All entries from Mar 2010

23 Mar 2010

  • There's a C in my JavaScript. "A short guide to writing JavaScript bindings to C or C++ libraries using the V8 engine". Primarily for use with node.js, includes a UUID generator as an example, which I've needed in the past.

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20 Mar 2010

“@GreenRoninPub @Pramas Since you seemed to like the last one: http://matt.tarbit.org/family_games (and in anticipation of my copy arriving)”— @twitter

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I've been reading: Family Games: The 100 Best

(I haven't actually got a copy yet, but if I pretend I have my blog gives me a nice cover picture to sit alongside this, so shhh!)

After a delay of quite a few months this book is apparently just back from the printers. But on a production with this many contributors, the odd hiccup is to be expected.

As with the previous one, it's a book of short essays on the favourite board, card & hobby games of a bevvy of games designers & games industry luminaries. This time the focus is on family games, as opposed to the RPG, wargame and CCG slant of the previous volume.

And as with Hobby Games: The 100 Best, once the list of essays was revealed I thought it would be interesting to be able to see the games being written about. So here's my companion piece to the book.

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18 Mar 2010

Apple's iPad. 9 Years in the Making?

How queer!

Was just browsing through this site's archives and found this link to a prescient Kuro5hin article from May 2001:

The Apple iPad

  • Tablet: 11.5" x 9" x 0.7"
  • 12" 1024x768 LCD touch- and stylus-sensitive screen
  • No keyboard or mouse (optional attachment via USB)
  • USB port
  • Dual speakers and headphone jack
  • Internal HD
  • 5-hour battery life and charging cradle
  • Airport wireless connectivity
  • 2-3 lbs
  • $999

Which is particularly peculiar because the iPod wasn't even released until 5 months later.

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17 Mar 2010

  • I Hit It With My Axe. First episode of a new web series from the "Playing D&D With Pornstars" guy (and gals). It's a bit rough around the edges but has potential. Rare that you get to see people just hanging out, playing a game, as opposed to awkwardly acting it out for the cameras.

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16 Mar 2010

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