Maze generation has never been easier: Math.random() < 0.5 ? “/” : “\\”; and you’ve got yourself a maze! Like all awesome ideas this one comes directly from the Commodore 64.
I found this in a txt document that myself & the missus wrote, possibly when drunk, in 2002. Seems important. Aquaman Barometer Chicken Dress-ups Eatery Fedora Goal Posts Heliotrope Irksome Jalepeno Kraftwerk Limp Moisten Nice Oblong Pancake Quincy Restrooms Satay Tanktop Uppity Voltimeter Wafting Xtreme Yurt ZZ Top
Maybe you’ve heard that there’s a new kid on the short-message scene: App.Net. It’s just like Twitter, except you have to pay $50 a year to use it. Sure, that’ll keep the poor people away – but what else do you get for the fee? How’s this for an incentive: no longer are you limited [...]
[update: wow, amazing response so far! I'll start collating the data and get you all some findings soon.] Hey chaps, I’m canvasing general opinions and understanding about CoffeeScript as research for an up-n-coming book. There seems to be some pretty strong thoughts on the matter amongst the people I’ve talked to in person, and I’m [...]
As many of you may know from my complaining, I’ve currently embarked on a new writing mission: a CoffeeScript book for SitePoint. The example project that runs throughout is an HTML5 game using Canvas. While I was trying to create a random colour palette – for instructional purposes – I fell over this “trick” of [...]
I just finished typing all this code, and boy are my arms tired! Wait, that doesn’t really work. Anyway, I did a search on twitter for the hash tag #rimshot yesterday and the results were not very funny. The problem was that seeing the term #rimshot is not the same as hearing “budum ching”. Hence, [...]
Caine’s Arcade is the coolest arcade ever (even better than Flynn’s Arcade and Bailey’s Arcade. The “pros” of Caine’s Arcade are that all the games are hand-built by a 9 year old, out of cardboard. But the “cons” are the prices: $1 gets you 4 plays, and $2 gets you a “Fun Pass” ™ valid [...]
Ok, This was a “here’s an old project I’ve abandoned” type post, but after some interest in the matter I’m re-opening this for questions… Syntax highlighting for writers: what do you think? Yay, or nay? When you have a brilliant idea for a start-up, you mock up a prototype and show your intended audience. They’ll [...]
Scala, Play 2.0, CoffeeScript, real-time streams, server-sent events, (lots of) HTML5 canvas, local storage, push state, easter egg, … If you’ve worked in IT for long enough, you make sure you get yourself in a position where you no longer have to work on dull projects. It’s hard (dull projects are often very lucrative – [...]
'lil messages by Mr Speaker
