Southlake, TX
Imparting game development wisdom of dubious quality a ridiculously long time.
December 28, 2007
Getting much less done these holidays than I'd hoped.
1. Inlaws take us on a one-week trip to Cozumel Mexico, which was fun.
2. Kiddo is home and is an attention sponge.
3. Mel the wonder (read: stupid) dog ran away and managed to get himself impaled pretty badly on a fence, necessitating an emergency…
1. Inlaws take us on a one-week trip to Cozumel Mexico, which was fun.
2. Kiddo is home and is an attention sponge.
3. Mel the wonder (read: stupid) dog ran away and managed to get himself impaled pretty badly on a fence, necessitating an emergency…
December 20, 2007
Okay, not "Holiday Cards" per se, but I still have plenty of Code Zone Gift Cards available for holiday gifting for puzzle-solving friends. Go here to get some.
If you're within five days' first-class shipping to Texas (and that covers pretty-much all of the US), I can still get you a gift card in t…
If you're within five days' first-class shipping to Texas (and that covers pretty-much all of the US), I can still get you a gift card in t…
December 14, 2007
Well it took a couple of passes, but I'm officially entered in Aral Balkan's show off what you did with SWX contest. It's basically a contest for people to show off what they did with SWX, and he has a couple of fancy shmancy prizes.
And for those who don't know what SWX is (i.e. most of you), it's …
And for those who don't know what SWX is (i.e. most of you), it's …
December 12, 2007
I was never completely happy with the Daily Puzzle Statisticalyzer. While it certainly did the job, it seemed to require several steps to do everything. For quite a while I've been wanting something that's a more at-a-glance picture of how well you're playing.
Plus, all people really want to see is …
December 06, 2007
1. The Code Zone Mobile site is now officially in beta at mobile.thecodezone.com. This should be much friendlier for platforms with small screens and/or low-performance CPU's and/or low-end browsers. The games can be sized for your particular handheld. The pages take up minimal bandwidth and have n…
November 28, 2007
I'm getting ready to get outta dodge here, but I did want to put up my first stab at a mobile Code Zone puzzle page. I figure that some of my games would work quite nicely on all these new small browser handheld OLPC whatevers, so I'm working on a smaller and lower-bandwidth version of the site.
Her…
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November 27, 2007
Off to sunny (and it actually looks like it might be sunny) Austin tomorrow so I can cover the Independent Game Conference for gamedev.
I honestly have no idea what to expect from this conference. I presume it's going to be a fairly small affair, but it does look like they have quite a few sponsors …
I honestly have no idea what to expect from this conference. I presume it's going to be a fairly small affair, but it does look like they have quite a few sponsors …
November 23, 2007
Yep, just in time for the holidays, the hardworking hobbits down at The Code Zone game-mines deep in the heart of Texas have put together a fine fine gift for gift-giving times.
Yep, it's The Code Zone Gift Cards. Each card is good for one fully-registered download of the recipient's choice (Bulldoz…
Yep, it's The Code Zone Gift Cards. Each card is good for one fully-registered download of the recipient's choice (Bulldoz…
November 19, 2007
I have a big sales-related announcement coming. And, being wise to the ways of sales, I'm gonna save it for Black Friday (which is this Friday for you non-US types).
Until then, just be aware that it'll be cool, it'll be cheap, and it'll be perfect for the folks on your shopping list.
Until then abou…
Until then, just be aware that it'll be cool, it'll be cheap, and it'll be perfect for the folks on your shopping list.
Until then abou…
November 16, 2007
Well I just got the upgrade to MS Money 2008. It's exactly the same as MS Money 2005, which is exactly the same as MS Money 2004, etc. The only real reason to update is because the price includes two years of internet-based bank-account downloads.
I have pretty-much every account of ours hooked up t…
I have pretty-much every account of ours hooked up t…
November 13, 2007
Steps to starting a weirdass morning. . .
1. Guy from local chamber of commerce invites himself to our house to introduce himself and to have coffee so he can learn all about what we do.
2. Guy applies Dale-Carnegie techniques to ingratiate himself to us, including "I am fiercely interested in you" h…
1. Guy from local chamber of commerce invites himself to our house to introduce himself and to have coffee so he can learn all about what we do.
2. Guy applies Dale-Carnegie techniques to ingratiate himself to us, including "I am fiercely interested in you" h…
November 08, 2007
Okay, it looks like things are pretty stable now. The server move is complete and everything seems to be working. That being said, here are two site updates.
1. New Daily Puzzle! If you haven't noticed, a new game is up. It's an old classic called Brain Bones. It's an addictive game with an interest…
1. New Daily Puzzle! If you haven't noticed, a new game is up. It's an old classic called Brain Bones. It's an addictive game with an interest…
November 03, 2007
Well it looks like I have a weekend to myself, and weekends are times for low traffic from the games (lots of cubicle-bound players out there), so I'm making the big server-move.
I uploaded everything, updated everyone's entries, migrated the database, changed the original code zone's .htaccess to p…
I uploaded everything, updated everyone's entries, migrated the database, changed the original code zone's .htaccess to p…
October 31, 2007
Well I got my messengers working. And they're in Flash so I can't show 'em off in here. Go to my mirror page here to see 'em.
http://thecodezone.blogspot.com/2007/10/site-health-o-matic-messenger-and.html
Comments please!
http://thecodezone.blogspot.com/2007/10/site-health-o-matic-messenger-and.html
Comments please!
