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Squeak for BeOS resurrected?

Been following the Japanese mailing list on Squeak and some postings on a bulletin board about Squeak for BeOS. Is it making a comeback?

2003 10 21 hoanga programming Comments Off on Squeak for BeOS resurrected?

Living in a Mac Wonderland

Another OreillyNet article strikes again… This one summarizing the brainchild behind Rendezvous going to FooCamp which must have been some sort of Oreilly geek conference (Sheesh one of these days I’ll dig up the cash to make it to one of these conferences) and trying to give a talk on Basic Rendezvous and getting trumped […]

2003 10 19 hoanga mac
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Hacking Valve isn’t cool

Got this story from Slashdot. One thing interesting about the account is how frank Gabe Newell the spokesperson on this incident for Valve has been. Personally it annoys me that people are DoSing and trying to steal secrets from a game company. Is there new game engine THAT precious to do all this? Sounds more […]

2003 10 02 hoanga gripe Comments Off on Hacking Valve isn’t cool

Video for Electronic Paper

Got this link one from Slashdot. Seems some researchers have been able to refine the electronic paper technology to display moving pictures hence movies are possible. That’s really cool however… I’ve been waiting some time now for these e-paper ideas to actually hit the street for the consumer. Moving pictures is cool and all but […]

2003 09 26 hoanga tech Comments Off on Video for Electronic Paper

A blast from the Atari Past

I was talking with a friend of mine about classic video games and he brought up E.T. (I date myself by uttering that game) as being one of the ‘worst games ever’. Considering I actually derived some entertainment and PLAYED E.T. and made progress on it I disagreed. I found one of the most opaque […]

2003 09 26 hoanga Comments (3)

Neal Stephenson launches a Wiki to explain his new novel

Neal Stephenson launches a Wiki to explain his new novel Quicksilver. Very cool. Neal Stephenson + Wiki = Very Cool

2003 09 24 hoanga tech Comments Off on Neal Stephenson launches a Wiki to explain his new novel

More iSight Video Tricks

Lots of good things have happened since I wrote Making Movies with the iSight, in which I explained how to use QuickTime Broadcaster with Apple’s new webcam. In this article I’ll show you new iSight video tricks and easier ways to make movies than with Broadcaster. [O’Reilly MacDevCenter.com] I want an iSight now…

2003 09 24 hoanga mac
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Control Your Mac from Afar

Do you want to control your Mac, or one that you’re responsible for, from a remote location? If you’re running Mac OS X, you can take advantage of a variety of built-in Unix and AppleScript tools to control your computer from afar. Harold Martin shows you how. [O’Reilly MacDevCenter.com]

2003 09 24 hoanga mac
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Booted from the store using a Tablet PC

The horrors! Getting booted from a store for whipping out a Tablet PC and fiddling around with it. Gee, if you’re THAT bored waiting for someone why not go outside the store and fiddle with the thing? I like geeking out but I certainly feel like an idiot whipping out a PDA or some hi-tech […]

2003 09 21 hoanga gripe Comments Off on Booted from the store using a Tablet PC

Woz Gives Thumbs Up to remake of Apple I

This type of stuff is really cool. The story is someone did a rebuild of the Apple I and tried contacting Apple about information if he could sell the replicas. They never responded. The person then went to Woz and asked Woz’s permission. Survey says: Thumbs Up! Way cool! I always thought Woz was the […]

2003 09 09 hoanga mac Comments Off on Woz Gives Thumbs Up to remake of Apple I

ElastoLab Physics Engine open sourced

Just heard some rumblings about the ElastoLab Physics Engine being Open Sourced under the MIT license. I’ve not actually had time to sit down and work with the engine at all but it looks like a really neat way to help explore physics.

2003 09 08 hoanga programming Comments Off on ElastoLab Physics Engine open sourced

Public Domain Superhero

There’s an article describing a really neat approach to copyright for superhero figures. Basically the idea is put her in the Public Domain. If Copyright Law hadn’t been extended (yet again) Disney’s well known rodent known as Mickey actually would have been in the public domain allowing anyone to make derivative works. However, the latest […]

2003 09 03 hoanga tech Comments Off on Public Domain Superhero

DHTML Lemmings

Found a link to DHTML version of the classic game Lemmings. This is really neat. And even cooler is that the code is under the GPL (I think) From Cheah Chu Yeow’s Weblog

2003 08 22 hoanga Comments (1)

Real Life the Game Review

Gamespot reviews Real Life as a Game.

2003 08 21 hoanga Comments Off on Real Life the Game Review

Nature makes better Fiber

Yet another story where nature proves is more creative than man in coming up with innovative solutions to life’s problems. This one has some really interesting implications for the Fiber Optics industry. Courtesy of “Slashdot”

2003 08 21 hoanga tech Comments Off on Nature makes better Fiber