C# Developers: Comment your code!

I was just thinking how easy it is to tag all of your code with the essential metadata it needs: What does it do? What are the inputs? What are the outputs? Now we can, of course, put in plenty more metadata, such as general remarks, what exceptions are thrown, examples of how to use … Continue reading C# Developers: Comment your code! →

Portable C++ on Windows: Part 1 – Compilers and Command Lines

Danushka and I decided to start a new game engine, and this time portability and simplicity are our two major concerns. The portability is mainly because Danu wants to use linux, and I don't. Even if we were't going for portability, we would probably still try to use open tools like Eclipse CDT because the Eclipse … Continue reading Portable C++ on Windows: Part 1 – Compilers and Command Lines →

John Resig Micro-Template script

I have been doing a bit of AJAX-enabled web development today and was directed to a blog post by John Resig (the creator of jQuery) detailing a very simple piece of javascript he uses for templating. It is very, very cool, and oh so simple to use. I will probably begin to use this more … Continue reading John Resig Micro-Template script →

Blog theme fixed

Having found that my theme rendered differently (and somewhat horribly) on each different browser I have updated it so that it now renders exactly the same on the following platforms and browsers: Windows: Explorer 7 Firefox 3 Safari 3 Chrome Mac OS Leopard: Firefox 3 Safari 3 This is mostly thanks to Eric Meyer's CSS … Continue reading Blog theme fixed →

Fun and Games 72 Feet Up

Yesterday evening we put a new halyard into the mast, after having to do a 'Samurai Drop' during the Coastal Classic , and it proved to be slightly more challenging than we thought it would be. We had a metre of chain, followed by a thin rope to thread through the mast, which we then inteded … Continue reading Fun and Games 72 Feet Up →

ADODB.Command error ‘800a0cc1’

I recently got this error message in an application at work: ADODB.Command error '800a0cc1' Item cannot be found in the collection corresponding to the requested name or ordinal. The explanation you will often receive about this error is that you are trying to access a data item that does not exist - typically, they'll say, … Continue reading ADODB.Command error ‘800a0cc1’ →

Obvious glitches

I designed the theme on Firefox 3 for mac and there are obviously some rendering differences between that and Safari on mac and then the IE7, Safari on Vista, Chrome on Vista and Firefox on Vista. I will be tending to these in the coming weeks.

New Theme is active

I have created a new theme based on the "Subtelty of Hue Spring Jackets" colour scheme from kuler, using my scooter as the subject for some photography. It is entitled "Giorno" because that is the model name of my scooter. I am also going to try to post more often.