August 2009
8 posts
Comments On Comments
Someone writes a blog post about some cool new application they’ve written. Nine times out of ten, within minutes, someone comments “first!”, someone else asks if there’s a Windows version, and still someone else complains when they find out there isn’t one. Hours go by, and maybe the blog post is submitted to Digg or Reddit. The pedobear, facepalm, and Admiral Ackbar...
The New Media Shelf
Rands wrote something recently about the relevance of physical books in the age of the Kindle that got me thinking.
I love and can totally relate to what Rands is talking about, not just with books but especially with albums. I have an incredibly meticulous ranking system for the CDs on my shelves, and I play with this system once every few months, taking my CDs out and sorting them by some new...
Courses I Want At My University
Don’t get me wrong, UQ’s great and all, but I think the curriculum is missing a few courses. I would totally study any or all of these:
DRKK1000 - Introduction to Kicking Down Doors
NNJA1010 - Beginning Ninja Studies
PSYP1050 - Developing Your Psychic Powers
TKGL1000 - Talking To Girls For Novices
IMPR1400 - Learning To Do A Good Christopher Walken Impression
LKPK1020 -...
My SongParts Ideas
So, I have some SongParts submission ideas, but some of them probably aren’t all that practical. I think you’ll see what I mean.
Phil Collins — Sussudio. I really like the bit where Phil Collins thought it would be a good idea to go solo from Genesis.
Arcade Fire — Wake Up. I just want the bit where they’re one of the awesomest bands in the world (hint: that’s...
Introducing TwitterFreq
Today, I hacked together a quick application that looks at a whole lot of a Twitter user’s recent tweets and analyses them based on when they were sent. This way, you can look at which time during the day or week you tweet the most. The program spits out a graph that looks like a little something like this:
(by default, TwitterFreq produces a 920-pixel wide graph)
Sure, it only works...
Jonathan Kromrey Appointed Namco's Head Of Apple...
Macworld:
Namco Networks develops games based on its own library of IP, including classic coin-op arcade game hits like Pac-Man, Pole Position, Galaxian and more. Kromrey said in an interview with Macworld that the company will continue to do so, though it will also focus attention to the publication of games from other developers.
Kromrey was on the team that developed Texas Hold ‘Em...