Rocker » Windows http://www.shishirsharma.com Everything bloggable around Shishir Sharma. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:47:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Scorched 3D http://www.shishirsharma.com/2010/07/03/scorched-3d/ http://www.shishirsharma.com/2010/07/03/scorched-3d/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:43:11 +0000 Shishir Sharma 'criss' http://shishirsharma.com/?p=489 Continue reading →]]> In my college days I use to play Pocket Tanks, which is actually a copy of game Scorched Earth. I always wished if we could play pocket tank in multi-player mode in 3D until is came across Scorched 3D. This is an excellent office time killing game. You can play it with frequent pauses as other player cant get turn until you finish. Beware this game is very addictive.

Pros:

  • Three dimensional landscape
  • Animated jets, naval vessels, water, and even birds
  • Detailed tanks and projectiles
  • LAN and internet play
  • Music
  • Totally free to play (GPLed)
  • Available for both Microsoft Windows and Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris etc.)
  • Learning how to play is easy

Cons:

  • Addictive
  • Irresistible
  • Too cute

I can not explain you how good is this game. You must try it yourself. As they say:

Scorched 3D is a simple turn-based artillery game and also a real-time strategy game in which players can counter each others’ weapons with other creative accessories, shields and tactics. Learn skill in timing, aiming and judgment, move around on the landscape, or even out-smart your opponent economically.

I am sure you will go back to your childhood. Enjoy and Have fun. BOOM.

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Main Features of Sync are:

  • Get the same results on the Smart Location Bar on each of your Firefox browsers, so you can get to your favorite sites with just a few keystrokes
  • Continue what you were doing: have the ability to open any tab you have open on any of your Firefox browsers
  • Keep the same list of bookmarks on all of your Firefox browsers
  • Easily sign in to all your favorite sites using your saved passwords (this is especially handy on mobile phones, where it’s hard to type in complex passwords)
  • Do it all securely: Weave Sync encrypts user data before uploading it to Mozilla’s servers, so that only you can access your data

As they say:

The Weave Sync add-on lets you securely take your Firefox experience with you to all your Firefox browsers. You can now surf the Web on your PC, get up and go, and have everything waiting for you on your phone: your history, open tabs, bookmarks, the Awesome Bar – just as you had left it.

Check out yourself from here. Get Sync for you too from here. Manage your account from here.
]]> http://www.shishirsharma.com/2010/06/25/firefox-sync/feed/ 1 Urban Terror http://www.shishirsharma.com/2010/04/16/urban-terror/ http://www.shishirsharma.com/2010/04/16/urban-terror/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:16:41 +0000 Shishir Sharma 'criss' http://shishirsharma.com/?p=465 Continue reading →]]> This is a one great game. I tried it and I loved it. To all the counter-strike lovers who got shifted to GNU/Linux this is a life saver. I think there should be some variable to adjust the wall jump, power slide, and inhuman speed. I hope to find some good player skins colors.

Things I like:

  • GPL
  • Great maps
  • All OS support. :)
  • Realistic guns and limited ammo magazines.
  • Primary, secondary and side arm weapon slot.
  • Variable damage system.
  • Wounds/Bandage, Medikit
  • Wounds affects performance
  • Stamina system.


Things I do not like:

  • Wall jump.
  • Power slide.
  • Super human speed.
  • Water supply blood.
  • Players dress colours.
  • Stamina system.
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Forget the days when we have to use the multilevel task bar in windows. The author Sergey Vlasov(2) is a nice man to give away such a good utility. This a very useful tool for guys like me how have to work with multiple file managers open and with similar directory structure.

Well i can count SurF as yet another Perl in the magical sea of sourceforge(3) . SurF comes with many utilities like quick find, Image View, Tree File Manager, free typing selection, save settings, hot keys, initials/start settings blah blah blah… In short it is quit good and useful.

SurF is currently licensed under Eiffel Forum License V2.0(4) and available for windows platform(5) .

  1. Shishir Sharma ‘criss’
  2. Sergey Vlasov <glider [at] svprogramming.net>
  3. SurF is a SourceForge project http://sourceforge.net/projects/surf-fm
  4. It is a GPL equivalent and OSI approved license. click here to find more
  5. I don’t think Linux user even need it. as Linux already have much more superiorly designed File Manager and Desktop switcher.
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