It’s been a bumpy road to get there, but I’ve created a dirent.h for use in hacking the Nintendo Wii. You might ask, “what the heck did you go and do that for?” Perhaps it’s because I’m a good Samaritan who saw the suffering of my fellow Wii h4x0rd00dz and knew that I could ease [...]
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Wii! That was a fun ride with dirent.h!
Posted in Codealicious, Indie Games on September 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Visual Studio 2008 Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
Posted in Codealicious on September 2, 2008 | 9 Comments »
For all you C# fans out there, I came across this excellent keyboard cheat sheet today. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. One of Visual Studio’s best-kept secrets is its excellent keyboarding support (like one of my favorites, CTRL+ENTER). To get a full list of keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio 2008, I [...]
Magic of the Mod
Posted in Codealicious on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mathematics is full of weird and wonderful constructs that you can use to leap buildings in a single bound. If you examine even a small string of mathematical symbols, you’ll discover a complex dance of interrelated algorithms. Even the humble “plus” and “minus” operators reveal a fair number of mathematical principles and properties.
C# 3.0 Encourages Rubyisms
Posted in Codealicious on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
C# 3.0 (.NET Framework 3.5) adds some great features, such as extension methods and lambdas, that let’s you write magical code that looks suspiciously Rubyish. Extension methods let you dynamically extend your types so you can do things like this: Also, have a look at Sergio’s XmlBuilder to see lambdas and reflection put to good [...]
RoR is Hip, But no Silver Bullet
Posted in Codealicious, tagged linked in ruby rails programming on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fábio Akita talks about being pragmatic when deciding whether to use Ruby on Rails: It is here now and many people are already benefiting from it. But, does it make it suitable for every web application? Definitely not. For that you have to decide yourself through hands-on experience. The result for your situation will differ [...]
