It's wonderful when you get to see someone you know go from doing the thing, to *really* doing the thing - and knowing they were just as passionate back then.
2014 vs. 2023: at an "intimate" show in SF, vs. a tour closer in Vancouver.
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Technical + creative. Canadian. Front-end @ Critical Mass (2002-05), Y!/Flickr (05-14), Slack (14-20.) Web, music, A/V + tech. Creator of SoundManager 2.
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When you forget to "name" the landing pad: "Welcome to undefined."
`-* 🚁 Welcome to ${data.name}${' ⛽🛠️ *-\nToday\'s feature: %s1 %s2 · Enjoy your stay.'.replace('%s1', drink).replace('%s2', eat)}`
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Once you build the game engine—of course—at some point, you have to build the level editor to go with it.
This is my fourth since ~2000, and they're always fun to make. Two days in, here. Much yet to do. 😅
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"Shot put" is it. Done, I'm done. 🤣☠️ :chefs_kiss:
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Probably the best thing you'll see today.
In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.
The results 
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25+ years in, and still having far too much fun with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
🚁⛽️ARMOR ALLEY, 10th Anniversary Edition: P2P Multi-player Networking, and “Virtual Stupidity.” 🎸🤘
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There's something to getting thoughts and ideas down on paper, if just the physical act. 📓
Digging into P2P networking. WebRTC/PeerJS; real-time messaging, player-to-player chat, slash commands, & syncing prefs in real-time. “There's something very familiar about all this.” 😉
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Duck typing, JavaScript edition.
It's not a banana, nor a duck, nor a chicken - but somewhere in between. And, undeniably cute. 😍
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Getting the skillet going, and coincidentally, recalling that I really should take up guitar at some point. 🎸🤘
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LIGHTS.EXE. I had to do it. 🚥 ☎️
Packets are always flying back and forth with mouse coordinates, but the LEDs blink on TX / RX - just like the old modem days.
Also: Multiplayer (PvP) prototype - it's actually sort of working!
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Not exactly LinkedIn - but this week, I've been into networking. (Windows XP icon set, here.)
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This prototype uses PeerJS, and an implementation of input buffering / sync / rollback work by Mitxela.
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One-to-many problems, fast: Adding a network play option. 😅
1) Latency = game desync. OK: send packet, apply input after ½-ping delay.
2) Clock, refresh, frame sync shenanigans.
3) WebRTC: UDP-like, order/delivery not guaranteed? Input buffers, rollback netcode!? 😬
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You miss 100% of the niche whimsical code reference opportunities you don't take.
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The tools often shape the output; here's a perfect example. Sometimes you just hear something good, and the rest is history.
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Wow I was obsessed with this track - and this reveal kinda sucks 
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It appears I've broken Chrome Canary's renderer process. I guess I get to keep *both* pieces. 😇💥
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Performance refactoring, continued: Making hundreds of <div> elements go fast.
• 20,000 collision checks per second, down to ~500.
• Sprite pooling: less paint, more GPU compositing.
• Weather options: "It was a dark and stormy night."
• More explosions and particles!
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I would pay good money to see this.
Given the incredible range of roles Benedict Cumberbatch has played, I think he's finally ready to take on this one. 🎸🤘 (To wit, NPH could probably do this in his sleep. 😆)
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Refactoring collision logic for performance: splitting the 8192px battlefield into 32 zones, 256px ea. Visual debug w/signposts, here.
Still O(n), but greatly-reduced iterations. Units briefly overlap on boundaries, so "did a bullet hit a nearby tank" may include two zones.
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Like the MythBusters said, explosions are like wine; there are many fine varietals to enjoy. 💥🎉🎊
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Typical passer-by: Romantic, sexy shop storefront on Valentine's day. 💘
SecOps: CVE-2014-0160. 😱😅 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed
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Former colleagues and margaritas, the other night. What a time. Like a high school reunion, only better!
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I completely forgot about a "DOMFetti" confetti animation from a while back; that's been made an option, here. 🎉
Thankfully, browsers are increasingly good at rendering hundreds of little 3D-transformed elements.
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WANTED: The API endpoint for whatever delivers these thirsty full-screen iOS pop-ups, so they can be blocked. Almost daily, shown seconds after the app opens. Stop it. 🚮😒
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Now, multi-faceted. Transition on position, border-width, and element width to collapse and expand the "triangles" and right side bits.
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These buttons aren't sad, just occasionally depressed. 🤪 :oh_brother:
Someone asked, I couldn't resist some CSS shenanigans. Using :before / :after, border-width and position transitions to hide the 45-degree "triangles," it works better than I expected.
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I should add, here is the finest (IMHO) cover of "P.I.M.P." - used to great effect in one episode of the Silicon Valley series, among others. youtu.be/ZlC2LWnkVNQ
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Slackbot just reminded me: 50 Cent's debut studio album ("In da Club" et al), was released 20 years ago today. PS: You're / we're old. 😅
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Realizing I've been a terrible skillet owner, I set out to fix it. Easy-Off (lye, caustic 🦺⚠️ - do outdoors, wear goggles + gloves), 3x / 72 hours to get bare metal, then three rounds of seasoning 200-400F w/grapeseed oil. So far, so good. Source: youtube.com/watch?v=2Pvf0m
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Scoundrels, and scalleywags... Siblings, actually. The first is a more accurate "default state" representation. 😆
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A slice of what ensues when I collect 500+ voice samples of a couple of "unruly teenagers," and work them into this game remake - now entering its 10th year.
This is nothing new, really; I have always been a fan of niche humour, fire, and explosions. 😇
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Special guest DJ this week. He was promptly given a treat for being patient on this one. 😁 And, yes - he was sitting atop a subwoofer.
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I've finally wrapped this project. Click for the holy grail teaser on DIY wireless speakers; stay for The Last Starfighter and the mini Dachshund. 😄
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Back in '67, they'd take time to send postcards back home... Accompanied by some of the local hops, as one does. 🍺💌
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Project video in progress: Retrofitting classic Altec Lansing Model 14 loudspeakers to be mobile, self-powered, and wireless. 🔊
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Local pho spot has their sound system wired such that mono instruments may be canceled out. Beatles stuff at large, and Aerosmith’s “Dream On” minus the guitar solos sounds pretty funny.
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From someone in the know: "This is a photo of 3 of the greatest drivers in F1, ever ... Jim Clark Graham hill, in the green Lotus cars. And what looks like Jackie Stewart's BRM-Owen in the foreground. Just crazy."
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My Dad happened to be at the 1967 French Grand Prix / 24 Le Mans Formula One motor race. I'm told these photos of his are from a legendary event in #F1 history.
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One of the siblings decided to get the others’ mini Dachshund (a very good boy) some “socks.” He humoured us whilst simultaneously wearing a reindeer coat, then promptly got to removing the socks once set free.
I swear, he is spoiled rotten otherwise. 😅😇
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