Sunday, March 29, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Cool Game... well, not really a game...
http://chat.kongregate.com/gamez/0012/4066/live/FallingSands.swf
This is a neat little Java app that is more like an environment to play with, than it is a game. It's called Falling Sand, and it's quite interesting.
Click here to "play" it.
A friend of mine and I, back in high school, wrote a "falling sand" graphic application (similar to this, but more basic). Tim Hunter was his name - Tim, if you're out there, drop me a line. It'd be great to get back in touch. Tim was a phenomenal programmer, and I'll bet he made a career out of it.
Friday, March 13, 2009
JOKE: Three Contractors
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken
fence at the White House. One is from Chicago ,
another is from Tennessee , and the third is
from Minnesota ..
All three go with a White House official to
examine the fence. The Minnesota contractor
takes out a tape measure and does some
measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.
"Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900:
$400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for
me."
The Tennessee contractor also does some
measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do
this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300
for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or
figure, but leans over to the White House
official and whispers, "$2,700."
The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't
even measure like the other guys! How did you
come up with such a high figure?"
The Chicago contractor whispers back, "$1000
for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy
from Tennessee to fix the fence."
"Done!" replies the government official.