You never know when Chris-D will be streaming, and it’s a pain to have to check his website all the time. Now you don’t have to. Just install my new PC-Addicts Chrome Extension and you’ll be able to see when he’s on. Download it here!

I am working on adding support for multiple streams and Justin.Tv support. This is my first ever Chrome Extension so take it easy on me!

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So I was bored, and inspired. I took some time and wrote this nifty little application. It’s written with .NET 2.0 framework. It will display every last piece of information about your system that you could want.

DOWNLOAD HERE

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I’ve just recently switched all of my personal sites to Dreamhost. Dreamhost offers unlimited everything at a very low price. I’ve been with them for one year now and have never had any major complaints. I had trouble importing a 70mb sql file and the support staff responded to my ticket within the hour with helpful and correct steps to import my database using SSH.

Since I switched and think everyone should enjoy unlimited services at an awesome price I’ve going to give you an AWESOME deal!

GO HERE

Sign up for 1 year (Normally $119!) Enter MY promo code LIFEOFAJACKASS and receive a free domain registration for LIFE and $40 off the first year! Thats only $79 for 1 year of hosting AND a free domain for LIFE!

Why? It’s UNLIMITED! Why not?

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I’ve kinda put this site on the backburner for a while now. I’ve been actively working on Sigurd and a few other projects.

A friend and I are planning a release of a series of applications on TransmissionX.

I have still be fiddling with my old projects  like, uStreamer, GravatarGet, TweetP and such.

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I was called upon today by a new friend to write a small script to detect the streaming status of a uStream.tv channel. I thought I”d share the script with everyone.

****OK OK, My CodeBox plugin is not working, please be patient.****

<!--Place this code where you want the status to appear. -->
<font color='red'><span id="status">status</span></font>

<!--Place this code anywhere in the page. -->
<script type="text/javascript">
function set_status(status)
{
if (status == "offline")
{	<!-- replace the img html with any html that you need -->
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = "<img src='http://lifeofajackass.com/offline.png'/>";
}
else if (status == "live")
{	<!-- replace the img html with any html that you need -->
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = "<img src='http://lifeofajackass.com/online.png'/>";
}
else
{	<!-- Let's do this just in case the service is down or something. You could show an error image as well -->
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML  = "Error getting stream status!";
}
}
</script>
<!--Make sure to replace the channel name and API key. -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://api.ustream.tv/json/channel/CHANNELNAME/getValueOf/status?key=YOURAPIKEY&callback=set_status">
</script>

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I’m around. I’ve been very busy with a lot of things. I have been working on cSense, uStreamer, KewlBeans and a few other projects. Real life has taken priority the last couple of weeks and will continue to do so for a while. Maybe later tonight I will post a small tutorial on Mono and Ubuntu.

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There are a lot of beginner and even intermediate level developers that have no idea how to access/modify a forms objects/methods from within a different class. I’ll show you the easiest practice of this.

First we have to make a reference. We must use the ‘protected’ keyword. I use the same name as the windows form that way it is easy to keep track of variables.

Once that is done you must set each method and object you want to access to public. You do this from the Forms Designer Class.

And that’s it. With just 2 lines of code you can now access you forms controls and methods.

[Sorry for the images of the code, my code-box plugin is broken]

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Got some emails asking what’s been going on. I know I haven’t posted in a while. Some people miss my daily code snippets and short tutorials. I’ve been working hard on an anti-cheat system for BHD with http://cheatsense.com

I haven’t completly neglected the site. I’ll post some code tutorials tonight on a few more hashing techniques and string encryption. I will also be posting soon a tutorial on how to control a forms events and controls from within a different class. Unlike VB.NET, C# does not automatically inherit the forms methods and control methods.

I’ll also talk about obfuscation and .Net application security, secure string and anti-debugging methods.

