Kinda funny

If you have a sec, this is a pretty good blonde joke and is a quick read.  Read More →

How many hours does a programmer need…

This was a response by Joe P. on the Casual Games mailing list to a query on “How many hours does a programmer need…” Joe really hit the nail on the head with his response: Crash course in programmer wrangling; - Accuracy of time estimates is proportional to developer experience. Even(especially?) highly skilled programmers with only a few years ofdevelopment work under their belts will see every problem as simpler than itreally... Read More

Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin  Read More →

3Impact ActiveX Control

I’ve created an ActiveX control to embed the 3Impact 3D game engine into Internet Explorer. I’ve wanted to do this for a while and finally whacked it out Thursday morning at Starbucks. I used to work full time at Microsoft on the Internet Explorer team and also have quite a bit of COM/ActiveX experience so it wasn’t all that difficult. I’ve taken the 3Impact game engine and created an ActiveX control that will allow you to... Read More

Disneyland 2006

A Crazy Idea I think it was a Thursday afternoon late in February when my cell phone rang. It was Carol and she had an idea. Nothing unusual for Carol but what I typically expect is a request to go to an early dinner or perhaps a plan to head out to Port Angeles to my parent’s summer house. No this was a big idea. “Let’s take Holly to Disneyland for her birthday” she exclaims. Short pause. This was very last minute. Her plan... Read More