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Now I’m a Minecraft Player
Greg‘s been so crunk about Minecraft, I simply had to try it. It’s… alright. It’s an alpha, so none of this is any sort of realistic “Geez, why hasn’t the developer done this?” critique. I assume they’ll get taken care of eventually. I’ve been playing multiplayer with Greg (which means no monsters), and first thing I ran into was the absolute lack of goals and structure. I love The Sims. I’ve taken to playing SimCity 3000 again. Those games have explicit direction provided from the game itself. Minecraft has one (in single player): don’t get et.
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“Step on My Pedal”, More Like
I heard this rather haunting song by Dub FX called “Step on my Trip” and found this in the process of trying to buy it: The foot-operated thingamabob that lets him grab and replay samples easily like that is very awesome. I’d love to play with one. I totally used to sit around with a boombox, a stack of blank or reusable cassette tapes, and make up and record songs as a kid. I might have aimed for the music industry if I’d had one of these loop stations.
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Drupal Theming: Setup a Local Version!
I’m a firm believer in the idea that a code recompile and quick test (whether that be through automated unit testing, a page refresh, whatever) shouldn’t take more than about 5-10 seconds, or your workflow is going to be lousy with distractions. I’m working on theming a Drupal site for a non-profit, and I’m struggling to find a way to optimize my theming experience for the final couple of hours of work I’ll probably need to put in. I don’t have a local copy of the database, so I’m working remotely, and like any good developer, I’m in source control–in this case, SVN (bleh). I’ve written about my SVN troubles…
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Weekly linkage
This week’s internet cruising: Living Like a Millionaire on Pennies a Day – "Now, I’m not talking about racking up thousands of dollars in consumer debt, or buying fancy cars and houses. I’m talking about something more valuable than that: having time. The only pre-requisite to living like a millionaire is being able to overcome your fear of uncertainty." Google: Google Street View Cars Sniffed Wi-Fi Networks | News & Opinion | PCMag.com – "Google Inc said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world have for several years accidentally collected personal information that consumers send over wireless networks." Good job, Google. I'd completely slept on this…
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Happy Bir’day to Me!
Saturday was my bir’day! I’m a ripe young mumble-something years old, and I don’t feel like I’m getting old–I feel like I’m running out of time. Advertising that I didn’t want gifts (hello, getting rid of stuff) meant that the gifts I did get were thoughtful and amazing. A set of writing books covering memoirs, grants, motivation, and fiction–writing techniques. A shorthand manual. Weber and Neal Stephenson books. Amazing and creative fancy-pants yarn (color 12). I picked up yarn for a new project myself on Saturday–an afghan to be finished by Feb 13 and begun after I finish my current afghan. Greg, being Greg, picked a pretty, soft eggplant-colored yarn…