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JavaOne … No Longer in Moscone

Steve — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:31:41 +0000

I went to nine JavaOne conferences. When Sun was running it, they held it in Moscone in San Francisco. Oracle has taken over, and they’re going to be in … The Hilton San Francisco at Union Square.

I don’t know what it was about having it at Moscone. Just don’t think it’ll be the same.

How To Replace Yourself With A Very Small Shell Script

Steve — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:54:00 +0000

Unlimited Detail Technology

Steve — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:04:40 +0000

Google Go

Steve — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:02:23 +0000

Google introduced a new programming language: Go

It’s a merging of Python and C++. Read more about it at GoLang.org

AMD and Pixelux Announce Open Physics Initiative

Steve — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:30:39 +0000

AMD and Pixelux Entertainment have announced the Open Physics Initiative. Pixelux is the developer of the physics system used in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

Snow Leopard includes a new Static Analysis tool

Steve — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:52:25 +0000

XCode 3.2, which ships with Snow Leopard, includes a static analysis tool, which will check your code for things like memory leaks. Good stuff.

The Netflix Prize Has Been Won

Steve — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:54:18 +0000

In 2006, Netflix announced a contest to improve the recommendation engine it uses by at least 10%. Yesterday it was announced that a team was able to reach 10.05%. Read more about it in Wired.com.

The winning team wins $1,000,000.

World of Goo Rapid Prototyping Framework

Steve — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:47:00 +0000

2D Boy, the folks behind “World of Goo”, have released a Rapid Prototyping Framework.

Game Design Tour of World of Goo

Steve — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:04:52 +0000

Wolfire Blog has a great game design tour of World of Goo

Design Tour – World of Goo from David Rosen on Vimeo.

Really great observations. It’s a great game too. Just $15 on WiiWare. You can also get World of Goo for the Mac and PC

TraceMonkey Speeds Up JavaScript

Steve — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:01:47 +0000

TraceMonkey is coming.