A geek, gamer, programmer and Dtoider from Israel. I'm primarily a PC gamer with a few PS3 games. I know my way around C#, Java, Javascript, HTML & CSS. I usually post gaming-related items along with great music, funny things and my own thoughts on plenty of things.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Just discovered this (very nice) Bad Romance cover by Artist Vs Poet. It’s basically a rock cover, but I’ve noticed several pop elements and adjustments to fit the song better. Some even call it a punk cover.
In any case - I like it!
Copyright notice: The song is streamed (directly) from Facebook (using Tumblr’s own audio player - I’m streaming the specific MP3 file), originally found on Artist Vs Poet’s Facebook page.
I got my new iPhone 4! Finally. ^.^
What happens when a promo goes gay?
My satellite provider has this new competition, where one can win a date with a popular actor from one of their shows. When they sent the promotional message through the satellite boxes, there was one funny mistake - It was phrased in the masculine. (It was in Hebrew) I’ll try and show this in English some way. Parts in square brackets were added by me to make up for the lack of grammatical genders in English:
Promo: [Boys,] Dreaming of that hottie from Our Highschool Song 2? Go to yes.walla.co.il, answer the questions and you may win a date with Yehuda Nahari
Next, I commented on a news post about this (phrased correctly), which they posted on Facebook:
Me: Hi, did you notice you phrased this message in the masculine in the versions sent to our satellite boxes? Was it a human error or a clever hint? ;)
Then, they responded with a funny, cool response that made me laugh out loud:
Yes: Referral is masculine, but is designed for both men and women.
…and I just found yet another reason to love Yes.
Integrating Facebook into Smiley’s Life
Facebook have introduced some new Facebook features for connected sites. Some features look interesting: the “Like Button” and “Recommendations” panel seem handy. So now, I’m working to implement them in Smiley’s Life. However, due to privacy concerns they will be integrated minimally and will be optional:
- “Like” buttons/links will not show profile pictures or any personally-identifiable info, just a number saying how many people have liked the post. I may enable that feature later, but only for your own friends, meaning the faces it will show will only be your friends’.
- The “Recommendations” panel will show recommendations based only on the number of times a post was shared on Facebook. It will not name anyone.
I may choose to add an “Activity Feed” plugin in the future but I most likely wont. After all, I don’t want random people to see site-related activities by other random people. If Facebook decide to add a friends-only option to the plugin, I’ll reconsider including it.
That’s it for now. :-)
