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The Magpie Developer
Jeff Atwood is one of the best programmer/writers around. I love reading his stuff, some I agree wholeheartedly with, other stuff we disagree, but this post is about a dead-on as they come. This idea has been floating in my head for a long time, but it is hard for me to conceptualize it in words, Atwood does a brilliant job at it. Must read for any developer. |
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Andy Olmsted's Last Blog Entry.
(Warning: Pretty rough) No matter how you feel politically about the war, this reminds you that each number people throw around as statistics is a human life. This is extremely well written, and pretty rough on your soul towards the end, but something everyone should read. Its a shitty situation all around, but there is always a human face behind the statistics and I want to make sure I never forget that. |
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Drinking stories that put yours to shame
Via Keith
To preserve his body during the voyage home, the second-in-command stored Nelson's body in the ship's vat of rum and halted all liquor rations to the crew. Not a bad idea, but when the ship reached port, officials went to retrieve Nelson's body and found the vat dry.
Disregarding good taste (in every sense), the crew had been secretly drinking from it the entire way home. After that, naval rum was referred to as Nelson's Blood. |
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making vodka pills in 24 hours
Recently, Chef Fabian was experimenting further with the Adria/Torreblanca technique of making 'vodka pills.' I use this word to describe the process of making liquid-filled candies by pouring flavored alcohol syrups into cornstarch and letting it set until a hard outer shell forms. |
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Strategy Letter VI - joelonsoftware.com
As a programmer, thanks to plummeting memory prices, and CPU speeds doubling every year, you had a choice. You could spend six months rewriting your inner loops in Assembler, or take six months off to play drums in a rock and roll band, and in either case, your program would run faster. Assembler programmers don’t have groupies.
Entire Article is Dead On. A must read for anyone in the software biz. |
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(Wednesday, August 25)
Joint Op Update
For Jop's Out There. And All My Force-7.
Record Breaking Online Game to release additional content this week
By Christiaan Allebest
August 24, 2004 - 19:11 EST
Calabasas, CA - Novalogic, a well-known creator of military-themed computer games, announced today that additional content will be available this week to all gamers who purchased their recent First-Person Shooter, Joint Ops: Typhoon Rising.
Built upon the Black Hawk engine, Joint Operations takes place in the near-future around the jungles of Indonesia and recently made headlines when it broke the world's record for the most players on a single server. Typhoon Rising has the capability to run servers and maps that have 150 players online simultaneously.
The downloads available this week for the title include a patch, a mission editor, and a new map. The patch will fix some known issues that have arisen during the course of the game and is intended to increase it's performance on older systems.
The mission editor, which will be called N.I.L.E. (Novalogic Internal Level Editor) will allow players to create new missions and maps using the games' existing assets. Initially released as a beta, the editor will be used to gain feedback for eventual updates and improvements.
In addition to the mission editor and the patch, Joint Ops will be enhanced by a new map for its multiplayer only online matches. It will be for use in the gametype "Advance & Secure" and is expected to also be set in the Indonesian jungle.
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Disclaimer
The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in anyway.
© Copyright 2003-2007, Eric Thompson |
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