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Getting started with DartBox2d

This post is deprecated. Please see this post for the latest version. The latest Dart library to be released is one that might see a fair bit of use, if the Java and JavaScript versions are anything to go by. DartBox2d is the latest port of the immensely popular 2d physics engine seen in games across […]

Posted on 2012/01/11 by dominic in web | Tagged box2d, dart, dartbox2d, physics | Leave a comment

It’s the little things

Today, Google announced a new Beta release of Chrome. This is not unusual; it happens every six weeks or so, but in this case the announcement blog post was authored by me. That really isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things, I know; there’s stuff all over the web with my name […]

Posted on 2012/01/05 by dominic in personal | Tagged chrome, google | Leave a comment

Porting Colossal Cave Adventure to Native Client

Native Client (NaCl) is a new technology built in to Chrome that allows native code (read C++) to be compiled into a form that is then executed within the browser. Several impressive ports have already been completed, including ScummVM, OGRE, and Unity 3D. A host of other open source libraries have also been ported and […]

Posted on 2011/09/20 by dominic in web | Tagged chrome, NaCl, Native Client | Leave a comment

I think I’m going bald

There comes a time in most men’s lives when they look at their father’s and grandfather’s hair lines and think about when they will lose their hair. I was pleased to see that the men on my father’s side of the family maintained a strong widow’s peak, though their hairline receded. My hair started receding, […]

Posted on 2011/05/14 by dominic in personal | Tagged dominic | 3 Comments

Happy Muttville Senior Dog Rescue Day

It’s Muttville Senior Dog Rescue Day in the City of San Francisco. As a failed foster parent of a Muttville rescue 1 I can’t recommend or praise Muttville highly enough for the work they do with senior dogs who have been abandoned by their families. Rescuing a senior dog can be fraught with difficulty as […]

Posted on 2011/05/10 by dominic in personal | Tagged dog rescue, muttville, pooch | Leave a comment

Why I am a terrible reviewer

I like everything. I mean, I don’t love everything, but I get enjoyment out of almost everything I experience, whether it’s a book, comic, album, or movie. Of course, I enjoy some more than others, and I revisit some of them again and again, but I find it really hard to name something that I […]

Posted on 2011/04/26 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, movies, music, reviews | Leave a comment

Jag kan tala Svenska

I haven’t written anything here in a while because my creative juices have been drained by my new position writing over at Guerrilla Geek. Last week I was in Sweden. Ostensibly for a family thing, but also to take a break and spend some time with Mirto‘s family. I’ve been there once before, about nine […]

Posted on 2011/04/20 by dominic in personal | Tagged sweden, vacation | Leave a comment

eBook user Bill of Rights

This post started as a comment on this post, but it became really long, so you should read that first and then come back to read my thoughts. I’ll wait. … I have a problem with the approach outlined in this post. I understand the issues, and am frustrated that media ownership has become media leasing […]

Posted on 2011/02/28 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, drm, ebooks, rant | Leave a comment

Don’t believe what you read

I’m an atheist. More than that, if I find out that you believe in a higher power there’s a good chance that I will think less of you. I’ve tried not to, really I have, but if I learn that you need to believe in a supernatural being to make sense of the world instead […]

Posted on 2011/02/18 by dominic in personal | Tagged religion, work | 1 Comment

My traveling companion

It was nine years ago today that @mirtos and I met. Not for the first time, that had been two years earlier, but this time with an understanding that we were going to spend some time together, getting to know each other. Fast forward five years and we’re living in Vancouver and getting married, in […]

Posted on 2011/02/15 by dominic in personal | Tagged anniversary | Leave a comment

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