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Archive for October, 2009

A Shout out to Kelowna and Okanagan Video Game Developers

Oct 31

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At the last OK Game Developer Cluster meet-up we discussed the need to get more people networked and involved in the local Game Developer here in Kelowna.  It is a wonderful blessing to have Disney and Club Penguin in our beautiful city as they has no doubt inspired many people to pick up the trade and try their hand at game design however we can accomplish so much more if we have the means to meet up, discuss and learn from each other.

So if you are in the Okanagan and are serious about developing games either in a team or as a lone wolf operation join the newly created linked in group here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2416493 .  Feel free to contact myself, add me on twitter (www.twitter.com/ryanwiancko) and just reach out to this growing community.

And of course if you want more information and articles in audio format on game design and the business make sure to head over to www.industrybroadcast.com

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WordPress.com stats not working with your new theme?

Oct 17

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Did you go and change your WordPress theme and now your blog isn’t tracking stats properly? Well luckily for you the fix is simple and painless.

Just go into your admin area and under appearance click on ‘Editor’. Open up the footer.php file and at the bottom just above the tag paste in this line:

<?php wp_footer(); ?>

And your done! Easy peasy!

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Google Wave Explained

Oct 17

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So if you fall into the half of the internet that has no idea what google wave is but is inexorably excited about it then check out this video explanation to see what all the fuss is about

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A slightly less humorous explanation by the developers themselves

And finally if you have 2 hours to kill the full developer presentation:

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A Windows OS vs Snow Leopard benchmarks are in. Prepare not to be surprised

Oct 16

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Just caught this story on Cnet and thought I’d share.  Benchmarks of Windows 7 Vs Snow Leopard are coming in and the results are pretty much what you’d expect them to be.  Windows trumps the show with 3D stuff and Gaming, Snow Leopard takes the cake with Multitasking, encoding and boot times, as well as Battery life.

The entire article can be found here: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31012_7-10319612-10355804.html and here are some of the highlights:

The conclusion? First all of all, you’ll get much better battery life running OS X on Mac laptops than running Windows. Secondly, performance-wise, Windows 7 is probably a better choice if you are a gamer (there are more games developed for Windows, anyway), even on Mac hardware.

Third, if you can get by with just software designed by Apple and if money is not a big issue, you will be happy with a Mac. Examples of these software choices are iTunes, iLife, QuickTime, Safari, iChat, and so on (and you probably won’t need much more than those for daily entertainment and communication needs). Finally, if money is not an issue–and it definitely is for most of us–you should get a Mac anyway. It’s the only platform, for now, that can run both Windows and OS X.

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TED Talk: What’s inside a star? The wonderful world of Spectroscopy

Oct 12

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The wonderful thing about this talk that I found blog-post worthy was the fact that the topic it is on is something that I have always found incredibly tedious, as is the case with most people I think and yet I found myself clued to the screen listening to Garik Israelian talk, feeling my sphere of understanding expanding by leaps and bounds.  It really opened my mind up to the potential of what we can learn and the incredible exploration that is going on in our universe.

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