February 14th, 2010
I have in the recent past been made aware that it’s actually possible to create emulators in pure JavaScript. Along with the “new” canvas-tag, it turns out that the newest and fastest web browsers actually manages to emulate old game-consoles in an impressive manner. Some even with sound!
Here’s a list of some emulators created in JavaScript:
- JSGB – Nintendo GameBoy emulator
- JSNES – Ninetendo 8bit emulator
- JSC64 – Commodore 64 emulator
- JSSpeccy – Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Unfortunately these emulators works best in Apple Safari and Google Chrome, but they’ll work in Firefox too, only slower.
Categories: English, Teknologier
Tags: emulators, games, javascript
January 26th, 2010
For about six months ago I made a JavaScript program that could help me to produce Bibtex entries. It has now been on truben.no for a while, and I have certainly benefited from it!
Two days ago I started to argue with Latex again, and this time it was because of how latex markup tables. Bacause of this I’ve created yet another javascript program that aims to help users with this issue. Check it out!
Do you have a feature request or other comments? Please leave feedback here!
Categories: English, Teknologier
Tags: bibtex, javascript, latex
January 21st, 2010
I can honestly say that I very rarely play “Flash” games on the web. I typically think they’re too simple, and you’re rarely left with the feeling to have accomplished anything afterwards. This game is no exception. The problem with that is that it has managed to lure me to play it over and over again. 316 times to be exact.
I lost two hours of my life. If you don|t want to suffer the same fate as me, I advise you to stay away. Can you do it? Not? Thought so!
(Click on the image above to start the game)
Here’s what I accomplished:
Categories: Annet, English
Tags: flash game, fun
January 6th, 2010
Today I tried to run good ol’ Windows 3.1x using D-Box. I was impressed by how easy it was to get it running! So please feel free to follow along this set by step instructions!
- Get D-Box and Windows 3.1x.
- If you have the diskettes for Windows, copy all the files to a directory on your hard drive. If you’ve downloaded a ISO file, extract the files to a directory on your hard drive (MacOS and most Linux distros have built-in support for ISO, just double-click on the icon, and drag the contents into a folder on you hard drive. Windows users can use WinRAR.)
- Start D-Box, and drag the file Setup.exe from the Windows directory to D-Box’ application list. Click the OK button a few times.
- Select the newly created item in the application list in D-Box with your mouse, and right click on it to get a pop up menu. From this menu click on “Edit Game”. In the new window, drag the slider under “How fast would you like the computer” as far right as it gets. Click OK.
- Double click on the Windows application item in D-Box’ application list. Follow the setup’s installation steps. The defaults are good. Do not try to change the screen resolution. Leave it at VGA. Don’t bother with the network settings either.
- When the installation is finished close the Dosbox window and return to D-Box. Once again, get the Edit game window (same procedure as in step 4), and change the text in the field Executable to:
WINDOWS\WIN.COM
and click OK.
- Now you may use Windows 3.1x on your new super computer, and play, not only DOS games, but also 16bit Windows games! To add a new Windows game, just copy the files to the folder where you left the Windows 3.1x installation files.
Update: Do you want sound or better graphics?
Categories: English, Teknologier, d-box
Tags: d-box, dosbox, windows 3.11
December 27th, 2009
After 3 months of work I’ve released D-Box 2.2. It’s a quite large update, although the versioning doesn’t indicate it. Check out what’s new here, and grab your own copy here. It’s possible to skin D-Box 2.2, so it’s possible to get the old D-Box 2.1 look back if it’s more your cup of tea.
D-Box 2.2
Categories: English, d-box
Tags: d-box, dosbox
December 9th, 2009
Today Mozilla launched a new version of it’s fine e-mail client Thunderbird. Thunderbird 3, as it is called, includes a lot of new features, such as a very quick search, great integration with Spotlight, and tabs. Tabs is a feature that we generally associates with browsers such as Firefox and Safari, but it’s actually very useful in an e-mail client as well. If you for example double-click a message, it will open in a new tab. Searching will also bring up a new tab.
The problem with tabs in an e-mail client, is that you generally don’t need them for a longer period. In Firefox I usually have 10 to 15 tabs open at all times, but in Thunderbird I usually stick with one. Since the tab-bar takes up quite a lot of valuable horizontal space, it would make sense to hide the tab-bar when you don’t need it. Firefox has a nice feature called “auto hide”. It makes the tab-bar disappear when the window only have one tab open. I’ve browsed through Thunderbird’s settings window, but haven’t found anything similar. Fortunately, I’ve found a “hidden” setting that allows you to turn on auto-hiding.
Here’s how:
- Open Thunderbird’s Preferences window (Tools -> Options on Windows, Edit -> Preferences on Linux and Thunderbird -> Preferences on Mac)
- Click on “Advanced”
- Click on the “Config Editor” button (which is under the “General” tab)
- Search for “mail.tabs.autoHide”
- Double-click on the setting so that it becomes “true” (and the font changes to bold)
Voilà!
The Configuration Editor in Thunderbird
Categories: English, Teknologier
Tags: e-mail, mozilla, thunderbird, tips
December 8th, 2009
Prepare for the new D-Box 2.2! It is simply amazing. Trust me! 
Some of the changes are:
- The application data are saved at more sane places
- Built in support for screenshots (very easy to browse them and to set one as the application’s icon)
- Much work to make D-Box fit better on OS-X
- Support for custom themes (if you i.e. want to have the old D-Box look on Mac)
- No DosBox console by default
- GUI for choosing between icon and text, just text or only icon display in application list
- Automatically check for new versions
- And a lot more!
This is, by far, the best release yet, but to make sure it keeps up to my expectations I’ve decided to arrange a little beta period. So take it for a spin, and leave some feedback in the comment field!
D-Box 2.2 on Mac
Categories: English, d-box
Tags: d-box, dosbox, frontend
October 1st, 2009
D-Box logo
Now that I finally managed to release D-Box 2.1, I’ve dusted off an old project: Creating a new and exciting product page for the application. I think it’s at least a bit cooler than the old google style page, and hope you feel the same:) It isn’t exactly an encyclopedia of fact, but it contains the most useful stuff. I will still keep the old page, but just for developing and wiki related stuff. Thanks to Gisle it now has it’s own subdomain under the truben.no umbrella.
Take it for a spin! – dbox.truben.no
Categories: English, Teknologier
Tags: d-box, dosbox, truben.no, webdesign
September 29th, 2009
I have just released D-Box 2.1, my front end for DosBox. Take it for a ride!
D-Box 2.1
It has, among many really usable features, a cool new look called “Floppy Flow”. Although it’s highly experimental, it’s worth trying:) Access it by pressing the Prefrences icon (the gear in the toolbar) and select “Flow View”.
(more…)
Categories: English
Tags: d-box, dos, dosbox, game, java
September 21st, 2009
This morning I had my final wisdom teeth (or mandibular third molar if you prefer) removed. Not surprisingly, my mouth has seen better days. Thanks to Ibuprofen for making the day better
Me & Ibuprofen
Categories: Annet, English
Tags: hurt, teeth