October 29, 2007
Working on moving the venerable old CivilGrrl site over to new hosting today. I decided as an experiment that I'd move as much of the site as possible to off-site services. Seemed odd that I'd be putting stuff on my own server (blogs, picture browsers, etc) when all that stuff is available elsewher…
October 26, 2007
Just thought of a possible idea for the chumby as well as Flash widgets in general. I know there are IM products that have little "message me" web interfaces that you can embed into web pages, but I don't much like them. I'd rather have an interface more like an answering machine. How about this. .…
October 24, 2007
Well, a buncha months ago I put my name on the "lemme know when the Chumby is shipping" list at chumby.com.
Last week I got an email telling me that folks on the list could buy prerelease Chumbys (Chumbies?), so I couldn't resist.
So I now got a Chumby on my desk. I got the Latte color one because it…
Last week I got an email telling me that folks on the list could buy prerelease Chumbys (Chumbies?), so I couldn't resist.
So I now got a Chumby on my desk. I got the Latte color one because it…
October 23, 2007
Since I never throw anything away, here's something amusing. A couple of years ago, a case-manufacturer sent me a ridiculous-looking computer case to review. I wrote the review, but I guess the gamedev brass thought it was too snarky to deserve coverage, and they never posted it.
Since I think it's …
Since I think it's …
October 18, 2007
Because I'm an elitist snob, I will tell you this. . .
Right or wrong, the following two things will make me think less of you as a human being
1: If, in casual conversation, I ask you what you're currently reading or what books you've read lately and you give me anything other than a book title. If …
Right or wrong, the following two things will make me think less of you as a human being
1: If, in casual conversation, I ask you what you're currently reading or what books you've read lately and you give me anything other than a book title. If …
October 17, 2007
Okay, it looks like there's not gonna be a "magic bullet" for browser-compatibility versus embedded objects. The javascript-optional method of SWFObject (formerly SWFFix) just admitted as such.
The problem seems to be in the method employed. To get around the IE "click to activate" issue, th…
The problem seems to be in the method employed. To get around the IE "click to activate" issue, th…
October 15, 2007
Pi = 3.1415...
e = 2.71828...
Number of beers required to get me on-stage at a karaoke party to belt out "Born To Run" = 6
e = 2.71828...
Number of beers required to get me on-stage at a karaoke party to belt out "Born To Run" = 6
October 12, 2007
Oops, a birthday I forgot to mention. My little ReadyNAS computer hard drive redundant RAID terabyte backup thingy has now officially been running virtually nonstop for a year. During that year, its downtime has probably been about two hours, counting local power failures, drive upgrades, turning t…
October 11, 2007
For those wondering if I was planning to enter the McDonalds Monopoly contest a thousand times this year, it ain't happening. This year they changed the rules and ended their partnership with Best Buy. Now you have a chance at getting a $1 or a $5 coupon for Toys R Us or a 10% off coupon at Foot Lo…
October 09, 2007
Well there's something to see with your morning coffee. . .
I just downloaded the latest PDF of Develop Magazine (click the "Download Print Edition" button in the upper-right corner), which is a Euro-centric game development magazine. It's glossy and fairly lacking in technical information, so if yo…
I just downloaded the latest PDF of Develop Magazine (click the "Download Print Edition" button in the upper-right corner), which is a Euro-centric game development magazine. It's glossy and fairly lacking in technical information, so if yo…
October 08, 2007
First off, I ended up giving away three ponies, although only one pony-recipient has thus-far entered all his books. Still, thanks. I've as-yet not chosen my books yet. I think my favorite summer read was "Day of the Triffids" by Wyndham, so I was thinking of getting another one of his.
BTW, if you …
BTW, if you …
October 05, 2007
Okay, not really.
I bought a Zune. Specifically one of those version 1.0 30-gig Zunes that Woot was dumping for $100 yesterday. I'm not planning on replacing the PocketPC-phone-thingy that I currently use for audiobooks when I'm out, mainly because a 2-gig flash-card will easily hold an unabridged a…
I bought a Zune. Specifically one of those version 1.0 30-gig Zunes that Woot was dumping for $100 yesterday. I'm not planning on replacing the PocketPC-phone-thingy that I currently use for audiobooks when I'm out, mainly because a 2-gig flash-card will easily hold an unabridged a…
October 04, 2007
I'm no longer hip. The last trendy band I listened to was Foo Fighters, and until today I thought that "Emo Culture" somehow involved acting like that 80's comedian with the bad haircut.
But I guess I'm also post-nerd. I stopped giggling at mentions of the number 42 around 1983. I saw Star Wars (twi…
But I guess I'm also post-nerd. I stopped giggling at mentions of the number 42 around 1983. I saw Star Wars (twi…
October 03, 2007
Picture of the day. Shortly after sunrise September 26 2007, the Delta rocket takes off from pad 17b at NASA sending the Dawn mission to the asteroid belt. Here it is from Cocoa Beach, taken with our little Kodak.
This is shortly before the sound hit us, because there are still a few seagulls on the…
This is shortly before the sound hit us, because there are still a few seagulls on the…
October 03, 2007
Okay, lemme make this clear. This. . .
. . .is a pony. It's my pony. Her name is "Pretty Princess" and I love to brush her mane and look lovingly into her pretty blue eyes.
And why is this my pony?
Because none of you have signed up to paperbackswap via this link and gotten yourself some goldurned fre…
. . .is a pony. It's my pony. Her name is "Pretty Princess" and I love to brush her mane and look lovingly into her pretty blue eyes.
And why is this my pony?
Because none of you have signed up to paperbackswap via this link and gotten yourself some goldurned fre…
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