Technology archive entries:
- 11 Year Old Game Development: Happy Cats
- The Cloud Brought Me Back Down
- Welcoming The Cloud
- My History of Programming
- Collaboration With A Ten Year Old
- Titanium Tutorial 2 - Mobile Database Synchronization
- Titanium Tutorial - Tableview from a Database
- I Shall Not Facebook
- The Humble Indie Bundle
- The Day I Wanted to Un-Delete a File in Linux
- How Do Normal People Survive With One?
- iMovie Made me Switch
- The Password Lady is Really Annoying
February 09, 2012
11 Year Old Game Development: Happy Cats
Ever since my daughter decided that she wanted to develop an iPhone game, she's been wracking her brain for ideas. Then after she comes up with an idea, there is a rapid-fire question and answer period with Dad (me). Here's her idea for "Happy Cats".
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February 01, 2012
The Cloud Brought Me Back Down
In 2005 I wrote an article How Do Normal People Survive With One, in which I outline all the benefits of running multiple computers. In just over six years, it seems that everything has changed...
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June 20, 2011
Welcoming The Cloud
I just figured out that I am suddenly in favour of "cloud computing". I have switched my opinion 180 degrees on this just today. Here is my revelation...
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April 10, 2011
My History of Programming
I started programming computers in the summer of 1983, so I'm closing in on 28 years of programming. It has been an interesting journey so far - programming for fun, then for school, then for work - and now back to fun again...
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February 16, 2011
Collaboration With A Ten Year Old
This past weekend I was showing my daughters a preview of an upcoming iPhone game I am currently developing. My oldest daughter, now 10, had a few questions.
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January 03, 2011
Titanium Tutorial 2 - Mobile Database Synchronization
This is the second Titanium database tutorial. Please read the first Titanium database tutorial if you haven't already done so, since this tutorial builds on the first one.
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December 10, 2010
Titanium Tutorial - Tableview from a Database
This tutorial is about creating a iPhone mobile application in Titanium that uses a local database (the database is on the device). Data will be displayed in tableview format from two related tables.
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October 15, 2010
I Shall Not Facebook
This is my long overdue rant about Facebook. I am facing a Facebook barrage daily -- it's escalating, and it's getting annoying.
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May 12, 2010
The Humble Indie Bundle
This is an interesting idea: pay what you want for software. I thought that such an exercise might lead to an overwhelming majority of people paying "nothing", but it looks like that didn't happen.
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November 07, 2008
The Day I Wanted to Un-Delete a File in Linux
I think Carlo Wood's introduction to the problem is about as eloquent as I could say it: "It happens to everyone sooner or later: a split second after you hit Enter you realize your mistake, but it's too late; you just deleted a valuable file or directory for which no backup exists. Or maybe you have a backup, but it's a month old... and in shock you see the past month flash before your eyes as you realize in pain what you'll have to do all over again..."
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November 08, 2005
How Do Normal People Survive With One?
I have had at least two computers up and running in my house ever since about 1993. At various times in the past twelve years I have toyed with the idea of going back down to one, but it never happens - there is just too much benefit.
I got to wondering today: what do people do when they only have one computer in the house? (I'll call these "normal people"!)
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September 23, 2005
iMovie Made me Switch
I've been using and programming computers since the summer of 1983 (obligatory first computer reference: Commodore VIC-20). During the first decade there was quite a vast array of computers and operating systems; the second decade was pretty much dominated by Microsoft Windows. It wasn't by choice, it was a concession that I made because going through Electrical Engineering in university almost demanded it: having to share files within study groups, using engineering software that would only run on Windows, and cost of hardware on a student budget all weighed as factors.
I'm happy to say that I finally feel back in control. I'm now back to using the computer of my choice.
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September 22, 2005
The Password Lady is Really Annoying
Sometimes I think I hate technology. Then, I think about it for a while (after the rage has worn off) and I realise that - YET AGAIN - I hate the people behind the technology. The designers, the programmers, the marketing people - some or all of them at once.
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