Sunday, October 9, 2011
On being a developer:
I know very little about programming complex things- how to go about coding something like Minecraft, for instance- where would I even start?
I am good at scripting, though, given that I know commands.
It always amazes me how other folks seem to grasp these complex constructs with ease- Everyone tells me that I could, too, if I spent the time to learn, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.
Simpler things come easily, though- blatantly re-using (read: plagiarizing) code that works and hobbling it together (into some sort of frankencode construct) is what I'm good at. Kinda unethical, I'll admit, but I don't sell or otherwise profit off of these things.
Something about reverse-engineering can be relevant here, too. Reading through code that accomplishes something similar (or a part of what you want to do) grants insight into how what you want to do might work. It also presents the tempting opportunity to copy-and-paste, which is a bad habit of mine that I'm working to break.
More to come on all this later.
I am good at scripting, though, given that I know commands.
It always amazes me how other folks seem to grasp these complex constructs with ease- Everyone tells me that I could, too, if I spent the time to learn, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.
Simpler things come easily, though- blatantly re-using (read: plagiarizing) code that works and hobbling it together (into some sort of frankencode construct) is what I'm good at. Kinda unethical, I'll admit, but I don't sell or otherwise profit off of these things.
Something about reverse-engineering can be relevant here, too. Reading through code that accomplishes something similar (or a part of what you want to do) grants insight into how what you want to do might work. It also presents the tempting opportunity to copy-and-paste, which is a bad habit of mine that I'm working to break.
More to come on all this later.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
200th post!
A milestone! For me, anyway. Is that a kilometerstone in countries that don't adhere to the customary system?
Here is a picture I took. It is of an apparently unremarkable white door. Make of it what you will, I suppose.
I'm just kidding, I know units! The door will make sense later, I promise.
Here is a picture I took. It is of an apparently unremarkable white door. Make of it what you will, I suppose.
I'm just kidding, I know units! The door will make sense later, I promise.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Shameless Plug: The Dark Bite @ Blogspot
The inaugural plug of the newly-created CCWK Content Network is here:
I give you the newly-formed blog of a good friend of mine, a comic aficionado and foodie- A blog whose title speaks for itself. This is [ http://thedarkbite.blogspot.com ].
Be gentle, folks- he's new to the scene. He's treated me to excellent breakfast tacos and given excellent recommendations on where to get delicious [ barbecue ].
I give you the newly-formed blog of a good friend of mine, a comic aficionado and foodie- A blog whose title speaks for itself. This is [ http://thedarkbite.blogspot.com ].
Be gentle, folks- he's new to the scene. He's treated me to excellent breakfast tacos and given excellent recommendations on where to get delicious [ barbecue ].
Sunday, October 2, 2011
On the slight decline in visible activity:
I'm slaving away at decent guides!
Maybe I should publish portions of them, and then a summary post later?
I'm also working on getting a few other sites up.
Until then, I'll post occasionally and with tidbits I think you'll like:
[ http://reddit.com/r/aww ] is just a colossal collection of cute.
It makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
Maybe I should publish portions of them, and then a summary post later?
I'm also working on getting a few other sites up.
Until then, I'll post occasionally and with tidbits I think you'll like:
[ http://reddit.com/r/aww ] is just a colossal collection of cute.
It makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
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