Cleo

Our landlord's cat, Cleo. There is rather a lot of Cleo. _
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07:10:59 PM, Tuesday 10 October 2006

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Pretzels

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07:06:04 PM, Tuesday 10 October 2006

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I just had a brainwave. In traditional pong games, if the puck comes up behind the paddle, it goes through it. My game is already using a 3D library, and I've already got something in there to make the puck bounce when it's dropped to start a point. If I made the paddles wedge-shaped, they could, if it was moving well enough, let it pass over them forwards. This would take a bit of work. Such paddles would have to have straight bottom edge. There would have to be drawbacks of some kind, they'd be lighter then square paddles, for one, and I'd have to make them similarly slow or easily winded. This would also make paddle height important... if your opponent is short enough, and you did it just right, you could shoot it right over them. Or off the table, which would be a penalty, or maybe even a forfeit. If they're too tall, they'll be too steep. If they're too steep, they'll need a high relative velocity to avoid sliding it back into their own goal. This would require quite a bit of jiggering with the physics, AI and graphics. Not something to do now, but something to think about in the future. It would be easier to implement than paddle rotation. _
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10:28:54 AM, Tuesday 10 October 2006

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I am working on my game! Particularly, I'm working on a GUI paddle editor. It's been just over two years since I last touched it. I've taken this week off, and plan to spend it seeing if I can get back into this. Hopefully, once I start it rolling again, I can keep it going and have a job at the same time. _
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07:06:50 PM, Monday 9 October 2006

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Auto part stores don't have bike racks. _
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04:14:37 PM, Monday 9 October 2006

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Probiscus

Seen on Castle Island, in Southie. Allegedly it has short front legs, but you can't see 'em here. Cameras are miraculous things. I sat watching and stalking this butterfly for a while before taking the picture, but hadn't noticed all the pollen clinging to it.
Also, can you see how this has been doctored? Guess before you click for the undoctored version, and let me know if you got it right. It's screamingly obvious to me, but I'm not a good judge.
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