Xbox Join Party & Game, Video Kinect: “Could not connect. Please try again later.”

I’ve bought Live Gold membership for my brother and myself so we can play together online and do Video Kinect chats, instead of using Skype. Unfortunately we spent a whole Sunday trying to make it work unsuccessfully. I posted a question on the Xbox Support site but only one guy replied saying that I have … Continue reading Xbox Join Party & Game, Video Kinect: “Could not connect. Please try again later.” →

jQuery Proven Performance Tips And Tricks (Slides) by Addy Osmani

„Apps should be snappy, not sloppy”, that’s what Addy Osmani writes. Also how true is this: “Best practices offer optimal approaches to solving problems. If we don’t follow them, browsers can end up having to do more work, which means more memory use and slower apps.” A part of the steps we should take in … Continue reading jQuery Proven Performance Tips And Tricks (Slides) by Addy Osmani →

JavaScript naming conventions and coding guidelines

I’ve recognized that I’m sometimes not following the general rules when writing JavaScript code. *ashamed* For example: - Using a lot of C# conventions, which are wrong in JS, - Putting accidentally variables and functions in the global scope, - Pascal and Camel casing is mixedly used for naming variables and functions all over our … Continue reading JavaScript naming conventions and coding guidelines →

Switching my Kindle account from amazon.com to amazon.de

I was among the first to order the Kindle 3 as soon as it came out. Because it wasn't available in Germany, I ordered it straight from US with my amazon.com account, despite having to pay lots of extra fees. The Kindle device was linked to my .com account and, despite some disadvantages like paying … Continue reading Switching my Kindle account from amazon.com to amazon.de →