Category Archives: flash

New Flash game: Bang or No Bang

<![CDATA[I’ve just finished another online game for Glasgow Science Centre. The Bang or No Bang live show explores the science of risk though a series of demonstrations based on popular game shows. GSC commissioned me to develop an online Flash game to allow web visitors to experience one of the demonstrations from the show. TheContinue reading “New Flash game: Bang or No Bang”

ReadyBoost: Compatible vs Enhanced

<![CDATA[Just a quick post to clear up any confusion on the ReadyBoost compatibility list. It turns out that devices which don’t quite meet the Vista storage spec may still show up as ‘compatible’ in Windows Vista (and in this list). Dave Pryce emailed to point out that the minimum spec for ReadyBoost is 2.5MB/s readContinue reading “ReadyBoost: Compatible vs Enhanced”

Kingston ReadyBoost Compatibility

<![CDATA[The ReadyBoost device list is still growing – 364 devices tested so far, 59% of which have worked with Vista ReadyBoost. Kingston have fared better than average with two thirds of tested devices working successfully. My own DataTraveler Elite has been running a ReadyBoost cache flawlessly for several months now. A few days ago IContinue reading “Kingston ReadyBoost Compatibility”

200 devices tested for ReadyBoost compatibility

The Vista ReadyBoost compatibility list received its 200th submission today. The list now tracks the ReadyBoost ‘readiness’ of devices from over 45 manufacturers. Some fun facts based on the data gathered so far: If there’s one thing the list does show, it’s that no one manufacturer has ReadyBoost compatibility nailed across their range. If you’reContinue reading “200 devices tested for ReadyBoost compatibility”

Sudoku module for Netvibes

<![CDATA[I’ve been getting into Netvibes recently. I’ll probably write more about it later, but for now just wanted to announce my first Netvibes module – MySudoku. After looking at the other Sudoku modules available on Netvibes, I thought my own Sudoku engine improved on all of those in several key areas. It took about threeContinue reading “Sudoku module for Netvibes”

Testing Vista ReadyBoost

<![CDATA[I recently ordered a Kingston DataTraveler Elite USB Flash drive to try out Vista’s ReadyBoost feature (previously blogged about here). It arrived in the post from eBuyer today and I decided to run a few semi-scientific tests to see what difference, if any, it made. Boot Times I timed Windows startup from cold before andContinue reading “Testing Vista ReadyBoost”