Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category

About atlHack

Sunday, November 13th, 2005
a short introduction to atlHack…
who what
where
how when
and then, on with the show

Hackfest 100 Mortem

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

15 Sept 2005

Where is Everybody?
luke is contracting in reno
titus is dogsitting
ben garrison is sleeping
others said they’d be here, but they did not show

Since Last Time:
Vinny-
-poked around looking for scenegraphs
-panda3d would be good, but no Mac (sadly)
-options are ogre, and crystal space (more of a game engine)
Graham-
-nothing on Mused
-been working on SWIMM, trying to get MARSYAS to run on win32

This Time:
Vinny-
-play with Croquet (notes that it’s in Squeak- why it is so slow)
-wants to render words
Graham-
-get segmentation working
-refine to sample accuracy
-speed up a song by upping the onset rate
Mike-
-start school at UCSC

Realities:
Vinny-
-played around with Croquet -… it’s Squeak (slow and difficult)
-dragged around a full size card of Alan Kay (as a rabbit) and shot him with lasers
-Commotion is calculating save path – without full file pathname.
-no rendering just yet.
-submitted startup school app
Graham-
-fixed the frame by frame segmentation
-started working on zero crossing sample refinement
-didn’t finish

God Tower is a Very Difficult Puzzle Game

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

God Tower is a very difficult puzzle game. Each level presents you with an image, and the point of the game is to guess the riddle that the picture presents. You input the answer to the riddle ( all lowercase one word), and then you proceed to the next level. I only had enough patience to get to level five (with a hint on level 3.)

I learned about God Tower from jay is games. Jay runs a fantastic blog about web games and game design. If you’re looking for something to burn some extra time, jay is games is a good place to start.

Tech Companies

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

Places where you can Do Your Thing. Hunt down the ones that interest you, or start your own!

Defense and Public Safety

Georgia Tech Research Inst. (GTRI)
Applied research in computing, signals, and many forms of engineering.

Digital Media

Interactive Media Technology Center
Formed during the campaign to bring the 1996 Olympics, they created a 3D multimedia presentation that positively conveyed the Atlanta’s vision in the quest to be host. They continue to do multimedia and research presentations, as well as architecture and standards work.