Socoder Newsletter
Mac Edition
#077 - 29th October 2010
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Hello World
Cower bitched at me, last week, for being too lazy
to take longer doing this than I usually do, so
I've allocated myself the afternoon to do the
newsletter, which gives me a good 4 hours to get it
all done.
The PC's switched on, but only for the purpose of
uploading the game screenshots, because I can't be
arsed fucking about with half-a-dozen FTP programs,
trying to decide which one actually works right.
(See "Which screen recorder actually works right"
and "Which FolderSync actually works right" for
further details.)
Took me sodding YEARS to find a good one on the PC,
then they damn well switched it from Freeware to
Pay-for. Damnit..
Apologies for any obscure words that might appear
in this week's newsletter. TextEdit appears to be
"fixing" my misspelled words.
I caught it changing a few things that weren't
wrong, so.. you know.. if it seems odd, assume the
Mac did it!
I'll have a hunt for that setting later, and turn
it the hell off.
In the Shoutbox..
Chips, or Chips?
In the Mudchat..
Wiping, VoiceChat, iPads and Animal 24:7
Things That Got Done
Weddings, Homework and Riding a train!
socoder.net/?topic=2123
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Your Bit
Submit your own links/news/random thoughts, and
have them shoved straight into the newsletter!
bit.ly/SN_Add
Nolife-radio
waroffice
Nice bit of retro tune-age. I try and guess what
they are with some scary results
nolife-radio.com/
CS picture
JL235
Someone on Reddit found this in a CS wall. I found
it hilarious.
i.imgur.com/kV8UJ.jpg
Pay to Read
Noel Cower
A news site, the North Country Gazette, is planning
on suing people who view more than one article for
free on its website. Essentially, if you do not
pay, they will collect your IP and attempt to
mass-sue people.
bit.ly/9TIShQ
Minirant
No, Mac, I told you 1700 times. MP3s open in VLC.
It loads in half-a-second, as opposed to the
half-a-minute that iTunes takes!
| Read Post$
Loading BMPs
Spinal's going crazy with all these silly file
formats that all appear to be called BMP files!
socoder.net/?topic=2119
How to code Atomino
Spinal then asked a question in the shoutbox that I
could never manage to answer within the same space!
socoder.net/?topic=2120
How to read
Afr0's trying to decipher a horrible chaotic
mishmash of XML-esque code, that just plain looks
horrible.
socoder.net/?topic=2121
Command and Commander
Hotshot's not sure which is better. What do you
think?
socoder.net/?topic=2122
Minirant
ProgrammersNotepad used to highlight my
Newsletter's .ini file nicely, with Sections in
blue, and titles in green, so that I could happily
skip back and forth to whichever little bit I was
currently focusing on.
In TextEdit, TextWrangler and Dashcode on the Mac,
it's just a big wall of text.
Gah!
| Goto Links
Piano Cat!
Nora plays her piano 
socoder.net/?link=24637
Digg Dont's
Don't spam Digg, that's a no-no..
.. DIGG....
socoder.net/?link=24629
Syntax Error
Organising the Chaos
Jay attempts to sort his room out.
socoder.net/?blogs=24644
Dragging
DNA and Teasy have been back'n'forth-ing about a
way to drag rectangles. Here's a neat example.
socoder.net/?snippet=24608
Chaotic Dots
Jay makes a crazy bit of code that makes squiggles
that kinda look like baddies.
socoder.net/?snippet=24606
Double Identity
LawAndContradiction has more than one identity!
socoder.net/?blogs=24643
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Repeat:Until GameOver
Socoder Games
C:\Indie Games
Moshboy's varied Indie Game collection continues!
www.youtube.com/user/Slumlord27
PixelProspector
I'm only including Kaizen's choice of "In
Development" games, here. If you'd prefer to see
the finished games, try here..
www.PixelProspector.com
RetroRemakes
RetroRemakes is home to Remakes, and otherwise
Retro styled games.
www.retroremakes.com
Curlys Freeware
Curly's all about finding the old forgotten
freeware that never had a chance to shine.
curlysworldoffreeware.com
Ask Twitter
@Jayenkai
Q: How often do you find yourself buying a complete
new PC?
@mcmuttons
Currently, I'm speccing one out. About 4.5 years
since last time.
@lorddevlin
almost never - all my gear is either frankenstein
or resurrected dead stuff from others
@sbutterworth
every three years
@Sokurah
Usually I only upgrade my PC, but a new one every
3-4 years sounds about right.
@deps81
very rarely Last time was 2 years ago. And it was a
mac. We plan to buy a new one in a not too distant
future. A PC. With muscles.
@NamoDynamicite
Not often. If something goes haywire in my PC, I
just replace that one part. I bet Mac users wish
they could do that. x3
From Facebook!
Leah McIlwrath says "Pamela says every 3 years"
Minirant
No, "Magic" Mouse.. My hand moving from the top of
the mouse was NOT me pinching, and certainly wasn't
a request to zoom into the webpage for the
umpteenth time!!
Retweet
@GreyAlien
Being Indie is thinking "Shit! Am I dressed yet or
still in my underpants?" when someone rings the
doorbell.
@jackbremer
Best website I've ever seen. Wish we built them
like this. So jealous.
industrialpainter.com
@madgarden
OK, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but seriously...
WTF
vigilantcitizen.com/?p=58
| Random Tube
Supersonik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_PIjc2ga4
Mmmm.. Fries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0xcYmQRNw
Ooooohh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMvYHFeH60
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