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Southlake, TX
Imparting game development wisdom of dubious quality a ridiculously long time.
January 21, 2000
Got an odd little memory bug in my animation code. For some reason, it's writing over the sprite whenever the sprite moves outside the area designated for it. Unfortunately for me, though, the bug only shows up on the device itself, and not on the emulator. That means that I've gotta debug over the…
January 20, 2000
Almost done spamming my eBay auctions. My pictures came in from the processor, and they're scanned. You should check 'em out here, if only to see what a PC looked like in 1955.
Looking forward to the GDC coverage. I was thinking of adding a special section entitled "The Great Grand Glorious GDC Gra…
Looking forward to the GDC coverage. I was thinking of adding a special section entitled "The Great Grand Glorious GDC Gra…
January 18, 2000
Still cleaning out the closet. I've got three more eBay items to spam here.
If you haven't seen Pat's new spherical maze, check it out. It's seriously cool. I could think of a dozen games that could use this.
The Java project is pretty-much over for me except for some bug-fixing and training. I'll …
If you haven't seen Pat's new spherical maze, check it out. It's seriously cool. I could think of a dozen games that could use this.
The Java project is pretty-much over for me except for some bug-fixing and training. I'll …
January 17, 2000
Found an interesting reference to one of my products on the Expert site here. Looks like they're trying to woo some distributors into selling this product by claiming that it's related to mine. I've never seen this product before, but I guess I should be flattered that my games are the benchmark fo…
January 13, 2000
Hey, don't look here for my opinion on Microsoft. I figure that every pundit out there worth his column is gonna be putting his spin on the whole thing, so I'm gonna return to my apolitical roots and sit it out.
If you haven't checked it out yet, check out the GDC coverage page. In fact, you oughta…
If you haven't checked it out yet, check out the GDC coverage page. In fact, you oughta…
January 12, 2000
Just wondering. Am I the only person who doesn't understand the great majority of the jargon out there nowadays? First-person shooters seems to have spawned a language unto themselves. I can't even go to QuakeWorld anymore without seeing official news announcements along the line of.
"Ya know, I was…
"Ya know, I was…
January 10, 2000
Just bought my plane tickets to San Jose for GDC '00. Can't reveal anything just yet, but if we do half of the stuff we've been proposing, Gamedev.net is gonna have the best GDC coverage you'll find. I'm sure you'll start seeing info about it in a week or so. Keep an eye out!
Still spamming. Got a …
Still spamming. Got a …
January 07, 2000
Nothing even remotely game-related today. In fact, there's nothing today to present but a bald-faced spam.
I'm selling off my collection of Magic:The Gathering cards and accessories on eBay. It's a pretty big collection that's been gathering dust for the past year or so. I'm sure it's worth at least…
I'm selling off my collection of Magic:The Gathering cards and accessories on eBay. It's a pretty big collection that's been gathering dust for the past year or so. I'm sure it's worth at least…
January 02, 2000
Well, except for some test equipment in Japan and a weather radar in Arkansas, Y2K went off without a hitch. Society didn't collapse, and I didn't get a chance to trade my can of Spam and bottle of water for John Romero's Ferrari.
Monday should be interesting, as we'll get to listen to all the talk-…
Monday should be interesting, as we'll get to listen to all the talk-…
December 29, 1999
Happy happy! The batch file idea is working and my Java CGI is now reading and writing like a champ. I figure I shouldn't have any problem getting rid of all the server stuff. This should simplify the whole process greatly. I figure I'm just a few days now from having this thing ready to hand off.
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December 28, 1999
Well, I finally figured out the problem I was having running Java as a CGI. Turns out it was two things. Sun being too nitpicky about command-line parameters, and Microsoft doing some cheating to wring a few extra clock-cycles out of their benchmarks.
Basically, I had two choices for a VM to run my …
Basically, I had two choices for a VM to run my …
December 27, 1999
Hope everyone out there had a happy holiday and such. Mine turned out to be quite good after some mid-month troubles.
Got the Games Magazine Interactive games collection from my brother. I'm a big fan of Games magazine (and a charter subscriber, my grandma bought my a subscription for my birthday in…
Got the Games Magazine Interactive games collection from my brother. I'm a big fan of Games magazine (and a charter subscriber, my grandma bought my a subscription for my birthday in…
December 22, 1999
Haven't gotten a damn thing done today, and I'm rather proud of that. Just taking care of holiday essentials and getting a bit of rest.
In keeping with the holiday spirit-o-giving, and so that I'm not completely idle, I have a slew of freebie recommendations. These are little free things that Window…
In keeping with the holiday spirit-o-giving, and so that I'm not completely idle, I have a slew of freebie recommendations. These are little free things that Window…
December 20, 1999
Well, the cable modem folks have promised to replace my modem today, and will have my internet connection running again. Hopefully we can keep it running long enough to replace it with a DSL line in early January. My biggest regret is buying my cable modem rather than renting it. I'll probably put …
December 17, 1999
Once again, I must apologize for the delay. I am currently internet-less in the house. My cable modem service has proven itself to be good on the speed scale, but awful on the reliability scale. The cable company has reported that my whole neighborhood is down, as it has been for a week. They're br…
December 08, 1999
Ugh, sorry for the delay. I've been descending through the 666th level of proxy-hell here, which left my machine internet-less for the better part of the week. Basically, I've got a cable modem hooked up to Shelly's machine, and we were using SyGate to connect the other two machines (the iMac and m…
November 29, 1999
Ahh the fun life of living off royalties. It seems to have become a little quarterly ritual that I end up calling up a software company and telling 'em that they're late with the check or have otherwise munged things up.
