http://johnnyphoton.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:23:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've had a number of emails asking if I had stopped writing this blog. I really never meant to stop. It's just that spring came and in addition to all the normal things to do like putting in a garden, everything around here started breaking. I mean my lawn mower, ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=496 Unless you haven't been on the web lately, you surely have seen one of these articles about a group of scientists at Cornell who developed a machine which was able to deduce the basic laws of motion from "observation". While I don't know much about their work, one of the ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=492 I haven't been blogging much lately as I have really gotten caught up in writing this little game I'm working on. Since it's based on a game I wrote many years ago and I'm learning Flash for the first time, it's really striking how even though I'm learning something new ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=488 Here is an amusing article. I suppose it wouldn't surprise anyone to find out incompetent people are unaware they are incompetent. I guess I did find the part about joke telling abilities a little surprising because getting a good laugh verses polite chuckles should be semi-obvious. Then again, a lot ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=480 I imagine most of you have heard of  Flickr a popular photo sharing site. I have been learning Flash lately and although I have a couple of games in mind which are essentially re-writes of some small games I've written in the past, I keep thinking about writing a graphical ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=477 Over the weekend we played with this Flash physics game called Roly-Poly Cannon. One of the things about physics simulators is they can be so open ended. That is what makes them fun but since you can't totally predict what a user will do. I imagine you have to be ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=474 We are finally getting a nice break from winter here in the Midwest. It's funny how just not having to bundle up or watch your footing can seem so nice. We spent part of the weekend playing this physics game called Perfect Balance. I can't say I cared much for the ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=468 I'd probably not purchased a new computer except my parents were having trouble with the one they had. Don't get me wrong, my new one is going to be awesome but right now I don't have many apps installed. Some time back my Dad mentioned their computer was emitting a ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=465 After putting together my computer this week I was left with the decision whether to update my old drive or do a clean install and set it up from scratch. I chose the latter and what a pain it has been. You just want to sit down with your shiny ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=462 I haven't been posting this week because I needed to buy the parts for a new computer. This is probably the longest I have ever gone without replacing one. Except for 3D rendering, the machines I have are fast enough for everything I do. I found I was out of ... http://johnnyphoton.com/?p=458