Ah, it feels so good to finish a project! I have somewhere around a 10:1 ratio of apps started to finished; the majority of my projects get pushed aside as something more interesting comes up. But Omega is now complete--I've submitted it to the cell phone QA people who are giving it the once-over before offering it to T-mobile et al for sale--and ( Read more... )

Danger is about to release the Sidekick 3--the next version of my cell phone ( Read more... )

I tested successfully for first gup yesterday: nine patterns, a 3" break, sparring, terminology, and the ability to sit cross-legged for an hour. After all this time, the next steps for me are pre- black-belt tests (two of them), then testing for black in a little under a year.

Here's my new belt:    
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Since I mostly spend my time talking about Tae Kwon Do and stomach problems (a la GERD), I was thinking of changing my LJ's title. How about, "Reflex and Reflux"?

Right now, at this moment, I am very very scared. No way should a stupid quiz be this accurate. :(



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I'm making some nice progress on the cell phone video game, now titled Omega. The first few tutorial panels read:
 Bad news, trooper: Earth has been invaded, and all of our defenses have been wiped out. Humanity is just days from turning into alien chow ( Read more... )

Tara and Isaac both tested for 9th gup this morning, and I tested for 3rd this afternoon. We were all successful ( Read more... )

And the winner is... BattleZone! Or, at least, a variant thereof ( Read more... )

Popped in a few more improvements to the cell phone 3D engine today ( Read more... )

The second round of performance tuning is done, and the performance numbers have climbed up to 2519 triangles per second unlit, and 1943 per second with lighting. Having reached ~2000 puts the engine in the range where it can draw a 100-triangles scene at 20 frames per second, which means I should be able to put together some rudimentary 3D games ( Read more... )