Nuno Silva

The Joke of the day….

Didn’t know that microsoft had entered in the comedy business…

But, checking the page below i think they might actually trying to enter that market:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/get-the-facts/browser-comparison.aspx

Wolfram Alpha

For many, wolfram alpha is the search application that can overthrone google. It does not give you a series of web sites where you can find the information that you are searching. Instead it tries to give you the exact information that you are searching.

Confused? try it: http://www36.wolframalpha.com

If you insert a word like milk the search box will give you detailed information about milk cool, isn’t it?

It’s very incomplete but it is certainly a very good concept. Maybe google will buy it and merge it with its search tool.

Blizzard Campus

If i worked in a place like this, i would be in heaven:

And the best of them all:

Pictures Taken from Blizzard’s official website.

Prototype

Protype is a game that will be released in PS3, XBOX and PC. It´s a single player game, third person and based on an open world. It centers around Alex Mercer, a guy infected by a deadly virus that gave him special shape shifting powers.

Here is the opening cinematic:

Here is the direct link to amazon page:

TED talks

Today i found in youtube some videos about inventions, inventions that can be the next big thing of tomorrow. Here are 2 of them that i loved:

Want more? Visit their official website: http://www.ted.com/

Orion’s Belt on AXN

Insert Coin, a program about games that airs on AXN will feature an interview with all the members of the team that is developing the game made by the host, Filipa Brazona (very nice by the way).

If you are in Portugal, the episode (517) will air on the following days:

25-04-2009	AXN	15:02 - Insert Coin Insert Coin (5): Ep 517
26-04-2009	AXN	10:20 - Insert Coin Insert Coin (5): Ep 517
26-04-2009	AXN	17:05 - Insert Coin Insert Coin Insert Coin (5): Ep 517
27-04-2009	AXN	02:05 - Insert Coin Insert Coin (5): Ep 517
27-04-2009	AXN	06:26 - Insert Coin Insert Coin (5): Ep 517
28-04-2009	AXN	05:50 - Insert Coin Insert Coin (5): Ep 517

Adding a frame to a thumbnail picture using css

Today i was helping Pre finishing our Screenshot and Art Work page of Orion’s Belt.

One of the thinks i wanted to add was a frame to the thumbnail pictures, but i didn’t want to add that frame to the image itself.

I saw this kind of thing done in the StartCraft 2 Artwork page. I inspected the code but didn’t like what i saw.

They basically have 2 divs ( with styles inline … bahhh!!!), anchor and a image (all by this order).

Their strategy was to associate a thumbnail image with a style and in the end insert the frame as the final element, the top most, something like this:

<div style='ThumbnailImage'>
    <div style='some image to give some effect'>
        <a href='Place to see the image in a good size'>
             <img src='a transparent with Frame'/>
        </a>
    </div>
</div>

Problems with this solution? The only problem i see is that you are obligated to have the style inline or you have to add a list of all the thumbnails to your css file, and have a map… ok, no..

If you have a thumbnail image:

<a href='Place to see the image in a good size'>
       <img src='ThumbNail Image'/>
</a>

and you want to put a frame on to it, simply insert a div before your image. This div will contain your frame:

 <a href='Place to see the image in a good size'>
       <div class='frame'></div>
       <img src='ThumbNail Image'/>
</a>

the css style is also very simple:

.frame{
	width:XXXpx; /*Width of the thumbnail*/
	height:XXXpx; /*Heightof the thumbnail*/
	background:url(ThumbnailFrame.png);
	position:absolute;
}
img{
	margin:Wpx
}

Notice that i added a margin to the image? This is just to center the image in the frame.

You can see the result of this example in the Screenshot and Art Work page of Orion’s Belt.

God of War 3 New Trailer

God of War has always been one off my favorite games. It has a je ne se quois. Bot GOW I and II are Beautiful.

Now the cinematic trailer of GOW III Makes me think. Will they be able to surpass the other 2 predecessors???

Trailer after the break.

All in one Phone

I’ve to to get one of these:

Features include:
- Mobile Phone (with all that is common in our days)
- Coffe Maker
- Shaver
- Global Voice Translater
- Harmonica
- Projector

http://www.pomegranatephone.com/

God of War 3 online?

http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=17874&accountno=345

Does this mean that God of War 3 will have online gamming?