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Another little project

nick — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:51:37 +0000

Having done tetris last week, I got a number of suggestions for improvements in the comments. Whilst I don’t rule out tackling them at some point, I had an itch to do something different. So I started the next project. Admittedly, this one has taken quiet a bit more time to do and it isn’t a finished end-to-end game like tetris is. But still, the concept is there and I could spend some more time on it or I could start the next project.

So, for still no reason in particular, I present to you JavaScript Mario. Enjoy.

A little project

nick — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:28 +0000

Thanks to spending a few hours first watching Jay-Z at Glastonbury and then the 5-set epic that was the Murray-Gasquet match at Wimbledon today, I have found myself sat in front of the laptop hacking away at a little project that came to mind late last week.

I’m sure it has been done many time before, but as I’ve said before, reinventing the wheel can be quite fun sometimes.

So, for no reason in particular, I present to you JavaScript Tetris. Enjoy.

Links for 2008-03-20 to 2008-04-23

nick — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:10:04 +0000

MAKE: Blog: Open GPS tracker – A low cost, simple, GPS tracker
pachube :: connecting environments, patching the planet - – "a service that enables people to tag and share real time environmental data from objects, devices and spaces around the world. The key aim is to facilitate interaction between remote environments, both physical and virtual."
xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe – "I've taught it obstacle avoidance and blogging."
Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Waxy.org – Fascinating background on the game that wasn't to be. The comments are worth reading, as my of the parties involved have commented – not all happy about the article.
Home Easy – SAVE your money, by reducing ‘Standby’ power and wasted electricity. – The range of home automation products that B&Q sells.
Ethernet shield for Arduino – Ethernet enabling an arduino – including running a webserver on the board. Interesting possibilities for tweetjects. Update: odd that I bookmarked this one, and not the one I actually bought.
BBC NEWS | Magazine | World’s best-known protest symbol turns 50 – Interesting history to the CND logo. Never knew it was based on the semaphore for N and D.
We Tell Stories – ‘The 21 Steps’, by Charles Cumming –

Links for 2008-01-10 to 2008-01-27

nick — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:30:36 +0000

Amazon MP3 store to go global – Boing Boing – Confirmation that Amazon’s MP3 store will be rolling out this side of the pond.
Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture – I can’t think of enough words to describe this. Powerful and moving don’t begin to cover it.
Tetrical – 3D Tetris Stacking Game Developed by Digital Machina – 3D tetris – what more can I say?
Evan Davis: How interest rates work – Evan does a good job of explaining the economics of interest rates. It’s simple stuff, but I always struggle to make it stick in my head.
Scripted Web Frameworks, and why Django Got it Right – “The problem I started to run into fairly early on was I didn’t know the ‘Ruby on Rails’ way to do it, but knew perfectly well how I might have done it in a chitzy CGI.” Interesting piece on why Django was a better fit for one person. I am inclined to ag