Michael Banzon

I’ve just concluded my proof of concept tests with Google App Engine (Java version) – and so far I’m happy! I am writing a simple file-sharing service – I tend to use the term ‘drop-box’ a lot when explaining about it. The concept has now been proven (sending e-mails back and forth – log-in – [...]

Some time ago I/we ran into a problem at work. The file format that our software uses for saving and loading projects are basicly a ZIP-archive containing XML. We started noticing some strange error reports that all pointed in the direction of the save-method. This is one part of the program that have never really [...]

Sadly the good thing about standards is that there are so many! Or to put it in other words: Silverlight – I don’t get what the fuzz is about! We already have applets (Java) and flash… To be honest – the only real reason to add another technology to the list of shockingly overlapping solutions [...]

The other day (march 9th) FFXIII was released in europe. The game was first announced in 2006 which means it has been in development for at least 3-4 years. In the entertainment and gaming industry this is a very long time. This long wait is comparable to the development time of Gran Turismo 5. But [...]

I’m currently experimenting with Go. I would really recommend anyone who takes programming seriously to have a look at it. What I’ve seen so far is very nice. I mean VERY nice. The concept and idea behind the language (we need a new systems programming language) is very good – I’m sure this will be [...]