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WallPaper 3.0 submitted
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by Wim Haanstra.
Finally! WallPaper 3.0 is submitted to the AppStore. When the application is approved, I will update this post, but here is a quick summary of the changes. New features: Completely new code, more efficient, more stable Thumbnails look nicer and higher quality than before Search through wallpapers! Every wallpaper is tagged which makes finding it a lot easier! WallPapers are [...]
Continue ReadingWallPaper GUI Updated
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Wim Haanstra.
Ok just a small update post, to show you that I am not dead, lost, gone crazy or anything else. The GUI of WallPaper is still under heavy development and I am looking for the nicest way to manage this 22.000+ wallpaper library. So here are some screenshots. Not every screen is made yet, but it [...]
Continue ReadingWallPaper iPhone Edition – continued
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Wim Haanstra.
So here are some more pics of the WallPaper for iPhone application. The collection of wallpapers is still growing because of our very nice source TheWallpapers.org. The loading of the wallpapers is speed up by resizing them (on server) to the resolution closest matching to the iPhone resolution.The cool thing is, that this is all taken [...]
Continue ReadingWallPaper – iPhone Edition
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Wim Haanstra.
So here are some quick screenies of the iPhone edition of WallPaper.
Continue ReadingWallpaper and its progress
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Wim Haanstra.
I have been working on Wallpaper a lot this week, and there has been a lot of progress. If you followed my twitter, you also know most that has happened, otherwise here is a little recap. Wallpaper now has a new source for wallpapers. TheWallpapers.org Wallpapers are now searchable, by their tag and name. Not only iPad [...]
Continue ReadingWallPaper iPad Edition
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Wim Haanstra.
I am currently working hard to get the iPad edition of WallPaper up and running. This not only involves rewriting the application, to use the new media server I got up, but also getting a whole new library of wallpapers up there. I am glad I decided to make my media server support multiple resolutions. EDIT: Uploaded [...]
Continue ReadingMount network drive before starting an app
Posted on 25. Jun, 2009 by Wim Haanstra.
On my Mac Mini, I have SABNZBd+ installed. I wanted to make it download my usenet downloads straight to my NAS. So I made my Mac automaticly mount a drive on the NAS on boot, and I also put SABNZBd+ in my login items. But that gave me a problem, sometimes SABNZBd started before my [...]
Continue ReadingReplacing my HDX 1000 with a Mac Mini
Posted on 03. May, 2009 by Wim Haanstra.
For my HD movie playback I have been using an HDX 1000 the last couple of months. The HDX is connected via an ethernet connection with my file server, which is an Intel quadcore with over 4TB of storage and 12GB of memory. Since this isn’t the most energy efficient way to stream movies to [...]
Continue ReadingMake Xcode behave more like Visual Studio ;)
Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by Wim Haanstra.
I am getting used to Xcode more and more, but the default behavior for double clicking files in the file tree really sucks. In the default mode it opens up an extra window, which is annoying when you are used to Visual Studio. I googled on this a lot lately and I couldn’t find any answers, [...]
Continue ReadingWant to close a MacBook Pro but keep external display alive?
Posted on 21. Feb, 2009 by Wim Haanstra.
I recently bought myself a new LCD monitor, to use with my MacBook Pro. The problem is that it is so big that using my MacBook Pro display next to it isn’t really useful anymore. So would like to just close my MacBook Pro and don’t put the system to sleep, while keeping my external [...]
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