So, I've lost some sleep finalizing SpiderQueen for the iPad. Hopefully the approval process goes smoothly. I didn't add music or SFX, but may need these items to qualify for IGF.

It's crazy, after getting a 4.0 last semester, I spent a few weeks in iPad purgatory awaiting approval for ColorBlindAssistantHD and am deep underneath a pile of hobby projects and chores I'd like to finish. It's nearing finals week, I'll have a youtube vid and site updates soon!

I'm at CSU East Bay now, I've added another art section to the site. I'm busy working on more iPhone Apps and will post here as soon as they're available. I made quite a few new vids for my current apps, they're in my youtube channel.

The HD button on my youtube video won't display when the width is less than 445. Otherwise it is only available in fullscreen mode. Remember that there are two width parameters and two height parameters.

Also, some older sites are using some hideous parameters to design the embedded player, the much cleaner solution is to use the tools built into youtube. Go to a youtube video and click "more info" next to the author's pic. The Full video description will be displayed and at the bottom a URL and Embed edit box. To the right of the embed is a blue flower button, click it to customize your embed and make sure "Play in HD" is checkboxed.

Here's my results:
<object width="445" height="720"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kw5-B7eRPIs&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="445" height="720"></embed></object>

So, I'm looking at the site statistics provided by my host and it's almost unreadable. I get around 1000 hits a month, but it's likely all bots. I'm very interested in filtering these results. Maybe I can work this into the Facebook app. Have I mentioned it yet? http://apps.facebook.com/feeblebreed/ It's in a very rough state, it functions just enough to get a good grade in my Java class.

I'm busy working on my first Facebook app, it's going well thanks to Google's App Engine. I'm struggling to conserve the last of my savings while waiting for school to begin next month. I'll likely sell my laptop from 2005 to ease the burden. Feeble Breed v2.0 is nearing release and ColorBlind Assistant is at v2.1 with what looks like a monthly release cycle, due to my fascination with it and it's technological similarities with computer vision.

NVLLIVS IN VERBA
Nullius in Verba" (Latin: "On the words of no one", or "take nobody's word for it" )

I don't own a camera to produce an HD video for youtube, so I'm wondering if I can create a tool to overcome this problem. What I'm thinking is an app that records and plays back finger touches like guitar hero w/ a bluescreen look. Then a separate program is needed which will automatically replace the bluescreen w/ the recorded video. Maybe both of these tools are already available....
My other thought was why I moved away from web development, I think at some point I was discouraged by the resouce consumption, insecurity and non-modular structure of websites. I'll pontificate on this later...

Only for the iPhone ColorBlind Assistant

I've added my first open source PHP to the "Download Source Code Examples" link at the top of the blog.

This would be awesome

I've become completely paranoid, so I stopped adding to the blog. There are so many people who are creating things I like, that I'm wondering if I can do better.

The iphone app is now available at iTunes

Also, I've left Techsoft3d and am in school with the new GI Bill.

Iphone app approved, waiting for banking/contracts.

Game #2

I've started developing on the iPhone because I'm in love w/ the App Store.

The othrographic renderer helped me create a variety of isometric walls very quickly. The animations didn't appear as comic as I had hoped. Also, my tools for organizing images is complete. WOOT!

I've compiled a debug version of perl using VC7 ( Visual Studio 2003 .NET ) on Vista x64.

1) I downloaded the source from http://www.perl.com/download.csp
2) Followed the instructions in the README.win32 and downloaded Windows® Server 2003 Platform SDK which also has the bufferoverflowU.lib my compiler requires.
3) Edited the makefile:
a) Commented out "CCTYPE = MSVC20"
b) Commented in "CCTYPE = MSVC70"
c) Commented in "CFG = Debug"
d) Added "WIN64 = undef" after the WIN64 code
e) Commented out "-machine:$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)" in the LINK_FLAGS and its preceeding backslash
4) Edited my environment variables, learning that Administrator variables override System variables.
5) Opened a command prompt and executed vsvars32.bat
6) Went to Perl's win32 directory and ran nmake