Author Archives: Dan

Walkthrough for Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action!

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Dan

When I worked on the GameBoy Advance title Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action! we also put together an official walkthrough for the game. The game was however severely delayed, and the walkthrough was forgotten and never publicly released. I found it … Continue reading →

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Introducing DynForm, a c# library for semi-automatic WinForms dialogs

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Dan

Application development often involves creating dialogs where the user is presented a form to enter or edit some sort of data. DynForm aims to make development of this a little bit easier. By implementing a simple interface into your data … Continue reading →

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The “secret” Windows 8.1 menu for power users

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Dan

Windows 8 is still new to me, and I’m quite frustrated every time I need to use it because seems to try its best to hide all the useful settings and features from me, and search insists on promoting Metro … Continue reading →

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Opening CSV files in Excel

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Dan

CSV (Comma Separated Values) is a useful file format for tabular data that I often use. But every time I want to load a CSV file into Excel it does not seem to recognize the files. Usually it just loads … Continue reading →

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Stereo Mix does not record any sound when using a USB headset

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Dan

I want to share a problem that I stumbled on recently. I was helping my mother setting up her computer to allow for recording audio through stereo mix. Stereo Mix is a virtual recording device that allows you to record … Continue reading →

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Sega Game Brochure Scans 1989-1991

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Dan

In a previous post I shared scans from my collection of old Swedish Nintendo game ads, brochures, pamphlets and posters. In addition to these, I also had some brochures from Sega that I have now scanned and uploaded. Two of   … Continue reading →

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Swedish Nintendo Brochure Scans 1988-1993

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Dan

During the late 80’s and yearly 90’s Bergsala, the official distributor of Nintendo products in Sweden published yearly games brochures, leaflets and other promotional items. I still have some of these, and decided to scan them and share. For me, … Continue reading →

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Authentication with Passwords & Passphrases: Implications on Usability and Security

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Dan

The following text is a summary of an academic report I wrote together with a friend as part of a course on computer security at Lund University. The paper was graded “A” by the teacher. You can download and read … Continue reading →

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Get a zero-installation SQL database for learning or dabbling

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Dan

Database Management Systems typically require big installations and configuration to get running. I’ve always found this to be a major threshold for working with databases, especially if you only want to test some simple queries or if you are learning … Continue reading →

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Method for normalizing a relation to BCNF based on functional dependencies

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Dan

In the previous post I showed the method I use to determine the candidate keys and highest normal form of a relation. Now let’s break these large relations into smaller ones to make sure we achieve Boyce-Codd Normal Form (BCNF)! … Continue reading →

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