At work I'm trying to get a Xantech 590 programmable controller to do what it was supposed to...learn IR commands for anything you want it to. But the stupid thing didn't come with an IR receiver, soooo.....I couldn't do it. How else am I supposed to tell it that it's controlling a Proxima??? Grrr....definately not cool. Now we have to buy one of the little buggers to run the Proxima's because people keep stealing the remotes (for the laser pointer)...bastards.

I've determined that since I run so many chat clients on multiple computers, I need a little utility to merge all the log files...and one to merge them all together now client/user/date or some such madness. For the past 3 years I've done nothing but Cobol and OS/390 assembly...definately not the tools to do this. I need to find something that is relatively easy to learn and runs completely stable on windows (not necessarily in windows). Any thoughts?

Well, I think I'm going to start putting stuff up here...mainly because I read /. all the time but really don't post. Actually, I don't read many of the comments either. But I do enjoy reading the headlines and journals...thus, in addition to my LJ I'm going to start putting my tech stuff here...since next to no one there cares about anything remotely techy.

So I'm working on this project (game) with some friends in Java and XML, the only problem is only one of us knows Java, and only one of us knows XML. In theory I understand both of them, but have never actually worked on anything substantial in either (ie I've never worked in either).

So, since I'm the artist I get to do all the graphics. And since I have a guitar, then obviously I'm doing the music. The only problem is.....I can't draw. This sucks when you have to come up with things like...oh...whole freaking environments! I've gotten quite a few textures...all easy filler, but the actual bulk of the game is giving me some problems.

Anyone (who actually reads this) have any suggestions for how to make good graphics that look semi-realistic for a little game called QuickD?

I think the real question is....who's going to read this anyway?

I have a journal that I actually update HERE but I could be tempted to put some crap up here if I ever get bored enough...lord knows I'm on /. more than anything