May 2008 Blog Posts

NOTE as of 06.23.08The source is now available through this pageI've become obsessed with this stupid Game of Life shite. All my other projects are on hold until I get this out of my system. So far, I've gotten out a simple, plug-in based .NET version: Yagol.NET. Now, for your pleasure, it's: The Yagol++ Screensaver! I added "traces" of where a cell used to be live up to five generations earlier. The saver can be downloaded here. Now, here's the catch: if you want a link to...

Ok, a former colleague of mine decided to create an extension to Visual Studio to allow audio commenting of code. Go here to check it out.

Ed had a post about the fluff around simple, common-sense truths from which I must I ask: What might have sparked this commentary? He answer's this question in part in his own passage: that he seems to be dragged to seminars around buzzwords / buzz-phrases, ergo providing fodder to contemplate over, ergo his posting. On the other hand, it potentially leads to a mind-bending philosophical journey into the nature of clones. I, like Ed, find those nuggets of "truth" (buried deep, deep within the massive stool-pile which is the self-help / buzzword seminar) both enjoyable as well...

NOTE as of 5.03.08Update to code. It actually works now. (what do you expect in 30 minutes)NOTE as of 06.23.08C++ source is now available through this pageNOTE as of 01.13.2009ALL NEW C++ Game of Life screensaver, with PONG! Get it (and source) here!Ok, just trying to get back into C/C++ for work and decided to quick write Conway's Game of Life. I have named it thusly YAGOL (Yet Another Game Of Life). I so hate C/C++ Win32 programming after working in C#. Been working on it for a few days and nights and had...