MIT 6-00sc
13/07/2013
I’m trying another more prestigious path to learning Python via MIT Open Courseware 6-00sc Thinking this will be more of a challenge, and test my dedication + commitment
13/07/2013
I’m trying another more prestigious path to learning Python via MIT Open Courseware 6-00sc Thinking this will be more of a challenge, and test my dedication + commitment
13/07/2013
I’ve been working through GitHub for useful code, found some interesting material, but it’s time to step up my learning. After reading through this Reddit/Python thread: How did you learn Python I’ve chosen Codecademy. I’ve only recently begun, but I like the uncluttered text and being able to enter script on the site. Let’s see how long I can commit to before I become distracted with something else 😉
13/07/2013
Wet forecast, fancy a change from games? Here’s what I’ve chosen to occupy my time over the next two days: V for Vendetta Comic Book Apparently heaps better than the film, which I thought was quite poor and sanctimonious. I’m only picking up the comic due to good recommendations. Quite looking forward to it, as I gre up in the Thatcher years, and haven’t read a full comic series in…
08/07/2013
I accidentally came across ThunderClap today, as it was linked from my home page on Firefox. I thought the link was to take me to an info page on the soon to be released Firefox OS. This sounds like a very valuable tool, in the social media World. I am keen to keep an eye on it, and I am sure that my participation will be shown in the Twitter…
08/07/2013
Independent.co.uk: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A fish: The most highbrow jokes in the world A few of the jokes really made me lol, my favourites: Q How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? A None, it’s a hardware problem. A programmer’s wife tells him: “Run to the store and pick up a loaf of bread. If they have…
07/07/2013
Bit late to the party, but this has to be a wind up… right? Christopher Poole or “Moot” as he is known on 4chan.org, another type of image sharing website, says he’s disappointed at Reddit’s behavior. “It really disgusts me what Reddit is doing to 9Gag. They just need to stop this already. The internet is supposed to be a fun place where everyone is accepted. It’s not funny what…
07/07/2013
I’m investigating the uses for MEGA, as an Android app became recently available. Considering using it for secure communication; as all data is encrypted, therefore if multiple people had a log in to the same account they could share files that could be messages. Another option is to upload the message as a file, and share a link to the file in an encrypted format, then delete the file after…
04/07/2013
Here’s a thread I’ve been working through to set up gpg keys on my system:Ubuntu Forums –I’ll keep this thread current as my personal reference of what I’m playing with I’ve had some success, I just need to convince the people I communicate with that they need to encrypt their emails now 🙂
04/07/2013
Through the cpanel of this site I’ve just made the site Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure 🙂 I’ve been using HTTPS-everywhere in Chrome and Firefox for quite a while, and I imagined it would be more of a challenge, and costly to set up, so I’ve never got around to looking into it before. 5 mins after logging into the cpanel, the site is ‘secure’! The certificate however isn’t registered, so…
02/07/2013
Google Reader has just stopped refreshing, I’m sad 🙁 It’s one of those events like the Kennedy assassination, Diana’s demise, or the falling of the Berlin wall, I’ll always remember where I was when it happened. RIP Google Reader 2005 – 2013 Update: It’ll be a week tomorrow since Reader was stolen away from us in its prime, and I still find myself habitually opening the app, only to be…
02/07/2013
Cool news, everyone’s favourite 4 player squad game is hopefully having a sequel… and no I don’t mean XCOM 🙂 Back in the 66 Mhz days of Uni, ’93 Syndicate (Just read Peter Molyneux was involved!) and ’96 Syndicate Wars were 2 DOS titles I put heaps of time into, and watching house mates play. Strange the memories I have of it are trying to get my guys to stick…
02/07/2013
Insightful article from The Guardian, both interesting and scary. I’d love the opportunity to play with some of these data sets.
30/06/2013
Here’s an interesting article at Joystiq, comparing the prices of past consoles at release, with today’s prices, allowing for inflation. Surprising? Not really, given we know that hardware retail prices are subsidised, and the dollars are made from software sales. Thus why the manufacturers want to control the retail market electronically, and not leave chain stores to shifting hard copy discs, plus kill off the second hand game market. After…
30/06/2013
After googling “Deadpool”, I read that he appeared in a Wolverine movie… I won’t name the film, please don’t search for it, and don’t waste your precious moments alive by watching it 🙂
30/06/2013
On a chilled Sunday afternoon, who needs more than this! Mindless violence, punctuated frequently with humorous quips, while making simple decisions of light / heavy / ranged / teleport. Welcome to Deadpool. It’s easy to work through, challenging in that you’ve gotta get the solution right without needing to googling it, but most of all, it’s fun! Plus I haven’t played a more comic book style game since XIII Gaming…
This will be interesting, as the OS should be easy to emulate… still upset they run with this and ditch Reader though 😉 Will Google become the next Nintendo, meaning 3rd place in the console market share… but surely they can never have bigger titles than Mario and Zelda? ign – Android Games Console
29/06/2013
Currently installing The Last of US, I haven’t been this intrigued by a release in a while, I’m looking forward to it!
27/06/2013
[Rating:4.5] My first endeavor into space and linux gaming, and I’m loving it! I did pick up a couple of PS3 games to play last week… but I’ve forgotten what they were (Yakuza 3, buggered if I can remember the other :)) all of my gaming, and blogging time has been taken up playing with rockets. 😀 So if you haven’t guessed yet, I’ve been enthralled with the Kerbal Space…
18/06/2013
I don’t know how I missed this on launch… or after spending a little time playing with it today, I may have deleted it on launch and forgot about it 🙂 There are only 2 reasons I boot up my xbox, for Street Fighter and kinect games. And after burning off a bit of sweat on sports titles this afternoon, I started messing about with the voice prompts. One thing…