NCSI SUV: CSID

Look, I’m a Windows developer:

DSC01961Actually, I just pushed the Concerts in Oslo Cordova app to the Windows Phone store to debug the submission process.  At work I’ve tried to push an app several times to the store, but Microsoft just says “it doesn’t work”.  When I ask “er, what doesn’t work?” their response is “it doesn’t work”.

And pushing the CSID app helped!  From the server logs, I can see that Microsoft never let the app contact the server.  So either they don’t actually test the apps before putting them on the store, or they only test them in non-networking mode.

Which would explain why the app at work gets the response “it doesn’t work”.  It’ll have to provide more in-depth error messages when there’s no network, and perhaps that’ll make Microsoft let the app through.

*crosses fingers*

Comix Berlin

I visited Berlin recently, and as always, I tried to find some comic book stores with interesting comics. Which is always a problem.

But after binging for several minutes, I visited Modern Graphics.  It’s a warren of a store with crowded shelves and connected rooms, but it has a large selection of comics created by people from Berlin.  Which is what I was looking for.

I do kinda read some German, but it’s slow going, so I picked out a bunch that were either in English or were mostly silent.

DSC01956In addition to the local selection they had a bunch of interesting comics from elsewhere.  Really nice store.

Grober Unfug is a very different kind of comics store.  It’s open and airy and carries mostly graphic novels (and there may have been a room at the back with super-hero comics?  I did not venture there).  I didn’t really find that much to buy there, though…

DSC01957But I did find this very pointed silent book:

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It’s by Marc-Antoine Mathieu and looks quite interesting.  Haven’t read it yet, though.

I should get a job as a professional comic book store traveller…