Category Archives: Software Development

imSimReal Problems fixed

Found I was releasing objects that didn’t need releasing. Technorati Tags: Development, imSimReal, iPhone

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imSimReal: The latest

I’ve pretty much finished IMSRGravity class for now. It really does nothing but wrap an NSDictionary with some meaningful names. The NSDictionary is initialized from a property list, Gravity.plist. The plist contains the names of celestial bodies (Earth, Moon, Jupiter) … Continue reading

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And Thanks for all the Fish!

Yesterday I finished my assignment at Boeing on the P-8A program. It was a tremendous gig. The people were great, the program is exciting, and I had a great piece of code to work on. I spent most of the … Continue reading

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Eagle Project starting

Our son’s housemate had an idea that seemed to have considerable merit, involving an application and a website that allows the users to coordinate activities and communicate with each other. For the back end, it seems that Google AppEngine is … Continue reading

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Embedded Scripting language in Java application

At work I’m enhancing a Java test tool that needs to have scripting capability to run more dynamic tests, and to grade results on the fly. So I’m considering which I should use. The users of the system are mostly … Continue reading

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How to become a Game Designer

GameCareerGuide has an article discussing one path to becoming a game designer. If you’re interested in Game Design as a career, go read it. Technorati Tags: Game Design

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Bill Gates’ last day

Funny video spoof of Bill’s last day. Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Bill Gates

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Learning C vs. Morse Code

Eric offers his input on the debate about whether software developers need to learn C or not. This is an interesting debate. Eric compares the people today who insist developers need to learn C to those who in an earlier … Continue reading

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New standard for meetings

Seth Godin discusses the new rules for meetings and conferences. His main point: If all your doing is going to the office and sitting quietly at your desk, then your employer is wasting your time and money making you come … Continue reading

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UML Tool for Mac?

I’m trying to find a UML tool for the Mac to do some documentation. Unfortunately, it’s turning out to be a problem. First I attempted to use this tool. It’s open source and free. Unfortunately, I found the user interface … Continue reading

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