| | 1 | = Aught Six: An Unprompted Year in Review = |
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| | 3 | What happened in the world this past year? Take a look at the latest [http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2006.html Google Zeitgeist]. What happened in the little world in which I live? Read on. |
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| | 5 | == Projects == |
| | 6 | Previously, throughout school and in my spare time, I entertained myself with different programming [wiki:Projects projects]. Despite still being busy with new projects, I barely posted anything new this past year. I mostly blame [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement non-disclosure agreements] and my newfound access to nifty but proprietary resources. |
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| | 8 | I created [browser:cowbell/trunk/ Cowbell Hero], complete with a custom controller, but I failed to write it up before other sources [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146944.html got the same idea]. Losing its novelty and having already entertained me and some coworkers, I just let that one slide. |
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| | 10 | I recreated a certain word-spelling board game, but fearing the [http://www.e-scrabble.com/desist.html fate of a similar implementation], I am just keeping it to friends, at least for now. |
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| | 12 | Aside from things that I have already mentioned, most everything else is far less finished. I made a small "Kazoo Hero" prototype to play with pitch detection. I fiddled with 2D collision, inspired by [http://www.soldat.pl/ Soldat]. I made a little web scoreboard for a coworker which helped us know who was better than who at any given time. |
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| | 14 | == Commute == |
| | 15 | I used about 186 gallons of gas. The majority of this was running errands on weekends. I walked or rode my bike to work all but a small handful of days when I needed to drive somewhere after work. |
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| | 17 | People ask me occasionally if I walk to save gas or for exercise. The answer is neither. I just never liked having to drive first thing in the morning, so now I have a casual and rather relaxing walk. Exercise and fuel savings are bonuses. |
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| | 19 | == Media == |
| | 20 | I do not get cable television, so I do not watch ''shows'' so much, so to speak. I think I did watch more movies than I had in a long while. I still keep up with many [http://www.unprompted.com/dailystrips/ web comics], [http://www.homestarrunner.com Flash cartoons], and the usual assorted geek-driven news sites. |
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| | 22 | I have about 29 Nintendo DS games, one or two GBA games, and about six games for the Wii and !GameCube (I never had a !GameCube). There are a few I have not completed, and a special few I have completed thoroughly. I might elaborate later the next time I am bored. |
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| | 24 | == Computers == |
| | 25 | It has been a while since I have splurged on new computer hardware. I suppose the Wii and DS-Lite I recently acquired have kept me adequately entertained in that department. |
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| | 27 | == That's All == |
| | 28 | Time for 2007. |
