Monthly Archives: March 2004

Recently Microsoft annouced a new initiative called XNA which is supposed to unify development across (thier) game platforms. You might recall that they have made this point before when the Xbox shipped that since it used DirectX it would be … Continue reading →

So even though I am not in the game industry anymore I did attend the GDC this year. Overall it was pretty fun seeing people that I haven’t seen in a while. The trade show seemed smaller this year. There … Continue reading →

This link tells how you can play old text adventures with an IM client. Pretty cool. Infocombot:> You are in a clearing, with a forest surrounding you on all sides. A path leads south. On the ground is a pile … Continue reading →

Been using firefox/bird/phoenix as my default browser for a while now. Today I went looking for a plugin to block ad images which even with broadband and the fact that I browsing RSS more than HTML seem to be slowing … Continue reading →

Several years ago Headspin was doing a demo at E3. The demo was running really well and lots of people liked it, but a few minutes into it it would hang. Poof. We tried several fixes installing them on the … Continue reading →

Most of this article is about how non-eco friendly the norhwest is. But here’s a fun excerpt: Northwesterners number among the longest-living people on the planet. If British Columbia were a nation of its own, its residents’ 80.7 average years … Continue reading →

Except for a little consulting, I have been unemployed now for around 3 months. So far I am liking it much more than I thought I would. Somethings about it have been surprising. Even though I was working 80 hrs … Continue reading →

For a long time I have been trying to think of what the best layout is for offices on a programming team. There are 3 basic approaches: War Room Cubicles Private Offices While each approach has its advantages and disadvantages, … Continue reading →