they will get right this one.
The book is epic in size, you have to wonder if they will be able to pull something like this out!
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.
Using Java Desktop object I enabled this functionality for the 1.1 release. Now is time to code other features.
Finally I got some time to do something about the look and feel of the WordPress template. I cannibalized the default WordPress template and made some minimal changes (that way I made sure it was compliant with WordPress standards). Looks good and will be improved over time for now at least the website and the Blog look more consistent!
To give something back the community I also made this a downloadable WordPress theme (it will take some time to get it added to the WordPress website, so I made a link to the Kenai.com site.). It is also on Subversion on the 1.1 branch (under website/blog/wordpress/themes).
Enjoy!
Just finished branching StupidZombie 1.1. If you want to take a look on the code (making changes) then do the following:
1 | 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’:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | HashMap <String, Object>result = new HashMap<String, Object>(); 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<String, Object>) 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!
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.shtmlThe 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 
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!
Java store and StupidZombie
) 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!
OK undead minions, is time to kick the tires of the website. The URL (for now, before we move it to the stupidzombie.com domain) is here.
Again, I will quote Romney on what kind of work he did for the website:
Hi Everyone,
How are you doing? I’d like you to meet Blockhead.
If you have a moment please check out the site that I am building for StupidZombie.com
This was a recent final project for my web design class that I had the great opportunity to work with a real client on. Its still little rough to go “live” yet. I need to get with the owner of StupidZombie about integrating my design with his blog page and a few of the other database links I don’t have access to.
I did do all the branding for StupidZombie myself, including their new mascot, “Blockhead,” based on what the client wanted and competitive analysis of the market. This branding was very much liked and approved by the owner of StupidZombie. You can see his current page here.
I’d appreciate any and all feedback. Especially any compatibility issues you may have with your browser of choice. Also if you can check it out before Thursday I’d appreciate it as part of my last lab is to do a tracking analysis on the traffic to the site.
Thank you from me and Blockhead.
Romney
Great work from Romney. Please visit it and make sure you leave your comments. Tell us what you like, what you don’t and how it can be improved.
Enjoy!