I stopped using this blog for a few reasons. I didn't work on anything interesting for a while, and when I did I started posting on my developer's blog over at gamedev.net. However, I think I'm settling down...
I think there's a lot of potential for delimited continuations in graphics engines, and I plan on using them in what I'm working on. I am using Gambit Scheme however, which does not have a full shift/reset implementation. ...
I'm a sales guy...it's what I do, I've been selling since I was a kid, always listening for the need and then presenting my argumen...err...opportunity and solution! Part of that is the follow up after the sale, I learned the...
Phew. For a second there I didn't think my AppleTV was going to make it.I bought an ATV a few months ago and hacked it pretty seriously. At that point, I was trying to run the full Tiger...
It's been a long, fun week...and it's only Wednesday night. Such is life with a newborn, I suppose. Campbell came home six days ago and since then her three-year-old sister, Graycen, has been trying to adjust. Can you say D-R-A-M-A?...
Lately Fuller and Damon have been bonding over Justice League cartoons. Tonight, while dinner was cooking and I was puttering, they settled into watching a few in Fuller’s room on his DVD player. When I took the picture, I used...
The official title of these muffins are “Bill’s Bran Muffins.” I have a vague idea who Bill is, but the recipe passed from my mom and I really, really like them. I haven’t made them myself before, I usually let...
If ever there was a level playing field, it would have to be the land of the world wide web; anyone with a computer and internet access can create a blog in minutes, develop their online persona in weeks and...
quote from "Anonymous," commenter - 01/27/2009 regarding the post, The Stimulus Package dated 01/21/09. "Most of what is written in this email is not proven to be fact and is of various opinions and segments of other opinion pieces....
Recently a friend of mine who makes soap invited us to come and watch and join in the process. I always wonder about where things come from. I just like to know the journey, the process, the origin of things...
There is nothing more powerful to me than a good story—told in a way that challenges me to think about the world around me and how I fit within that world. And that is why I have chosen a career...
Inspired again by Crystal over at Biblical Womanhood… Here is an update on the goals for 2009 that I posted about at the beginning of the year. Lose weight. This...
Come on South Carolina! Are you serious? From People Magazine Michael Phelps may have admitted to "bad judgment" after a photo of him apparently inhaling from a marijuana pipe was published, but the sheriff in Columbia, S.C., where the incident took place...
I was on St. Louis's NPR station today talking about the election and I officially identified myself as "Protestant." Awesome! I'll link it up later....
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers. 2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling. 3. Protect China - Separate your good dishes...
You’ve probably noticed the rapid adoption of social media in Chattanooga and the great community that has developed around services like Facebook and Twitter. What’s more exciting is how many of these connected Chattanoogans are talking about ways to help...
Two recent quotes. One from Neal Boortz, one from DHinMI of Daily Kos. Can you tell which reads like it’s borrowed from the Cliff Notes of Atlas Shrugged? Which makes more sense?
Quote #1:
These new rules are certain...
The Man Who Made Obama:
It was Plouffe (rhymes with bluff) who gathered the president’s unprecedented thirteen-million-name contact list, which has grown into a fulsome pulsing beast, and it is Plouffe who now owns it and keeps it under lock and...
This is the book I’ve been reading since completing Horror Vacui. It’s reassuring to see the uninformed processes I stumbled my way through while developing the game recommended in a highly regarded game development tome. ●...
Make Something Cool Every Day — The movie novelizations are excellent. I’m a fan of the Caddyshack and The Hudsucker Proxy covers. (via Daring Fireball)...
Like most of the rest of our friends with small kids we have had the funk, as i like to call it, for several weeks now. Caroline was the first to go to the dr with a fever about two...
My friends systematically express disdain towards working out with me. There are several reasons for this. The main one being, I do have a slight tendency to A) wonder (get lost) and B)workout for longer than some people would like.Somehow...
What do you get when you combine a scavenger hunt, a photography contest and art museums in the United States and England? Wikipedia Loves Art.
The Hunter Museum of American Art is one of fifteen museums and cultural institutions participating in...
Warren did go out of his way to try to make a prayer that nodded to other faiths when he did the invocation. The issues Mr. Wretched brings up are quite certainly intentional on the part of Warren. ...
Today's issue: tears in the workplace. On this, folks either wholeheartedly agree with me, or think I'm an awful ogre. My stance is this: There is no crying in baseball. Or librarianship. Or in any other career you want to...
Over the weekend, the family and I jumped in the car and headed out for our normal morning biscuit, followed by taking our first look at several of the vehicles on our short list for replacing one of our aging...
So I had to stop by the drugstore today and realize that it’s Valentine’s Day coming up soon. Immediately I start plotting as it will be our first together.
For the past few years I had been quite dismayed at the...
Those of you who read the paper this morning know that a development group has approached the town about buying town property for commercial development. These developers apparently contacted the town and asked to meet with the Town Council. They...
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