http://www.natedawson.com to keep in touch with all of you, I am not a phone person... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:52:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can’t believe it. I found a treasure. I tracked down the very first web page I ever created. Complete with the original audio of my voice. I can’t believe that I found it. This little time-capsule will be something that Mindy and I can enjoy for the ages. http://www.natedawson.com/web/2008/04/01/blast-from-the-past/ I stumbled upon this insightful essay on software design. Passing it along… http://www.natedawson.com/development/2007/11/17/information-software-and-the-graphical-interface/ My friend Rich introduced me to an excellent podcast series called Radio Lab. The production quality on this podcast is just amazing. It comes highly recommended. In particular I found the show about Musical Language to be especially interesting. It has completed three five show seasons, and my only complaint, thus far ... http://www.natedawson.com/web/2007/11/13/radiolab-podcast/ It costs $46,350 per year for an undergrad at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nine months’ tuition for 2006–2007 is $33,400; a Student Activity Fee of $200 increases the total to $33,600. In addition, undergraduate room and board is approximately $9,950, with actual costs dependent on the student’s housing and ... http://www.natedawson.com/development/2007/10/06/46350year-of-education-for-zilch/ …not really. I did learn quite a bit while at the conference and it was a great experience to listen to and talk with some movers and shakers in the industry to hear what things they are excited about. By the way, PubCon was a convention held in Las Vegas ... http://www.natedawson.com/web/2006/11/17/pubcon-turns-me-into-seo-genius/ http://www.natedawson.com/technology/2006/10/28/make-project-drawbot/ Tis the season for new browser versions. I highly recommend upgrading to Mozilla 2.0. I am also enjoying IE 7. For those diehard Mozilla fans I would suggest trying it out. With the release of IE 7 it is extremely clear to me how important it is to have competition in ... http://www.natedawson.com/web/2006/10/25/download-mozilla-20/ Downloads: PyBreakout version 0.3 Windows (.exe) version PyBreakout version 0.3 Source Code Version 0.3 Notes I have added several cool features in this release but probably the most exciting is: POWERUPS! I have successfully implemented both a Slowball powerup as well as a Triball powerup. Here are all the changes in this version: Created a Triball ... http://www.natedawson.com/development/2006/10/19/pybreakout-version-03-including-powerups/ Check out the PyBreakout Forum Topic for details on how to get the latest PyBreakout files. Here are the major differences versus Version 0.1: Game Notes Version 0.2 Notes I have added several features to this release including: Mouse Control of paddle Left and Right Mouse Control - Left Click (strictly pygame’s button1) to ... http://www.natedawson.com/development/2006/10/11/pybreakout-version-02-is-out/ PyBreakout - a Breakout clone written in Python using the Pygame libraries I created this little game using Python 2.4.3, Pygame 1.7.1, and finally created the .exe distribution using py2exe 0.6. This is my second project that I have done with the awesome Pygame Libraries and I plan to continue this project ... http://www.natedawson.com/development/2006/10/09/pybreakout-a-breakout-clone-written-in-python/