release management utility

A simple utility for managing versioned releases.

a detour through skyrim

Since its release I've sunk around 70 hours into Skyrim...

c++: multithreaded opengl

An example of doing multithreaded OpenGL calls in C++.

c++: lambda example

A quick example of using lambdas in the new C++ spec.

Reward/Punishment System

I've been wondering about the definition of consciousness for awhile, so lately I've been thinking about a physical system that could be used to explore the topic.

udk/unrealscript rpg

Lately I've been interested in experimenting with game design, so here are the results: A basic RPG framework written for UDK, Epic's Unreal engine development environment.

user experience optimization

A tool for quantifiably improving user experience in your applications by identifying repetitive tasks.

"my first music studio"

Want to try your hand at writing music on the computer, but no clue how to get started? I'll walk you through some of the basic concepts and discuss specific software and hardware tools you can use. My background comes from developing Temper, a music composition tool (but don't worry, this is the last you'll hear of it; this isn't an ad), so I'm interested in and broadly aware of the scene, although you can ask for detailed advice on particular items at the KVR forums, most notably on hosts, instruments and effects.

arclight qt (source)

Arclight is a prototype written to explore app development with the Qt framework. The app loads a 2D polygon from a .svg file, extrudes it into 3D with a beveling algorithm, then lights the resulting geometry. It provides a simple chaining mechanism to stack multiple image processing functions.

how to: a geometric 3d bevel

This tutorial covers basic 3d modeling and rendering. It demonstrates how to write a beveling algorithm, which takes a 2d polygon and extrudes it into a 3d shape, and also includes the basics of lighting 3d objects.

arclight qt update

Project description and download.

arclight qt prototype

Arclight is a prototype written to explore app development with the Qt framework. The app loads a 2D polygon from a .svg file, extrudes it into 3D with a beveling algorithm, then lights the resulting geometry.

how to: a geometric 3d bevel (obsolete)

This is a tutorial that covers basic 3d modeling and rendering. It demonstrates how to write a beveling algorithm, which takes a 2d polygon and extrudes it into a 3d shape, and includes the basics of lighting 3d objects.

9

I had in my mind the image of a rusty, bent nail, without purpose or utility.

how to: new point on a line

If people ever asked me questions, they would probably never ask me, "hey, if I've got a point on a line, how do I find a new point that's d distance away?"

arclight 0.1

Arclight is a tool for rendering images that was written in Google's Go programming language. I was curious to check out Go so I wrote a tool to help generate button and background images for other projects.

09.02

you said, my boy pretend as if I'm not about to die
pretend we have a year to talk instead of just a night
I need you to remember every scar upon my skin
and trace the edge the knife has made that travels cheek to chin

if you pretend I'll talk to you about what happens next
the twenty years you'll spend with me alive inside your chest
I'll teach you all the stories that have marked me through the years
and tell you all you'll tell me when you need me to appear

so place your hand upon my neck and whisper with me now:
"this mark is for the damage done when tied around the bow"
and touch my back where ten lines draw a dizzy figurine
"these lines appeased the cravings of the Dorcey libertine"

upon my thigh the welt that curves from cleft to lower back
"this welt was from the acid spilt while split upon the rack"
and see this tear beneath the eye that looks about to close
"the eye was torn for willfully ignoring Godwin's rose"

repeat these words to keep me safe and hold me close at hand
and find the body that I have when next upon this land
we'll see each other once again and if you say my name
I'll see this day as clearly as a moth can see the flame

04.10

Within the softly falling snow is the illusion of life

Upon the trees and white leaves a suggestion of time

Beneath the ice the undertow is the apodictic sign

And the house that stands alone is like a candle in the night

Every night at this window he feels connected to life

As he watches in the hope he'll feel included in time

So he's waiting like the seasons passing by without a sign

And he trembles in the cold as if he could feel at all

And the hunger that eludes him is a splinter in his mind

A rejection of depression and embrace of humankind

And the hope that will consume him is a waste of endless time

But it tears away the cold to bring him momentary life

And he sees himself embedded at the center of her heart

As a black light slowly shredded by a decade in the dark

He recalls with distant wonder that he knows the other side

By the shock he sees reflected in her atheistic eyes

And his wretched cries and raging is the rush beneath the ice

Like a coiled cobra waiting on the periphery of sight

And his fingers have been whittled by the ravages of time

And his teeth have slowly sharpened from his monostatic mind

And he burrows to her center like a lunatic unhinged

A diseased examination on the parenthetic fringe

And he claws for them a channel to the calm above the ice

An escape of distant meaning to her enervated eyes

And together they dance amongst the softly falling snow

But forever can not last when the center can not hold

Below she sees him waiting as a shipwreck on the shoal

His body wracked with sobbing as if he could cry at all