This time it's Expert, or more correctly Activision. Not only is the check two …
This time it's Expert, or more correctly Activision. Not only is the check two …
November 26, 1999
Today is my birthday. If your gift to me doesn't arrive today, I'll assume that UPS is having problems keeping up for the holidays.
November 22, 1999
Just a couple of minor notes today. Did a little work on the animation engine when I could. I've got an odd crash bug on the CE machine. Crash bugs on the CE machines are a pain because you can't really report crash information to the debugger. On a regular app, you can just let the app crash, and …
November 17, 1999
I just figured out where all that new VC and IPO money is going.
It's going to me!
Yep, that's right. Venture Capitalists are handing out huge sums of cash to startups, and it's working its way directly into my pocket.
A couple of days ago, I heard that allbooks4less was making a starting offer of two…
It's going to me!
Yep, that's right. Venture Capitalists are handing out huge sums of cash to startups, and it's working its way directly into my pocket.
A couple of days ago, I heard that allbooks4less was making a starting offer of two…
November 10, 1999
Just finished reading Jerry Pournelle's take on the Microsoft findings. I think that, in many ways, he is spot-on. Reading his adventures with the developer programs awakened some neurons in my brain that have been hibernating for the past few years, so I'm gonna relate my own experiences with the …
November 08, 1999
Quick note today. My wife Shelly, a longtime admirer of my developer diary, has started her own.
Read the new diary and enter her world. Marvel at the trials and tribulations of a modern one-horse civil engineering company. Quake in fear of the fact that my wife does look a bit like her logo. Learn …
Read the new diary and enter her world. Marvel at the trials and tribulations of a modern one-horse civil engineering company. Quake in fear of the fact that my wife does look a bit like her logo. Learn …
November 06, 1999
I don't have much to add to Geoff's points about the Microsoft decision. Here's my $.02.
I see the polls about Gates, and I wonder how many people are very well thought-out about the whole thing. I bet if you asked most people who want Microsoft "stopped" why they want that to happen, their argument…
I see the polls about Gates, and I wonder how many people are very well thought-out about the whole thing. I bet if you asked most people who want Microsoft "stopped" why they want that to happen, their argument…
November 05, 1999
Interestingly, I got no responses from yesterday's entry. Usually when I'm on a tear, I get lots of responses from folks telling me they agree or that I ate too many lead paint chips as a child. Oh well.
Anyway, I've finally come full-circle. Yes, for the first time since DeskMate was dropped around…
Anyway, I've finally come full-circle. Yes, for the first time since DeskMate was dropped around…
November 04, 1999
Awright, I'm back from the Austin GDC road-trip, and if you think I don't have comments, you must be new here :)
First off, it was a rather disappointing experience. There were five slots for seminars, and most included only two choices for what to see. The choices, on the whole, were nothing I hadn…
First off, it was a rather disappointing experience. There were five slots for seminars, and most included only two choices for what to see. The choices, on the whole, were nothing I hadn…
November 02, 1999
Just a quickie mention of a couple of my favorite games. Not computer games this time, but a couple of my favorite tabletop games.
The first is Stack. It's available commercially, but it's really too expensive for what you get. There is, however, a cheaper two-player version available now. There use…
The first is Stack. It's available commercially, but it's really too expensive for what you get. There is, however, a cheaper two-player version available now. There use…
November 01, 1999
Two months until Y2K! One month until I move into a tent in my backyard to await the Rupture :)
Getting ready to head down to Austin for Wednesday's GDC road-trip. I've got a pal who's gonna be putting me up for the night, so it should be a pretty inexpensive affair. He's a fellow game developer who…
Getting ready to head down to Austin for Wednesday's GDC road-trip. I've got a pal who's gonna be putting me up for the night, so it should be a pretty inexpensive affair. He's a fellow game developer who…
October 26, 1999
As you can see, I've got a bit of a different look now. I'm making the long-overdue step of getting my own domain name, so I figured I'd revamp the web page a bit. Not many big changes, just a general streamlining. Made the text a bit more browser-compatible. Eliminated the book and tools sections …
October 20, 1999
Still working on the Java project. I'm about halfway there. I think all of the technological issues are ironed out. It's just a matter of putting everything in place now.
All in all, my Java experience is mixed. It is certainly easier to use than C++, but the syntax, while simpler, is not as elegant…
All in all, my Java experience is mixed. It is certainly easier to use than C++, but the syntax, while simpler, is not as elegant…
October 11, 1999
Spent most of Sunday setting up my wife's official business web page. I think it turned out quite well. We tried to keep it simple, and not as stuffy as the web pages of other engineering firms. She made good use of the Whip plug-in (which is basically Acrobat for CAD drawings) to show off her work…
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