Comment this is a (Score 2) 310
DramaFest.
Comment Re:Hmmm ... (Score 2) 755
Programming is very easy, but requires math and logic skills.
I agree that learning the basics of programming is easy. But, like with any other trade, becoming a good programmer requires the right kind of motivation, curiosity, attention to detail, and desire to improve one's craft.
In my experience people who say "Programming is easy" are usually the ones you don't want to having working with you on a project.
Programming is a craft. You have to love doing it to be good at it.
Anyone can saw wood or swing a hammer. It takes a passionate person to properly build a staircase..
Comment Re:Testable! (Score 4, Funny) 332
/. can't let you edit/delete your post, no matter when!
FTFY.
Submission + - Katamari Hack for Chrome (and compatible browsers) (kathack.com) 1
skaet writes: Using CSS3 transforms and HTML5 canvas, the Katamari Hack for Google Chrome (and other compatible browsers) allows you to turn any website into a game of Katamari Damacy! The script was created by Alex Leone, David Nufer, and David Truong, and won the 2011 Yahoo HackU contest at University of Washington. Don't like the new Slashdot design? Go to town on it!
Comment uh, yeah... (Score 1) 1
And have you guys ever tried XNA to develop games for Windows Phone 7, Windows, and Xbox 360? It's great......... try my game!
Submission + - iPad 2-player "face to face" games (versuspad.com) 1
j_philipp writes: "For almost a year now I've been working on iPad 2-player "one shared device" games, a genre I'm absolutely in love with. The games are still all free, for now. Recently, I've switched to the terrific Corona framework, a middleware which makes it very easy to utilize things like a physics engine (Box2D), and do other game-related stuff. Before that, I used PhoneGap, meaning some of the other games are based on JavaScript and HTML (you can glean the full source of one of the games on the site). This week my new game, Siege Towers, got released. If you're a developer pondering your next project, maybe you can give Corona a try... a pretty fun framework."
Comment Re:DRM (Score 1) 358
whoosh
Comment Re:And thank god for that (Score 3, Interesting) 178
Warning. Shameless plug.
If you're into generated music, then you'll probably like auto-composed tone-matrix music. I just happen to have written a game that does that
Do you know John Conway's Game of Life? It's a cellular automata game. I've combined that with a standard tone-matrix interface to create music that essentially breeds new generations of itself.
And, just to make sure that pseudo-chaotic music actually sounds good, I framed everything in a pentatonic scale.
If you're interested, check out Harmonium on Xbox 360 Live Indie Games.
Comment Resources (Score 1) 1
I'm just sick of being called a "resource." Sure, it may be commonplace, but it makes me feel like a lump of coal.
Submission + - Become the CIO your company needs (itwire.com) 1
davidmwilliams writes: "Too often business views IT as merely a commodity there "to keep the lights on". Yet, if you're an IT leader, you have the opportunity to change this. IT ought rightly be a strategic element of any business and can be transformed to become a competitive differentiator — if you're up for the challenge.
This is the first post on a new blog, The Wired CIO, by the author of the Linux Distillery blog, which has been running for almost four years."
This is the first post on a new blog, The Wired CIO, by the author of the Linux Distillery blog, which has been running for almost four years."
Comment Props to Inkscape (Score 1) 2
I love that tool!
If it weren't for Inkscape I'd have no graphics at all in my wii homebrew projects.
I'm no imaging wiz, but I found Inkscape to be very usuable and powerful (for the kind of art I was looking for).
Congrats on the new release!
Submission + - Inkscape 0.48.1 released! 2
ScislaC writes: This version of the SVG-based vector graphics editor contains over 80 bug fixes as well as improves stability and performance on all platforms. Check out the release notes for a brief summary about what has changed, view the milestone page for a comprehensive list of fixed bugs, or just jump right to downloading your copy for Windows, OSX Leopard & Snow Leopard, or Others.
Comment Re:'music is of such high value' (Score 1) 174
Actually the opposite of a cat is not a cat.
... for one or more definitions of "opposite."
Comment Re:Not a bug (Score 1) 2
hrm. The blog post says it's only available to US based Gmail users, though I'm based in Canada, currently living in the UK, and I've been using it for months.
Sorry about the parent post.
Comment Not a bug (Score 1) 2
http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/free-calling-in-gmail-extended-through.html
It is very much intended.
