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Polyglot - Part 1

I have been talking to a number of companies about working for them recently, on a contract basis. All of them have asked about the possibility of me working in a language that I do not yet currently have any real commercial experience in.

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14 Dec 2014 - tags: programming language bbc basic modula-2 bash c++ java c perl vb script lisp ruby racket

Elite: Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is officially released on the 16th of December, and even though Elite was, and is my favourite video game in the universe, I’m not sure I can buy it.

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12 Dec 2014 - tags: elite computer game

If You Build It...

I built Alert Ferret and learnt one large lesson. The Internet is huge. Of course, I did know this before, I do build parts of it. What I have very little experience of however is attempting to entice people to use or visit certain parts of it.

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06 Nov 2014 - tags: start-up marketing adwords word-of-mouth

Marvel Unlimited

I stopped reading comics books years ago. My house burned to the ground and took my collection with it. Never had the space or motivation to rebuild and now I’m unlikely to want to find the room to store comics again.

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20 Jun 2014 - tags: marvel unlimited comic books digital comics android app

Fighting Chance

So, I’m writing a game. I may never finish it but I’ve started. One component of the game requires combat resolution so I’ve been thinking about how it should be done.

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18 Jun 2014 - tags: game fight combat system combat simulator