January 2010
36 posts
iPad presentation crushed a lot of people’s expectations, that’s for sure. Some of us were waiting for something a bit more powerful. I was also hoping for a viable platform for book reading. Apple instead seems more interested in offering a bigger device to offer new kinds of applications.
I’ve been on the fence on ebook readers for awhile. I still think books are a terrible...
Ryan Bates's ruby-warrior →
This is a game designed to teach the Ruby language and artificial intelligence in a fun, interactive way.
You play as a warrior climbing a tall tower to reach the precious Ruby at the top level. On each floor you need to write a Ruby script to instruct the warrior to battle enemies, rescue captives, and reach the stairs.
You have some idea of what each floor contains, but you never know for...
Watchpaulscheer:
This is one of the best things I’ve seen in a long time. Check out this ridiculous violent and amazingly insane intro video for an Alaskan College Hockey Team.
This is most violent polar bear I’ve ever seen.
So, hot or not?
Things I like:
The idea of drawing with it. the basic version may be really a damn cheap alternative to the absolutely beautiful Wacom Cintiq. Especially if the hardware allows it and someone writes a good software. Shouldn’t be very hard to build a bluetooth pen with pressure sensitivity.
The whole book thing. I was wondering what kind of formats the iBooks software...
So, if it’s not so pricey and you can draw easily on it I might get the iTablet or whatever it’s gonna be called.
OiNK Admin Found Not Guilty, Walks Free →
This is very good news.
A bit late, but those are my new year resolutions:
1) getting better at Ruby and Rails
2) learning some Java or C#, maybe
3) losing a few pounds
4) Finishing Spelunky at least once
5) Back to Dwarf Fortress, destroying at least a dwarf settlement with a self-inflicted lava-induced clusterfuck.
6) Back to drawing or at least doodling with the wacom tablet
7) Some running when the weather...
So, the new Tumblr interface killed the Tumblarity?
Critical Distance | 99 Free Games from 2009 →
