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Wannabe: Dimensionality
As I proceed farther into wannabe, I find I need more content to test and validate the work I’m doing. That is the purpose for the vignette milestones over in the issue tracker. So, I’ve finally started on one: Rain. … Continue reading
Wannabe: The Perils of Hidden Voxel Removal
At least part of the problem Wannabe has with rendering is that we’re blindly drawing every voxel in a somewhat arbitrary manner. Right now, it’s sorted only by Z, the rest stays in the order added to the initial grid. … Continue reading
Wannabe: Interlude
I’ve not not been working on wannabe — in fact I have significant code and written content that I haven’t posted. I’ll try to get somewhere more this weekend. In a nutshell, there’s at least two problems: I use a … Continue reading
Wannabe: Gaining some perspective
Small diversion: What I didn’t really mention in the last post was that I had actually gotten the PsuedoPerspective working a bit better. Let’s see what that looks like!
Wannabe: Advanced cubism
Continuing the Cabinet projection effort from the last post let’s see if we can close out issue #1 on github. We need to add sides and make sure things look good under different circumstances.
Wannabe: making a Cabinet
I’ve copied several of the issues from the last post into the github project’s issues list. Herein, I work on issue #1: A Cabinet (Projection). Read on to see how we can make these little squares a little more cubey.
Even a wannabe needs goals
In the first article, I described the basics of wannabe: a simple graphics engine. I haven’t been letting it sit, I’ve added some small features to it and have been making plans. On github: wannabe: Multiplatform low-resolution 3d engine. For … Continue reading
The wannabe graphics engine
After recently getting an Ouya device, I got inspired to make a game.  Then I realized two things: I don’t have any skill with 3d, and I learn by doing. Here’s a quick guide to what I’ve done so far: wannabe, … Continue reading
Making an Android app look like a web browser
I’m not in the business of writing web browsers, but my HTC One X has a problem: HtcLinkify. Due to an annoying lawsuit from Apple, HTC changed the behavior of web links on their devices. Instead of jumping right into … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Recovery
Tried to boot up my macbook after a long weekend. Got the inscrutable flashing folder with a question mark. Tried a couple of tips from the internet, like holding option or ‘c’ down, neither of which worked. Then, hooked up … Continue reading
Upgrading Git on MacOS X Lion
This was way harder than it needs to be, because MacOS X Lion ships with git 1.7.4.4 in /usr/bin. Here’s a quick sequence of steps: Download and install latest version from http://git-scm.com/. This appears to work but won’t change anything … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Utilities you need to survive
Several utilities that make life bearable on the mac: KeyRemap4MacBook — awesome way to make sensible keyboard changes. Recommend the following settings: Change Eject Key / Eject to Forward Delete Change Fn Key / Fn+letter to Control_L+Letter (note: I use … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Screensavers and keys
No real editorial here, just capturing some metrics. Number of keys lost when coming out of screensaver or sleep to the unlock password prompt: Windows XP: 1..n — You have to hit ctrl-alt-del anyway. And all keys between CAD and … Continue reading
Pretending to Git Good
Git tries its darndest to be as hard as possible to use. More than anything, it suffers from too-many-options-itis and correspondingly confusing options, often a warning flag for a programming language or tool. But git’s core is good, and it … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Hardware Wrap-up
As mentioned in my post, I’m using a MacBook now, every day, as my work computer. And, well, I’ve not died nor been struck by lightning or anything. But am I a convert? Read my of my experiences with the … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Keyboard
As mentioned in my post, I’m using a MacBook now, every day, as my work computer. And, well, I’ve not died nor been struck by lightning or anything. But am I a convert? Read of my experiences with the platform. … Continue reading
Revising MuddyHorse
I’m moving to wordpress to administer my whole site, ultimately. So this is a bit in progress. I’ll restore all the bits in a bit. You can still find content on to the old blog if you want to, though … Continue reading
I Love Apple
I love apple. You? Apple very Square, yet not square! Tasty, and not tasty. And so on. Here are some very quick impressions from almost two days.
Pat's Favorite FireFox Extensions, Oct 2010
Here’s an update to a . Extensions have come and gone, and Firefox is much updated now, at 3.6.x, with 4.0 on the near horizon.