Archive for July, 2009

SDL on PS3

Early news, but oh such juicy news that is worth broadcasting about the globe.  According to the submitted code set, the software engineers at IBM R&D Lab in Boeblingen, Germany have been busily integrating Sony PS3 hardware with the open Simple DirectMedia Layer.  This makes easy porting of long-time established multimedia players and games to [...]

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CBM PET 4032

I influenced my high school computer lab to purchase Commodore computers when I showcased my $300 VIC 20 home computer.  Now, I get to own one at a fraction of its original price.  Fortunately, the Commodore tape drive is compatible to save any software I write for this machine, although I will look for a [...]

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Cool Site

For those retro gamers out there, I posed this question here and got a link back to this uniquely themed blog.

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Making Three

I played another round with my old man yesterday, and he did something entirely uncharacteristic.  He succumbed to hitting a driver off the tee on a par 3 — that plays 192-yards.  Well, you just knew he was going to catch a lot of razzing from me, but that didn’t seem to bother him.  Nor [...]

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