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For a while now several people, including myself, were unhappy with the anticheat provided for Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (DF:BHD). Who isn’t unhappy about that issue? There’s been some Anti Cheat Programs in the past but many in DF:BHD were never succesful. We do know that DF:BHD is ageing, but still we believe for us this is the community where a new Anti Cheat Program (ACP) is required. Therefor a new ACP started some time ago in private to start developing a solid ACP for several games, starting with DF:BHD, this ACP goes by the name cheatSense, this ACP is us. 

We welcome you on into our fresh and new community, below this post some more official details about cheatSense will be explained: 

cheatSense or in a shorter way: cSense, as said before will start on the game DF:BHD (version 1.5). cSense wants to be involved with the community as much as possible. We invite you to visit us here, and share us your ideas, shareyour views. One thing we will guarantee you all here now is that we will listen, we will read what you write down here.We will answer where we can. But not just will we welcome your views and answer your questions, we will also provide you with frequent updates. Not just software related updates for our ACP clients, but we’ll also provide you with updates on the progress of all those clients and upcoming releases. 

We come from all over. Our staff is small, however it’s efficient and has a huge variety which makes sure we don’t just listen to one voice in the community, we tend to listen to everyone. Now when we’re speaking about our staff. At this point we’re willing to accept various staff applications for various things such as ‘beta-testers/support-staff’ and ‘coding-staff’. However this does not mean we are in the ‘need’ of staff. Our current staff can work very well and the progress is great. However we appreciate new staff applications.

So what do you know now? You know cSense will be an ACP that will start on DF:BHD and aims to provide it’s services for other games as well. Plus you now know we’ll listen to you. One thing has to be said about that though, all our staff members do this on voluntary basis. This means we do not have 24/7 time to answer you. But we’re sure you all understand this. Also cheatSense is a free ACP, we do not demand anything from anyone, however if you want to support us you can always donate at: donate@cheatsense.com. We will be carefully with all the donations we get, we’ll make sure the donations we get will be used effectively and properly. People who donate to us can also ask us what we do with the donations, we will give you an honest answer in return.

cSense Client features:

• Multiple game support
• Launch your game automatically
• Submit your status to the lobby (see lobby)
• Automatically detect cheats (various methods)
• Update the internal database on the fly
• Screen capture feature

cSense Lobby features:

• Automatically display all servers which have cSense clients in, or are running a server version.
• Display the cSense clients on each server
• Make a public VCard (customizable)
• Keep track of all banned cSense clients
• Multiple game support
• Easy export to your own website (using xml or xslt)

Off course our features will get updated and/or more features will be added to our software. We’ve decided to go public with our project before our release, so we can slowly build on a community and get input from the community itself plus already answer various questions from that same community. However don’t be afraid, cheatSense does not want you to wait long (we also know you don’t need to wait long), we want to provide you with updates. We will not provide you with an official release date as of yet. We however will keep you updated on the progress of our software so you will be updated as much as possible (for example the screen capturing software works). We will give you an official release date once we’re more sure about that, we do have a guess of when it will be, but we don’t want to risk to be in the need to delay a release. 

With this being said we hope to have you informed well enough. Once more we welcome you to our community, enjoy your stay. However be sure to have read our website & forum rules before posting!

Discussion about this news article click here.
Any questions contact feel free to ask there or send an email at support@cheatsense.com.

cheatSense: The Ultimate Cheat Sense

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I’ve been working on a few applications were I’ve been using TinyURL a lot. So, I thought I’d create a library for .NET that contains functions for the most popular URL Shorten-er sites.

Function TinyURL
Function TimesURL
Function DoiopURL
Function MemURL
Function DwarfURL
Function SnipURL
Function ShorlURL
Function LoajURL
Function BitlyURL
Function IsGdURL
Function SixURL
Function TightURL
Function UrlXURL
Function YepItURL

Total there are 14 function that all server the same purpose. It’s really a personal preference as to what service you want to use. Each function accepts 1 overload and returns a single String.

Example: 

dim sTest As String = TimesURL(sURL)

The library will be available soon. Any interest in this or ideas please leave a comment.

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