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July 4th 2009 ~ Created 2 Months Ago by Ishpeck

My favorite pedantic moment of 2009....

Ishy's Aunt: Ishy, nice shirt. Do you like Texas?

Ishpeck: General Gadsden was from South Carolina.


Ishy's Aunt: ...

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2009 in Review ~ Created 2 Months Ago by Ishpeck
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/24/eveningnews/main4751431.shtml http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-bullets1009feb10,0,2201778.story http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/16/obama-driving-surge-gun-sales-firearms-groups-say/ http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2009-02-03-voa31-68765982.html?CFTOKEN=88529062&jsessionid=de302deff31cb0a2380e115065233125d7b6&CFID=325020958. . . [more]. . .
L4D vs. Foosball ~ Created Last Year by Ishpeck
A lot of folks, when explaining/describing an FPS, will try to do so by comparing it to another FPS. You might say "it's like Wolfenstein meets Unreal Tournament" or something like that. While those games have very similar mechanics, a lot of games are more about context, flow, and narrative rather than mechanics so doing so would be an injustice to both the games being compared. With that . . . [more]. . .
Playing nice w/Python and C# via COM ~ Created Last Year by Ishpeck
Lemme tell you. This last couple days has been sheer madness. Being something of a new-found .NET kool-aid drinker, I've started to get my hands dirty in a lot of the newfangled MSFT junk. I'm actually enjoying it. Few years ago, I inherited some C# code that talked to a SOAP API interface. Being mostly allergic to trying new things, I wrote a Python wrapper for it and, because I was . . . [more]. . .
"No Russian" and Politics ~ Created Last Year by Ishpeck
Okay, I saw a video the No Russian mission of Modern Warfare 2. Be warned: If you're a story-oriented gamer (unlike me), you may be annoyed that there are spoilers in this little post. Stop reading now if you care about that. Let the spoilers commence The mission begins with a briefing from "your" (the player's) superior, speaking in the cliche, "I AM TEH SOLJUR!" scratchy, old, wa. . . [more]. . .
Star Trek: TNG - Musings ~ Created Last Year by Ishpeck
Just finished watching an old episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's episode from Season 3 titled "A Matter of Perspective." In it Riker is accused of murdering a Tanugan scientist while on an away mission. Go watch it now if you haven't already. Otherwise this won't make sense. If you're a freak who hasn't watched TNG and yet somehow care about the fact that ther. . . [more]. . .
Unity Indie for Free ~ Created Last Year by Ishpeck
My late friend and hero, Byeard Maggott, was a fan of the Unity engine. It's a pity he didn't live to see this! Quoth Gamasutra: The Unity engine is becoming even more affordable to independent and hobbyist developers, as Unity Technologies has retired the $200 "Unity Indie" offering and replaced it with a free license, simply called Unity. Developer Unity Technologies is keeping the ful. . . [more]. . .
Ishyologue ~ Created Last Year by Ishpeck
Transcript of a conversation I've been having on Cluttered Twitter. I'm really glad I copied it down 'cause Facebook started eating posts right 'n' left just after the conversation got compelling. FOR POSTERITY: Ishpeck: I don't like Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality bills are market controls imposed by the government. It's an effort to legislatively force an ISP to tr. . . [more]. . .
Parsing XML in .NET 2.0 ~ Created Last Year by Ishpeck
About half of the people who read this web site are not programmers. They've always been as welcome as everyone else but sometimes, they feel left-out 'cause I post code from time to time. Sometimes, they feel threatened or annoyed when I try to explain what's happening but I never intend for that to be the case. This is NOT a programming post. I promise. Parsing XML in .NET 2.0 i. . . [more]. . .
Online Courses ~ Created Last Year by Ishpeck
Have I not advocated this very thing infinitillion times before? Probably even on this very web site! Widely distributed educational material made easy by the internet. THE INTERNET IS THE NEW UNIVERSITY! Complete with asinine beerpong videos and juvenile approaches to sexuality! http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman. . . [more]. . .

HA! Pansy!  ~ Posted 2 Years Ago by Decoy256
Legislature Candidate Forum  ~ Posted 4 Years Ago by Ishpeck
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Why, ICQ?! WHY?!  ~ Posted 4 Years Ago by Ishpeck
Nevermind. It was Miranda. She fails at life.   ~ Posted 4 Years Ago by Ishpeck
HA! The PAX!  ~ Posted 4 Years Ago by Decoy256
re: Nevermind. It was Miranda. She fails at life.   ~ Posted 4 Years Ago by Ishpeck
Proposed coolest web site ever  ~ Posted 4 Years Ago by Ishpeck
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Hey you're no Muse you hack  ~ Posted 6 Years Ago by DarthNinny
Just a thought  ~ Posted 6 Years Ago by QMega
Ishpeck, your grammar needs help.  ~ Posted 6 Years Ago by Prof.Karauler
Listen to me!  ~ Posted 6 Years Ago by Ishpeck
I just didn't want to deal with him  ~ Posted 6 Years Ago by Random Imposter
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You do realize, Ishpeck . . .  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Prof.Karauler
thoth on chockevev  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Phlik
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oct-6-2003  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Phlik
you ask you get  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Phlik
You don't need you need to eat!`  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Phlik
Video Games and Law Suits  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Prof.Karauler
I can spell Gracious, I promise  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Ishpeck
Number humping games huna  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Phlik
I never proof-read. . . I am such a loser  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Ishpeck
I want content  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Phlik
I want content not songs  ~ Posted 7 Years Ago by Phlik
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