Possibly dumping JQuery for smaller solutions

The last couple of days I managed to briefly spend some time to investigate different JavaScript frameworks similar to JQuery. So far nothing practical, just checking what is available and what could be of use. The idea is to reduce downloading time and improve performance especially on older computers and mobile devices which have memory limits.

Knockout.js and Backbone.js look promising according to the following discussion:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5112899/knockout-js-vs-backbone-js-vs

Either of them in their minified form have a roughly 4KB file size. as opposed to other like JQuery for example which are in the double or triple digits. For low-end mobile phones this becomes a problem. I have seen some nasty error messages on mobile phones due to out of memory when loading some websites as well as serious slowdown.

What has been showing up lately a lot as well is Node.js which is server-side and cannot just simply run on every website. Node.js also uses V8 JavaScript which might not be supported yet by all browsers on all hardware.

Obviously some of these frameworks are for specific purposes only, but might prove to be useful once I have had some serious experimentation time.

Defragmentation tips using MyDefrag

Lately I have been experimenting with custom defragmentation scripts which can be created based on script examples that come with MyDefrag. What is a good idea is to shove bootup files, folders, EXE and DLL files to the outside of a drive and everything else following. Each of these areas is referred to as a zone in MyDefrag and as many as needed can be defined.

There is this weird thing when pushing files older than a certain date to the end of the drive where a gap right at the end is being created during defragmenting. To resolve this, simply do not have any sort order at all for the files. This also works from other areas.

Like with many defragmenting tools is that things only settle down after a few full runs including shorter defragmentation time. When no sort order is involved then the process takes less time, hence rather set more zones in MyDefrag and gaps as usual.

World of WarCraft utility

My latest experiment includes a utility that I wrote using C# to give me a list of which installed World of WarCraft addons are an old version. So far it is still very much under construction hence I do not yet want to publish it. The application can be made better.

The application needs interface changes as well as testing in 32 bit Windows since I am developing on 64 bit where the game location is stored in a different location in memory.

New 10 Port USB 2.0 hub

This last Sunday I bought a new 10 Port USB 2.0 hub at some shop in the local China Town. The spacing for the USB ports is basically ideal so that the bigger plugs do not interfere with each other. There is also a led for when something is plugged in and active. The power cable is a little bit short for my configuration, but that was to be expected. Initially I was worried that it draws power from the PC USB 2.0 port which would possibly fry something.

Looking for costume ideas for upcoming event

An annual fancy dress event is coming up again at the end of July. Normally a friend of mine and myself go there and we usually try to dress as something matching.

This year I want to try something different in regards to a costume to look completely different including coloured contact lenses to match the eyes to the rest of the character. The actual costume choices depend on what is available as well.

Hopefully I can also get tickets without the same problems like last year at the door.