hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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Starbound
A few weeks ago I discovered the game Starbound. It’s a new (as in not finished) platform adventure game by a developer called Chucklefish. It was released a bit before Christmas as a beta, which is to say that they’re … Continue reading
Quotes about programming languages
A funny, but somewhat short list of quotes about (mainly disparaging) programming languages by people famous enough that it counts. Of course some of the best are by Dijkstra. “It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that … Continue reading
Why I CAN test my own code
Once upon a time someone told me that programmers can’t test their own code. I can’t remember who told me this, but I’ve been repeating it ever since. Most of the work I do is as a solitary programmer. This … Continue reading
New user interface
You’d just say: “Machine god! I beseech thee, change my /etc/hosts files so that iTunes works the way I want.” The trick is that the computer does what you mean, not what you say. Which is basically the bit that … Continue reading
Designers
One of the nice things about doing software development in a publishing firm is there are designers available to do the design work. It can be frustrating as well though, I often catch myself thinking that the designers could work … Continue reading