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HoboBen

Google JavaScript Compiler

7th September 2016

The Yahoo one is shit so Google made a thing for compressing javascript that isn't bad Linkage


HoboBen

Old Things are Old

14th August 2016

Hey Jay, I wanted to delete a SoCoder Code Snippet that was like 10 years old(!) and the link it used is dead, but there's no delete button? Or can I just not see it? :P


HoboBen

50 Games in 2014

31st May 2016

A challenger appears Jay :P Linkage


HoboBen

PIP Crap

20th May 2016

Woo, that one's a relief at least then! :D


HoboBen

Keeping in Contact

14th May 2016

Ditto Rockford! :p


HoboBen

HoboBen's Return

8th May 2016

I still suck at graphics, but I've started learning how to use tools like Inkscape! This took me three days and has room for improvement but I'm proud of it anyway!
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HoboBen

HoboBen's Return

8th May 2016

Just the odd job so far! Helping neighbours with computer trouble etc. But been able to program every day on fun stuff which is awesome :)


HoboBen

HoboBen's Return

3rd May 2016

Same!


HoboBen

HoboBen's Return

2nd May 2016

soooo I'm out of call centre work and back into gamedev :D Look at his wee little legs! :)
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HoboBen

Beep This.. Beep That.. Beep Off!!

29th March 2016

aha, I have dedicated folders for Facebook and Twitter and Linkedin that skip the inbox. And uninstalled the apps on my phone, because the mobile websites work better anyway!
And I've even cut down on spam by diligently opening each one and clicking t*snip*


HoboBen

naturaltime.py

26th March 2016

human readable time deltas for Python


HoboBen

HoboBen's Language

25th March 2016

Tadahhhhhh!!!!
Exclusive SoCoder preview release! :)
(Linkage)
I'm reasonably happy with it but it needs a bit more work until its something that other people are likely to use!


HoboBen

HoboBen's Language

24th March 2016

Well, it works!
[code]
<!doctype html>
<html lang=''en-gb''>
<head>
<title>{upper title}</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{title}</h1>
{
(join*snip*


HoboBen

HoboBen's Language

23rd March 2016

Nice error detection for my mini-language :)
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HoboBen

IDS Resigns

18th March 2016

Call me a cynic, but I don't believe for a minute IDS has a conscience.
I smell a leadership challenge


HoboBen

Show Your Desktop - March 2016

14th March 2016

I'd say Linux is worse than it was in 2007 :P
I still use it as my primary OS.
Its still better than Windows for programming on.
But its worse.
Change! Bah humbug!


HoboBen

Show Your Desktop - March 2016

14th March 2016

Desktop threaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!!
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HoboBen

Lionhead Closure

7th March 2016

oh no! Remember them from Populous: The Beginning (as Bulfrog (I loved that game to bits!)), Dungeon Kepper, then Black & White.
Then there was that really weird mining/lottery game stunt Peter Molyneux did (en.wikipedia.org)


HoboBen

Aseprite

1st March 2016

Its still open source (GPL licensed) which I think is super interesting. Once you've bought it, you can still modify the code etc. if you need to. But you don't get the source code from an official source unless you buy it! Clever!


HoboBen

Accounting

20th February 2016

ahhh I thought the annual accounts was the same thing!
See, I'm really, really not looking forward to these! :P
Cheapest accountant I can find is £70/month (special offer through PolicyBee who I use for insurance. PolicyBee are really good btw, *snip*


HoboBen

Accounting

20th February 2016

aha I'm not looking forward to mine :P


HoboBen

Tipping Point Sux!

18th February 2016

RE the newsletter/Tipping Point. I KNOW, and the three difficulty settings - if those are the hard questions, well!


HoboBen

Newsletter #250, already?!

4th February 2016

Congrats on newsletter #250! If only it was a happier occasion for you, Jay!


HoboBen

Technology Sucks

28th January 2016

I ah had a similar problem once! I ended up writing a simple C program to copy files with a bigger buffer. Higher latency, but it moves quicker!


HoboBen

A Slower Database

27th January 2016

Huh.
Huhhhhh.
I use pgpool2 (a connection pooler used to speed up a system by keeping database connections open rather than closing and opening them repeatedly).
I use it because on my development system opening a database connection is the single slowe*snip*

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