Archive for the ‘ Random Thoughts ’ Category
I just built myself a new Windows VM. After I spent the next ~six hours patching and rebooting several thousand times I went to install Microsoft Visual C++ Express. I had not yet had a chance to play with it before today but 2010 has been released into the wild. So I download it [ READ MORE ]
I have always loved games that masterba… er, play themselves out. In such games the player sets the initial conditions– perhaps even writes a little code or designs something– and then lets it all hit the fan. As of late I have been staring at Gratuitous Space Battles. In this one you design a small fleet [ READ MORE ]
I am often amazed at what other people find amazing. For example, my mother recently sent me the below video entitled “The Future of Shopping.” In this video a women is at a clothing retailer and browsing a digitised catalogue of their wares. She is able to “turn the page” by waving an arm and [ READ MORE ]
Spider-Man Knows [ READ MORE ]
I am working with a local business. After some back-and-forth it was decided that the web page has to go. In its place should be a new, simple, easy-to-use site. While pondering this– and considering I have absolutely zero ability when it comes to these things– I decided to propose an image-less site. CSS can do [ READ MORE ]