MyGirlFriendsBroken's Journal: New website and stuff

Here we go, another journal entry, another editor it is drafted in. What it is about computer science students that makes them continuously try new software, this journal entry comes courtesy of Kate (On PPC architecture utilising the works of Apple , KDE and fink.

The biggest change since my last journal entry has been the revamp of my web site which is undergoing work and of course comments are always welcome. My semester one exams are now out of the way and I am just waiting for the results which sould be not too bad. Also, to the previously mentioned, there are two items that I am particularly excited about at the moment. The first is my own game and the second is the iminent release of the "Sims Online" here in the U.K.

So, exciting item number 1, my game. This is being developed as part of a course I am studying as part of my Computing Science course. I have decided to go with developing a networked implementation of Pontoon in Java2D. I have chosen to do this as 3D programming is kinda beyond me and I have a perchant for Blackjack, the casino version of Twenty-One, of which Pontoon is also a version. This will be open sourced and I will initially be running the central server for the new Pontoon network!!! I am excited by "The Sims Online" as I think it adds the missing element to the original "Sims" game,i.e. the interactivity. I've not been involved in any of the beta tests and so have no real experience of it but I feel confident that it will be fun and will also significantly reduce my productivity.

In future a complete archive of my journal entries will be avilable at www.tombatchelor.com but without the comments as they exist on slashdot's servers.