Stuck

I’m having trouble being happy. So far, 2007 hasn’t been very fulfilling or satisfying.
A lot of stuff is different this year than it has been in other years. The most obvious thing is that I’m not in school. That could have a lot to do with it. I feel my brain [...]

Essential Trio

Evan and I played with a new drummer, Kevin Masse, last night. It was just the three of us: keyboard, bass, and drums. It’s something I’ve wanted to try for a long time. I’ve always been interested in whether I had the chops to keep a trio together. I think the [...]

Life, One Step at a Time

Gamedev is having a board game contest next Tuesday. This had me excited enough to come up with a new board game, before the contest (so I can’t use it for the contest, because you’re supposed to come up with one on the spot!). The constraints for the contest are: has to [...]

What I don’t like about Python

At work I’ve had the pleasure of programming a preprocessor for our code base. It just takes an XML specification of structures and generates Lua accessors, serializers, etc. I did it in Python, mostly because our developers already have to have Python installed to use the test suite. This has given me [...]

Soft Coding

There is a well-written, serious, enlightening article on The Daily WTF of all places. It addresses one of the key problems with overabstraction, a practice I still engage in a little too often. It’s called Soft Coding.

Falling apart

My improv band seems to be falling apart, mostly driven by my inability to find a drummer to substitute for Phil. I get the feeling that Evan and Charlie want to keep it going, but it’s been idle for too long and we’re all aching to play music. Charlie is okay with having [...]